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Mailing Address Reference/Information Desk
NOAA Central Library
1315 East-West Highway
SSMC3, 2nd Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		Email: library.reference@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 am-5:00 pm EDT
Note:  Physical desk not regularly staffed; staff will
respond promptly to email queries
Our Visiting the Library section has more information on transportation, parking options, and arranging a visit to the Central Library. Let NOAA Central Library know your ideas for new acquisitions, services and how we can improve library services. Please fill out our Suggestion Form.

Library Staff

LAURA NEWCOMB, PHD
Central & Regional Libraries Acting Director
  • Management, Budget, Contracts.
  • Email
SARAH DAVIS
Senior Bibliometrics Librarian
  • Bibliometrics; NOAA Institutional Repository.
  • Email
TREVOR RILEY
Head of Public Services
  • Outreach; Reference & research services.
  • Email
KATIE POSER
Outreach Librarian
  • Outreach; Reference & research services; Library Seminars Coordinator.
  • Email
OMAR SELEHDAR, AFFILIATE
Library Technician
  • Digitization, Inventory, Stacks management.
  • Email
JEFF REY
Systems Librarian
  • Library metrics; Metadata; Website development; ILS support.
  • Email
JOAN SEGAL
Management & Program Analyst
  • Acquisitions; Collection development; Contracts; Budget
  • Email
JENNIFER FAGAN-FRY
NOAA IR Manager
  • NOAA Institutional Repository; Scholarly Communication & Publishing; Cataloging & metadata; DOI minting.
  • Email
JENNIFER DEVINE, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
  • Cataloging & metadata; DOI minting; NOAA Institutional Repository.
  • Email
HOPE SHINN, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Public Services Librarian
  • Reference & research services; Metadata; NOAA Institutional Repository
  • Email
SEAN JONES, AFFILIATE
Library Technician
  • Digitization, Inventory, Stacks management.
  • Email
MATTHEW PLANK, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
  • Cataloging & metadata; DOI minting; NOAA authority work; CoRIS; NOAA Institutional Repository.
  • Email
KEITH LOCANTORE, AFFILIATE
Research Impact Librarian
  • Bibliometrics; NOAA Institutional Repository.
  • Email
LISA CLARKE, AFFILIATE
Librarian
  • Reference & research services; Outreach
  • Email
EMILY J. JOHNSON, AFFILIATE
Librarian
  • DOI minting and management; Website development; Metadata; NOAA Institutional Repository
  • Email
SHANNON DELANEY, AFFILIATE
Librarian
  • Reference & research services; Outreach.
  • Email
CHRIS STEPHENSEN, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
  • Cataloging & metadata; DOI minting; NOAA Institutional Repository.
  • Email
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