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Library Locations

This directory provides detailed contact and other information about the locations that are part of the NOAA Library.

Click on the link in the map above to visit the home page for a particular location — or scroll through location information by state, below. Contact us at Library.Reference@noaa.gov for more information.

Locations

California

La Jolla

Library: La Jolla Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/SW Fisheries Science Center
8901 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Telephone: 858-546-7038
Fax: 858-546-7003
Email: Debra.Losey@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Debra A. Losey
OCLC Symbol: OAI
Lab Home Page: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southwest-fisheries-science-center

About the library: The collection includes journals, books, microfiche, and newspapers on fish and fisheries. The library specializes in fish biology, fisheries, primarily  tuna and Pacific fisheries, marine mammals, marine biology and ecology, Antarctica, tuna-dolphin interactions, oceanography, and fishery management. The library provides reference service and interlibrary loans.

Colorado

Boulder

Library: Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories Library
Address:

Branch Library
NOAA David Skaggs Research Center, Room 2C407
Boulder, Colorado 80305
Phone (303) 497-6742
Fax (303) 497-3894

Main Library
NIST Building 1, Room 1200
325 Broadway MC51
Boulder, Colorado 80305
Phone (303) 497-3271
Fax (303) 497-3890

Email: BoulderLabs.Ref@noaa.gov
BoulderLabs.ILL@noaa.gov
Hours:

Main: M-F 9am-4pm

Branch: M-TH 9am-12pm, or by appointment

OCLC Symbol: CON
Lab Home Page: https://www.boulder.doc.gov/

About the library: The library supports research of the NOAA, NIST and NTIA Boulder Labs. The collection includes the following subject areas: atmospheric sciences, chemistry, physics, materials science, telecommunications, computer science, plasma and space physics, and mathematics. The technical report collection contains complete holdings for reports generated at the Boulder Laboratories since 1954.

Maryland

College Park

Library: Betty Petersen Memorial Library
Address: Room 1650, E / OC4 
5830 University Research Court 
College Park, MD 20740
Telephone: 301-683-1307
Fax: 301-683-1308
Email:  jan.thomas@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Personnel: Jan Thomas
OCLC Symbol: OLS
Lab Home Page: https://www.weather.gov/ncep/
http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/
https://www.arl.noaa.gov/

About the library: The library contains a specialized meteorological and oceanographic collection of about 7,000 volumes. A small number of those volumes cover physics, mathematics, historical weather information, and computer support. In addition, the library has atlases, a collection of WMO publications, NOAA/NESDIS technical notes and technical reports, NWS/NCEP technical notes and reports, and weather or ocean related publications from other government organizations, from other countries, and from universities.

Silver Spring

Library: NOAA Central Library
Address: 1315 East-West Highway 
2nd Floor, SSMC3 
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Email: Library.Reference@noaa.gov
Interlibrary.Loan@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Benjamin Hope, Library Director, and staff
OCLC Symbol: OLA
Ariel No.: 140.99.133.17

About the library: The collection contains books, historical and current journals, hard-copy technical reports, reports on microfiche and microfilm, and audio cassettes. The library also provides access to digital media in both tangible (CDs, DVDs, etc.) and intangible formats (Internet accessible). Because it is a central library for NOAA, a multi-faceted agency, the collection is also multi-faceted and contains works on meteorology, climatology, oceanography, marine chemistry, marine biology, marine fisheries, remote sensing, and ecology. The public may use the library and make copies, but may not remove the material from the library except on interlibrary loan basis.

Mississippi

Pascagoula

Library: Pascagoula Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS/SE Fisheries Science Center
P.O. Drawer 1207 
3209 Frederic Street 
Pascagoula, MS 39568-1207
Telephone: 228-549-1617
Fax: 228-769-9200
Email: Lagena.Fantroy@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: LaGena Fantroy
OCLC Symbol: OAM
Ariel No.: 155.206.127.31
Lab home page: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/southeast/science

About the library: The library holds a specialized collection on National Seafood Safety, marine mammals, ichthyoplankton, fisheries, fishery gear (including TEDS and by-catch devices), as well as general marine biology and marine resources. The library is open to the public for reference only. The collection is non-circulating.

North Carolina

Asheville

Archive: National Centers for Environmental Information Archives
Address: Veach-Baley Federal Building 
151 Patton Avenue 
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
Email:

ncei.archive@noaa.gov

Data Publications Page:

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/data-publications

For climate data, please contact NCEI Customer Services, 828-271-4800, or visit the NCEI web page.

Oklahoma

Norman

Library: National Weather Center Library
Address: 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 4300
Norman, OK 73072-7303
Telephone: 405-325-1072
Email: nwclibrary@ou.edu (general library email)
Hours: Monday through Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed.
(Open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during school breaks)
OCLC Symbol: OKNWC
Lab Home Page: https://www.ou.edu/nwc

About the library: The National Weather Center Library serves NOAA researchers and staff located in the National Weather Center, including the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Weather Forecast Office, Radar Operations Center, Storm Prediction Center and Warning Decision Training Branch. The Library also serves faculty, researchers, students and staff in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, and its partners including the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Center for Spatial Analysis and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies. The collection includes books, monographs, journals, online resources, climatological data, technical memoranda, slides, videos and microforms.

Washington

Seattle

Library: NOAA Seattle Regional Library
Address: E/OC43, Building 3 
7600 Sand Point Way NE 
Seattle, WA 98115
Telephone: 206-526-6241
Fax: 206-526-4535
Email: Brian.Voss@noaa.gov 
Seattle.Library@noaa.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Personnel: Brian Voss
OCLC Symbol: OAE
Lab Home Page: http://www.wrc.noaa.gov/

About the library: The library supports research in the areas of meteorology, physical and chemical oceanography, geochemistry, atmospheric physics, ocean engineering, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Special collections in the library include the Rudolph Preisendorfer Memorial Collection, an 800-volume library of classic works in mathematics and statistics; holdings on Puget Sound; a complete collection of monographs from the National Science Foundation Israel Program for Scientific Translations; and nautical, hydrographic, and topographic charts and maps.

 
Library: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library
Address: NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center 
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4 
Seattle, WA 98115-6349
Telephone: 206-526-4013
Fax: 206-526-6615
Email: nmml.library@noaa.gov
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Personnel: Brian Voss
OCLC Symbol: M@M
Lab Home Page: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine-mammal-laboratory

About the library: The library has a unique collection of marine mammal literature. The collection includes over 15,000 volumes of books, journals, and theses, as well as an extensive reprint file. Subject coverage includes biology, zoology, diseases, conservation, fisheries, ecosystem management, population dynamics, ecological modeling, statistics, whaling, sealing and international and domestic legislation and treaties that impact marine mammals. The NMML Library also contains archives of northern fur seal research, International Whaling Commission documents, and International North Pacific Fisheries Commission documents.