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.
| Library: | La Jolla Laboratory Library |
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| 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.
| Library: | Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories Library |
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| Address: |
Branch Library Main Library |
| 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.
| Library: | Betty Petersen Memorial Library |
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| 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.
| Library: | NOAA Central Library |
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| 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.
| Library: | Pascagoula Laboratory Library |
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| 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.
| Archive: | National Centers for Environmental Information Archives |
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| Address: | Veach-Baley Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue Asheville, NC 28801-5001 |
| Email: | |
| 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.
| Library: | National Weather Center Library |
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| 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.
| Library: | NOAA Seattle Regional Library |
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| 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 |
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| 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.