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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
SARAH DAVIS
Senior Bibliometrics Librarian
TREVOR RILEY
Head of Public Services
KATIE POSER
Outreach Librarian
JEFF REY
Systems Librarian
Yuning Zhou 
Electronic Resources Librarian
Erik Bergstrom
Management & Program Analyst
JOAN SEGAL
Management & Program Analyst
JENNIFER FAGAN-FRY
NOAA IR Manager
JENNIFER DEVINE, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
HOPE SHINN, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Public Services Librarian
OMAR SELEHDAR, AFFILIATE
Library Technician
SEAN JONES, AFFILIATE
Library Technician
MATTHEW PLANK, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
KEITH LOCANTORE, AFFILIATE
Research Impact Librarian
LISA CLARKE, AFFILIATE
Librarian
EMILY J. JOHNSON, AFFILIATE
Librarian
SHANNON DELANEY, AFFILIATE
Librarian
CHRIS STEPHENSEN, AFFILIATE
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
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