NOAA Miami Regional Library
at AOML
General Library Information
Introduction:
The NOAA Miami Regional
Library is a branch of the Library and Information Services Division NOAA
Central Library in Silver Spring, Maryland.
There are two libraries that comprise the Miami branch: one located at
the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory (AOML) and the other
located at the
National Hurricane Center (NHC). The following information concerns
the AOML location.
Library Hours:
The library doors are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the NOAA
staff. The library is open to the public for reference only Monday through
Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Library staff are available Monday
through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Collection:
The Miami Branch Library collection supports the coastal and open
oceans programs, tropical and hurricane meteorology, air-sea interaction,
ocean physics, chemistry and acoustics, atmospheric chemistry, marine
geology, and other related disciplines in the atmospheric and oceanographic
sciences. Special collections include:
- NOAA Laboratories
Technical Report Series for atmospheric and
oceanographic sciences
- The Harris B. Stewart
Collected Papers
- Foreign and Caribbean
meteorological data and reports
- Handwritten local
weather records
- WHOI technical reports
and dissertations
- U.S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey collection
- U.S. Coast and Pilot
charts
- Film loops of weather
- Historical weather
data of Key West and Miami
General Information:
- Books: 20,776
- Uncataloged domestic/foreign technical reports: 6,500
- Bound journals: 11,598
- Maps and charts: 2,200
- Microfilms: 60,000
- CD's and databases: 110
- Current journal subscriptions and newsletters: 190
Staff:
Linda Pikula,
NOAA Miami Regional Librarian:
305-361-4429
AOML Librarian:
Inter-library loans,
reference, periodical control,
cataloging, web design.
305-361-4428
Gloria
Aversano, Librarian:
Reference, bibliographic searching, circulation,
cataloging.
305-361-4428
Telephone/Telecommunications
- Reference/Literature Searches:
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- (305) 361-4428, Librarian
Interlibrary Loan:
- (305) 361-4428, Librarian
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- Internet: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/
Email: Contact
us.
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OCLC symbol: OAO
Library Services:
- In-depth reference
and research, SDI to researchers
- Computer-based information
retrieval of citations, abstracts, and
full text from more than 500 databases
- Inter-library loan
and document delivery to researchers
- Public access PC's
providing entry to databases
and a gateway to Internet resources (databases include the
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, OCLC FirstSearch, Meteorological and
Geoastrophysical Abstracts, Uncover, CARL, ISI Current Contents, ISI Web of Knowledge,
GEOREF,
NTIS, climate data, and a
variety of CD-ROMs produced by NOAA, NCDC, NGDC,
NODC, and USGS)
- Microfiche / microfilm
readers / printers, fax machine, photocopier
- In-library and remote
access via personal computer to NOAALINC,
our automated catalog. The online catalog contains the holdings of our library,
as well as 30 NOAA libraries across the country.
Location:
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: (305) 361-4428
Fax: (305) 361-4448
Last updated
August 22, 2007