Visiting the Library
The NOAA Central Library serves all NOAA employees and affiliates located in the Silver Spring Metro Campus and in the Suitland Federal Center, as well as those located in the Hoover Building in downtown Washington, DC. We also serve employees and contractors from other locations who are not served by another NOAA library.
If you are working remotely, please visit our online access guide.
Hours
The library is open Monday thru Friday, excluding Government holidays, from 8:30 AM to 5 PM. Notices of other exceptions will be posted at the entrance.
Checking Out Material
NOAA employees and affiliates (i.e. contractors, visiting scientists, Sea Grant fellows, NOAA Interns): Please contact [email protected] if you aren’t able to use Single Sign-On to access the Primo VE platform and request material.
Note: Only registered patrons are eligible to check out materials and access our online databases and e-journals. If you are not a NOAA employee or affiliate, please contact your local library to arrange interlibrary loan.
Location
We are located on the second floor of building 3 on the Silver Spring Metro Center campus:
NOAA Central Library1315 East-West Highway
SSMC3, 2nd Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
NOAA SSMC Building Access
For general information on building access please use the following information: https://www.noaa.gov/directions-to-noaa
If you are a NOAA employee or affiliate coming to work temporarily in Silver Spring, please contact us at [email protected] and we can help with hoteling options.