About the NCAR Library

One Library: 3 Locations

The Library has three major locations in Boulder, staffed from 8-12 a.m.and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. NCAR/UCAR staff have 24 hour access to the libraries. All locations have spaces where you can gather, confer and study. They also provide access to e-mail, the Internet, copiers, printers and scanners. Each library has a unique set of hardcopy journals. Consult the NCAR Library catalog for a journal's location. For immediate assistance, contact one of our facilities as directed below. A list of Library Staff is available.

Center Green location

Visits from the public by appointment only. Subject specialties: solar physics, upper atmosphere physics, astonomy, general physics.

3080 Center Green Drive, Building 1
Boulder CO 80301
(303) 497-1187
Fax: (303) 497-1161

Directions and map

Foothills Lab location

Visits from the public by appointment only; Subject specialties: electronics, mesoscale- and severe storm meteorology, atmospheric chemistry.

3450 Mitchell Lane, Bldg. 2
Boulder CO 80301
(303) 497-8505
Fax: (303) 497-8503

Directions and map

Mesa Lab location

Open to the public 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Subject specialties: technical reports,weather data, maps, atlases, climate studies, atmospheric science.

1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder CO 80305
(303) 497-1180
Fax: (303) 497-1170

Directions and map

  • Foothills Lab Library (303) 497-8505
  • Mesa Lab Library (303) 497-1180
  • Center Green Library (303) 497-1187