National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)

Personnel in NWRC’s Information Services Unit coordinate the bibliographic and information retrieval and dispersal activities of the library, and the information storage and records management functions of the Archives as well as other information transfer projects and activities:

• Institution and maintenance of wall-mounted lobby displays for the Wildlife Science Building in Fort Collins, CO.
• Coordination of NWRC-sponsored national and international meetings and symposia.
• Assistance with group tours of the Center.
• Support for audiosvisual presentation in main conference room.
• Coordination of Center in-house publications.

Library

The library, established in 1968, supports the information needs of Center researchers in Fort Collins and at 8 field stations in the United States as well as the information needs of all Wildlife Services operational staff in district, state, regional and national offices throughout the country. Service is also provided to federal libraries, academic institutions, private companies and the general public.

The library's collection of more than 8,000 monographs reflects the Center's interest in wildlife damage management. Intensively collected materials include identification guides, life histories, management techniques manuals, theses, and conference and seminar proceedings relating to wildlife species of interest to Center researchers. One can find large collections of  material on deer, elk, antelope, coyotes, foxes, wolves, snakes, corvids, raptors, rodents, etc. Publications on pesticide chemistry, toxicology, urban wildlife, threatened and endangered species, conservation, general biology, and ecology are also collected. The collection also includes approximately 100 journal titles and more than 100 videos.

A master file of all Publications from 1988 to the present are available full-text on the NWRC web site. All publications are listed in the library catalog

Library Services

Most books, proceedings, reports, videotapes, etc. are available for loan within the WS Program and to other libraries. Materials not found in the library that are needed by WS personnel will be requested from other institutions. Direct patron assistance is available at all times by telephone, mail and e-mail.

Contact Diana Dwyer, Supervisory Technical Information Specialist

Archives

The NWRC Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) was established to ensure that Center scientific studies comply with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) Standards. GLP Standards also require an archives for storage of data and records. Thus, the NWRC Archives was initiated in 1990 to maintain records of research studies and related documents.

Though the archives was initially founded to store GLP study data and records, historical materials also accumulated. As the collections of both types of materials grew, the NWRC Archives split into 2 separate archives—the NWRC Organizational Archives and the Quality Assurance Unit Archives—though both archives continue to share space. Additionally, due to a reorganization in 2000, the Records Manager/Archivist became responsible solely for historical and organizational records, while the QAU records became the responsibility of QAU staff.

Records Groups

Material in the NWRC Organizational Archives dates from the early 20th century to the present.The Archive collects and preserves material including, but not limited to, the following:

• Copies of all NWRC author reprints
• Records from closed NWRC field stations
• NWRC Director's Office historical records
• Research data and reports
• Annual Wildlife Services (WS) state reports
• Bird Damage Research Reports
• International Programs records
• NWRC technical assay data
• Documents in support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U. S. Food and Drug Administration registrations for APHIS/NWRC-developed control products
• Chemical methods documents
• Visual images, films, and videos
• Materials documenting various NWRC initiatives and NWRC history
• Correspondence
• Print and broadcast media stories concerning NWRC
• Older books and serial publications
• Two watercolor paintings by E.R. Kalmbach, the first director of NWRC

Archives Services

• Reference and information services for all users (e.g. stakeholders, employees, general public)
• Access to records for NWRC and other Wildlife Services personnel
• Records management services for NWRC staff to assist in the implementation of records management policies and procedures

Contact: Nancy Freeman, Records Manager/Archivist