PACIFIC WEST
REGIONAL LIBRARY

Operations

The Pacific West Regional Library, also known as the Columbia Cascades Support Office Library, provides library and information services to all National Park Service (NPS) employees in the Pacific West Region and throughout the Service as staffing and resources permit. The library is staffed by five part-time librarians and volunteer librarians. The staff provides cataloging of library materials for all the park libraries in the Columbia Cascades Cluster and maintains a union catalog of all the libraries' holdings. Cataloging of library materials for parks in the other clusters of the Pacific West Region is under way. A combined National Park Service (NPS) catalog that provides access to the bibliographic records of the libraries in the larger National Parks and regional offices is also maintained.

Library and information services available from the Pacific West Regional Library include reference, compilation of subject bibliographies using electronic databases, document delivery, cataloging, interlibrary loans and use of the collection. Requests for services can be initiated by phone, fax, e-mail or in person.