Shaun
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Shaun Hardy manages the research library of the Earth and Planets Laboratory and oversees the division's archives. As campus librarian, he provides information resources and services as well as scholarly communications support for EPL’s scientific, administrative, and technical staff.
Hardy is professionally active in the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) and the DC Science Librarians group. He was honored with the Carnegie Institution’s Service to Science Award in 2012 and the GSIS Distinguished Service Award in 2016.
He currently chairs the American Geosciences Institute’s GeoRef Advisory Committee. He holds degrees in geological sciences and physics from the University of Rochester and library and information studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Campus Library
Located in the Abelson building, the Earth and Planets Laboratory Library supports advanced research in the physical, earth, and space sciences and contains the historic archives of more than a century of discovery and innovation on campus.
The library subscribes to more than 200 scientific journals and reference databases and holds 10,000 technical books, maps, and reports.
Library websiteMedia & Recorded Talks
A History of Carnegie's Broad Branch Road Campus
Shaun Hardy presents "From Outpost to Icon: A Century of Science at Broad Branch Road"