Joan Staats Library at The Jackson Laboratory

Our collections

The services and collections of the Joan Staats Library support The Jackson Laboratory's mission to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. 

Our specialized collection areas include: genetics, inbred mice, animal health and husbandry, development, embryology, complex traits, immunology, cancer, molecular biology, neuroscience and computational biology.

Nearly 5,600 electronic journal titles, 80 print journal titles and a book collection of more than 4,000 volumes comprise the collection.  Our Reprint Collection numbers over 46,000 journal articles. The library is located on the second floor of the C.C. Little Library and Conference Center.

The Jackson Laboratory Historical Archives Collection includes the C.C. Little Papers, 1929-1954; The Jackson Laboratory Staff Personal Papers, including the George Snell Papers; The Jackson Laboratory Publications; a Photograph Collection of over 5,000 prints and negatives; and numerous media and museum collections.

Library Resources

Contact information

Address

The Joan Staats Library 
The Jackson Laboratory 
600 Main Street 
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-1500

Phone: 207-288-6000 ex1763 
Fax: 207-288-6079 
General Email: library@jax.org 
Interlibrary Loan: ill@jax.org

Staff

Arian Abdulla
Librarian
207-288-6000 ex1763 

Ann Jordan
Information Analyst
Phone: 207-288-6241

 

 

Hours

Out of an abundance of caution, to reduce the risk of transmitting the COVID-19 coronavirus the library will be closed to the public.

Open 24-hours a day to staff, summer students, and official visitors of the Laboratory.