<p>The Arthur Vining Davis Library at Mote Marine Laboratory is a research library whose collections, resources and services are developed and maintained for the support of marine research and education.</p> <p><b>Note on Project Funding</b><br> Since late 2009, the library staff has been conducting a basic processing and digitization project of pertinent Mote Technical Reports, 1930s-40s gray literature from the Bass Biological Laboratory (BBL) of Englewood, Florida, and various other SW Florida environment-related collections dating to the early 1920s. The process involves the rescue and preservation of unpublished documents and data from various entities, conversion to electronic format and e-publication of some of the key materials in the Library's open-access repository, DSpace. Initial digitization was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. In 2011, materials processing was supported by the Mote Scientific Foundation. This project was then expanded and continued in 2013, thanks to funds from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.</p>
The library includes more than 20,000 volumes, 400 journal titles, 138 current journal subscriptions, 3,700 cataloged reprints and more than 1,400 Mote Technical Reports (MTRs). Over 400 of these technical reports are available full-text on this website.