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Top NASA Library Closing Amid Cuts to Staff, Laboratory

The agency announced Friday that Building 21 on the Greenbelt campus, which includes the research library, will close permanently following seven other NASA library shutdowns since 2022.
Agency officials say the move is part of a long‑planned reorganization that began before the current administration, with Department of Government Efficiency efforts earlier this year cutting staff to 6,600 from more than 10,000.
Researchers and former staff warn the stacks include Cold War–era materials and many journals are paywalled, while the Space Science Data Coordinated Archive has been offline for months, prompting fears; Dave Williams said, `You can't just get these things online.`
Jacob Richmond said the agency will review holdings over 60 days, moving some to a government warehouse and discarding others, while staff will shift to digital `Ask a Librarian` services.
Lawmakers and scientists say the closures imperil missions as the Trump administration proposes cutting NASA's science budget by 47% to $3.9 billion from $7.3 billion.

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