Arthur Vining Davis Library

The Arthur Vining Davis Library has been providing resources, reference and research for over 30 years at Mote Marine Laboratory. Its collection is maintained for the support of marine research and education. The library is open to the public by appointment.

Since 1955, Mote staff has produced more than 1,400 technical reports and 950 peer-reviewed papers. These Mote Technical Reports and Collected Papers from Mote Marine Laboratory, Volumes 1 through 15, are available for public review in the Arthur Vining Davis Library.   Many of the technical reports have been digitized and can be accessed through Mote's institutional repository, DSpace.  Click on the "Mote Publications" link below.

The library staff is conducting a digitization project of grey literature from two Florida environmental laboratories dating back to the 1930s.  It involves the rescue and preservation of unpublished documents and data, conversion to electronic format, and e-publication of the materials.   Development of the open access database (DSpace) is 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.   

Mina Walther Book:

Proceeds from the sale of the book benefit Mote's educational scholarship programs.

Click here to purchase a copy of Mina Walther's book, Nature is Wonderful.  The book is a compilation of environmental articles from her Tide Lines column published in the Sarasota-Herald Tribune.