The Sharon O’Connor Documentation Centre is a specialized library of the National Environment and Planning Agency, and is a Unit of the Agency’s Public Education and Corporate Communication Branch. The library is a merger of collections from the libraries of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) and the Town Planning Department (TPD). It was named after Mrs. Sharon O’Connor who was a trained geography teacher who later joined the staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Division (NRCD) and the NRCA as an information officer.Mrs. O’Connor, who died in 1993, had the responsibility to develop and implement programmes to sensitize Jamaicans from all walks of life on the importance of environmental matters and played a major role in the activities associated with the launching of the NRCA. The Documentation Center is a member of the Government Libraries and Information Network of Jamaica (GLINJA) and the Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA).

Our specialized collection contains literature covering environmental and planning topics in various format such as:

• Environmental law
• Global Conventions
• Biological Diversity
• Marine and Coastal Environments
• Development Orders

• Pollution and Wastes
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Monitoring Reports
• Environmental; Thematic Reports and Parish Profiles