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{{Organization | |OrganizationName=United States National Agricultural Library | ||
|OrganizationName=United States National Agricultural Library | |||
|OrganizationType=Research and Development Agencies | |OrganizationType=Research and Development Agencies | ||
|Mission=The National Agricultural Library serves as the primary agricultural information resource of the United States, providing access to a vast collection of agricultural literature and digital resources. Its mission is to facilitate the creation of agricultural knowledge by acquiring, curating, and disseminating information to solve agricultural challenges. | |Mission=The National Agricultural Library serves as the primary agricultural information resource of the United States, providing access to a vast collection of agricultural literature and digital resources. Its mission is to facilitate the creation of agricultural knowledge by acquiring, curating, and disseminating information to solve agricultural challenges. | ||
|ParentOrganization=Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture | |||
|CreationLegislation=Organic Act of 1862 | |||
|Employees=100 | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Director | |OrganizationExecutive=Director | ||
|Services=Information Services; Digital Collections; Special Collections; Research Support | |Services=Information Services; Digital Collections; Special Collections; Research Support | ||
|HeadquartersLocation=39.02283, -76.92172 | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=39. | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=10301 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705 | |HeadquartersAddress=10301 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705 | ||
|Website=https://www.nal.usda.gov/ | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{short description|Agricultural research library}} | |||
The '''United States National Agricultural Library''' ('''NAL''') is one of the world's largest agricultural research libraries, and serves as a national library of the [[United States]] and as the library of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. Located in [[Beltsville, Maryland]], it is one of five national libraries of the United States (along with the [[Library of Congress]], the [[National Library of Medicine]], the [[National Transportation Library]], and the [[National Library of Education]]). It is also the coordinator for the [[Agriculture Network Information Center]] (AgNIC), a national network of state [[Land-grant university|land-grant institutions]] and coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) field libraries. | The '''United States National Agricultural Library''' ('''NAL''') is one of the world's largest agricultural research libraries, and serves as a national library of the [[United States]] and as the library of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. Located in [[Beltsville, Maryland]], it is one of five national libraries of the United States (along with the [[Library of Congress]], the [[National Library of Medicine]], the [[National Transportation Library]], and the [[National Library of Education]]). It is also the coordinator for the [[Agriculture Network Information Center]] (AgNIC), a national network of state [[Land-grant university|land-grant institutions]] and coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) field libraries. | ||