National Library of Education (United States)

U.S. national library

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* Community school
* Full-service community schools

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* K–12 \- Early childhood (Primary – Secondary) – Post-secondary
* Organizations

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The National Library of Education is a library in the United States serving as a primary resource center for education information. The library provides collections and information services to the public, as well as to the education community and other government agencies on current and historical education programs, activities and publications of the U.S. Department of Education. The library was established in 1995.[1][2]

## Collections

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The Library's current collection, in print and electronic formats, focuses on education and includes subject matter such as economics, law, psychology, and sociology, as they relate to education.

The Library maintains an historical collection including some 16,000 government reports on education dating back to 1870, education journals and monographs, and some 16,000 classroom textbooks on a variety of subjects.[3]

## Location

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Entrance to the library in the Department of Education Building

The library is located inside the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building,[4] which serves as the headquarters of the Department of Education, at 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C., 20202.

## See also

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* Educational attainment in the United States
* Education in the United States
* National Technical Reports Library
* Secretary of Education
* United States Department of Education
* Department of Education

## Further reading

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* Access for all: a new national library for tomorrow's learners: the report of the National Library of Education, Advisory Task Force, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, 1997 - via HathiTrust (fulltext)

## References

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1. ^ "Pressler nominates librarians to task force". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. March 2, 1995. p. 2D. Retrieved April 28, 2019 - via newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Books and More". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 25, 1995. p. B3. Retrieved April 28, 2019 - via newspapers.com.
3. ^ "National Library of Education". National Library of Education. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
4. ^ "LBJ Building Architecture Gallery". gsa.gov. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

## External links

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* National Library of Education

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United States national libraries

* Department of Agriculture: National Agricultural Library
* Congress: Library of Congress
* Department of Transportation: National Transportation Library
* Department of Health and Human Services / National Institutes of Health: National Library of Medicine
* Department of Education: National Library of Education

Other related libraries and services
Law Library of Congress
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Federal Depository Library Program
Presidential library system
List of U.S. state libraries and archives

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United States Department of Education

* Headquarters: 400 Maryland Avenue SW
(Education Department Building)

* Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education
* Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary of Education

Secretary of Education|

* Office for Civil Rights
* Institute of Education Sciences (National Center for Education Statistics)

Deputy Secretary of Education|

* Office of Innovation and Improvement (defunct)
* Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Rehabilitation Services Administration
* Office of Special Education Programs)
* Office of English Language Acquisition
* Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (Office of Safe and Healthy Students
* Office of Migrant Education)

Under Secretary of Education|

* Federal Student Aid
* Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
* Office of Postsecondary Education
* TRiO
* White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
* White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
* White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
* White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education
* White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

Programs|

* National Library of Education
* Education Resources Information Center
* National Assessment of Educational Progress

Independent organizations|

* Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
* National Institute for Literacy
* National Assessment Governing Board
* National Board for Education Sciences

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic

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