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The National Library of Education is a
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in the
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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.


Collections

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.


Location

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


See also

* Educational attainment in the United States *
Education in the United States Education in the United States is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational standards, often mandate standardized tests for K–12 public school systems and s ...
* National Technical Reports Library * Secretary of Education *
United States Department of Education The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Departmen ...
* Department of Education


Further reading

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National Library of Education
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