United States National Agricultural 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. It is also the coordinator for the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC), a national network of state land-grant institutions and coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) field libraries.
NAL's Abraham Lincoln Building in Beltsville, Md.
Façade of the Abraham Lincoln Building
Lobby of the Abraham Lincoln Building
Beltsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The community was named for Truman Belt, a local landowner. The 2020 census counted 20,133 residents. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.
Downtown Beltsville viewed from the top floor of the National Agricultural Library
Aerial view of Beltsville, 1943
The National Agricultural Library in 2018
Equipment at the Beltsville Information Management Center in 1998