Any U.S. Department of Education employee with a valid U.S. Department of Education ID may borrow books from the National Library of Education. Books from the Lending Collections may be borrowed. The loan period for materials is four weeks.
Renewals are for four weeks.
Employees may also put books on hold or on reserve in person, by phone, and by e-mail. Any U.S. Department of Education employee may request a book or article on ILL from another library. The material requested must be for the work of the U.S. Department of Education. An ILL can be placed by either OCLC or an ALA form signed by the librarian of the library that wishes to borrow a book. If the book that is borrowed on ILL is needed by an employee of the U.S. Department of Education, it can be recalled at anytime during the loan period.