The National Agricultural Library (NAL) provides materials and services in the areas of agriculture, chemistry, biology, and law to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington and its installations throughout the country, to land-grant universities, and to the world agricultural community. Information is disseminated through on-line computer networks, printed bibliographies, reference services, loans, and photocopies. NAL goals for the next five years are: (1) to coordinate USDA, national, and international agricultural information activities; (2) to create information networks; and (3) to improve services in order effectively to backstop national agricultural information needs. (LS)