A national library is established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. Unlike public libraries, they rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant works; such as the Gutenberg Bible. National libraries are usually notable for their size, compared to that of other libraries in the same country. Some national libraries may be thematic or specialized in some specific domains, beside or in replacement of the 'main' national library.
Some national entities, which are not independent but wish to preserve their particular culture, have established a national library with all the attributes of such institutions, such as legal deposit.
Many national libraries cooperate within the National Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to discuss their common tasks, define and promote common standards and carry out projects helping them to fulfil their duties. National libraries of Europe participate in The European Library. This is a service of The Conference of European National Librarians (CENL).
The list below is organized alphabetically by country, according to the list of sovereign states, including, at its end an 'other states' section for non-sovereign states. A "♦" indicates a national library of a province or state, or constituent country or dependent state [neutrality is disputed . It is listed under the sovereign state which governs that entity. Sovereign states are listed even when they have no national library or when the existence and name of a national library could not yet be ascertained. Other states, constituent countries and dependent states are listed only if they have a national library.
National libraries
A Country Library City Legal deposit Source Abkhazia → see under Other States Afghanistan National Library of Afghanistan Kabul Åland → see under Finland Albania National Library of Albania (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë ) Tirana Algeria National Library of Algeria (Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie – المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية Algiers Andorra Andorra National Library (Biblioteca Nacional d'Andorra ) Andorra la Vella Angola National Library of Angola (Biblioteca Nacional de Angola ) Luanda Antigua and Barbuda National Library of Antigua and Barbuda St. John's Argentina National Library of Argentina (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno ) Buenos Aires Armenia National Library of Armenia (Հայաստանի ազգային գրադարան) Yerevan Aruba → see under the Netherlands Australia National Library of Australia Canberra Yes Austria Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek ) Vienna Azerbaijan Akhundov National Library (Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası , National Library of Azerbaijan) Baku
B Country Library City Legal deposit Source Bahamas Harry C. Moore Library (University of the Bahamas) (de facto) Nassau Bahrain Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa National Library (المكتبة الشيخ عيسى بن سلمان الخليفة الوطنية ) Juffair Bangladesh National Library of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় গ্রন্থাগার ) Dhaka Barbados National Library Service of Barbados Bridgetown Belarus National Library of Belarus (Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі) Minsk Belgium Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België = Bibliothèque royale de Belgique ) Brussels Yes Belize National Library Service of Belize Belize City Benin National Library of Benin (Bibliothèque nationale du Bénin ) Porto Novo Bermuda → see under United Kingdom Bhutan National Library of Bhutan Thimphu Bolivia National Archive and Library of Bolivia (Archivo y Biblioteca Nacional de Bolivia ) Sucre Bosnia and Herzegovina National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine ) Sarajevo National and University Library of the Republika Srpska (Народна и универзитетска библиотека Републике Српске ) Banja Luka Botswana National Library Service of Botswana Gaborone Brazil National Library of Brazil (Fundação Biblioteca Nacional ) Rio de Janeiro Yes British Virgin Islands → see under United Kingdom Brunei Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library (Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka Brunei Library) Bandar Seri Begawan Bulgaria SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (Народна Библиотека Св. Св. Кирил и Методий) Sofia Burkina Faso National Library of Burkina Faso (Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso ) Ouagadougou Burma (Myanmar) National Library of Myanmar Yangon Burundi National Library of Burundi (Bibliothèque nationale du Burundi ) Bujumbura
C Country Library City Legal deposit Source Cambodia National Library of Cambodia Phnom Penh Cameroon National Library of Cameroon (Bibliothèque nationale du Cameroun ) Yaoundé Canada Library and Archives Canada (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada ) Ottawa Yes Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique ) ♦ Quebec National Library and Archives of Quebec (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec ) Montreal Yes Cape Verde National Library of Cape Verde (Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde ) Praia Catalonia → see under Spain Central African Republic [national library created in legislation but does not exist yet] Bangui Chad National Library of Chad (Bibliothèque nationale du Tchad ) N'Djamena Chile National Library of Chile (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile ) Santiago Yes People's Republic of China National Library of China (国家图书馆) Beijing Yes ♦ Hong Kong Hong Kong Central Library (香港中央圖書館) Hong Kong Yes ♦ Macau Macau Central Library (澳門中央圖書館, Biblioteca Central de Macau ) Macau Republic of China (Taiwan) → see under Other States Colombia National Library of Colombia (Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia ) Bogotá Yes Comoros National Centre for Documentation and Scientific Research (Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique ) Moroni Republic of the Congo National Library of the Republic of the Congo (Bibliothèque nationale du Congo (fr) ) Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bibliothèque nationale de la République démocratique du Congo ) Kinshasa Cook Islands → see under New Zealand Costa Rica National Library "Miguel Obregon Lizano" of Costa Rica (Biblioteca nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano" de Costa Rica ) San José National Library of Health and Social Security (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud y Seguridad Social ) Côte d'Ivoire National Library of Côte d'Ivoire (Bibliothèque nationale de Côte d'Ivoire ) Abidjan Croatia National and University Library in Zagreb (Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu ) Zagreb Yes Cuba National Library José Martí (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí ) Habana Cyprus Cyprus Library (Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη) Nicosia Northern Cyprus → see under Other States Czech Republic National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky ) Prague Yes
D Country Library City Legal deposit Source Denmark Danish Royal Library, The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek ) Copenhagen Yes State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket ) Aarhus Yes ♦ Faroe Islands National Library of the Faroe Islands (Føroya landsbókasavn ) Tórshavn ♦ Greenland Public and National Library of Greenland (Det Grønlandske Landsbibliotek = Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia ) Nuuk Djibouti National Archive and Library of Djibouti (Centre national de documentation de Djibouti (fi) ) Djibouti Dominica National Library of Dominica Roseau Dominican Republic National Library Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña ) Santo Domingo
E Country Library City Legal deposit Source East Timor National Library of East Timor (Biblioteca e Arquivo Nacional de Timor-Leste ) Dili Ecuador National Library of Ecuador (Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador Eugenio Espejo ) Quito Egypt Egyptian National Library and Archives Cairo Egyptian National Agricultural Library Giza El Salvador National Library of El Salvador (Biblioteca Nacional Francisco Gavidia (es) ) San Salvador Equatorial Guinea National Library of Equatorial Guinea (Biblioteca Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (es) ) Malabo Eritrea Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea Asmara Estonia National Library of Estonia (Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu ) Tallinn Yes Eswatini Eswatini National Library Service (Mbabane Public Library - ENLS) Mbabane Ethiopia National Archives and Library of Ethiopia Addis Ababa
F Country Library City Legal deposit Source Faroe Islands → see under Denmark Fiji Library Services of Fiji Suva Finland National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto = Nationalbibliotek ) Helsinki ♦ Åland Mariehamn City Library (Mariehamns stadsbibliotek (sv) ) Mariehamn France National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France ) Paris
G Country Library City Legal deposit Source Gabon National Library of Gabon (Direction Générale des Archives Nationales, de la Bibliothèque Nationale et de la Documentation Gabonaise, DGABD (fi) ) Libreville The Gambia National Library of The Gambia Banjul Georgia National Parliamentary Library of Georgia Tbilisi Germany German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek ) Frankfurt a.M. and Leipzig Yes German National Library of Economics (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ) Kiel and Hamburg German National Library of Medicine (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin ) Cologne and Bonn German National Library of Science and Technology (Technische Informationsbibliothek ) Hanover Yes Ghana George Padmore Research Library (division of Ghana Library Authority) Accra Greece National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος) Athens Greenland → see under Denmark Grenada National Library and Archives of Grenada (closed since 2011) St. George's Guatemala National Library of Guatemala (Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala "Luis Cardoza y Aragón" ) Guatemala City Guinea National Library of Guinea (Bibliothèque nationale de Guinée ) Conakry Guinea-Bissau Public Library of the INEP (Biblioteca Pública do Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, INEP ) Bissau Guyana National Library of Guyana Georgetown
H Country Library City Legal deposit Source Haiti National Library of Haiti (Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti ) Port-au-Prince Honduras Juan Ramón Molina National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Juan Ramón Molina ) Tegucigalpa Hong Kong → see under People's Republic of China Hungary National Széchényi Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár ) Budapest University of Debrecen Library (Debreceni Egyetemi és Nemzeti Könyvtár ) Debrecen
I Country Library City Legal deposit Source Iceland National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn ) Reykjavík Yes India National Library of India Kolkata Yes Indonesia National Library of Indonesia (Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia ) Central Jakarta Yes Iran National Library of Iran (Ketabkhane-ye Melli-ye Iran ) Tehran Yes Malek National Library (Ketabkhane-ye Melli-ye Malek ) Iraq Iraq National Library and Archive Baghdad Ireland National Library of Ireland = Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann Dublin Isle of Man → see under United Kingdom Israel National Library of Israel (הספרייה הלאומית) Jerusalem Yes Italy National Central Library (Florence) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze ) Florence National Central Library (Rome) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma ) Rome Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli ) Naples
J Country Library City Legal deposit Source Jamaica National Library of Jamaica Kingston Yes Japan National Diet Library Tokyo and Kyoto (Kansai-kan) Yes Jersey → see under United Kingdom Jordan National Library of Jordan Amman
K Country Library City Legal deposit Source Kazakhstan National Library of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық Кітапханасы = Национальная библиотека Республики Казахстан) Almaty Kenya National Library Service of Kenya Nairobi Yes Kiribati Kiribati National Library and Archives Bairiki North Korea Grand People's Study House Pyongyang South Korea National Library of Korea (국립중앙도서관) Seoul National Digital Library of Korea National Library for Children and Young Adults (국립어린이청소년도서관) Kosovo → see under Other States Kuwait National Library of Kuwait Kuwait Kyrgyzstan National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Китепканасы) Bishkek
L Country Library City Legal deposit Source Laos National Library of Laos Vientiane Latvia National Library of Latvia (Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka ) Riga Lebanon Lebanon National Library (المكتبة الو طنية = Bibliothèque Nationale du Liban ) Beirut Lesotho Lesotho National Library Services (Libraries in Lesotho) Maseru Liberia National Public Library of Liberia (Liberian kansalliskirjasto (fi) ) Monrovia Libya National Library of Libya Benghazi Liechtenstein Liechtenstein State Library (Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek ) Vaduz Lithuania Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lietuvos Nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka ) Vilnius Luxembourg National Library of Luxembourg (Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg = Lëtzebuerger Nationalbibliothéik = Nationalbibliothek Luxemburg ) Luxembourg
M Country Library City Legal deposit Source Macau → see under People's Republic of China North Macedonia National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid" (Национална и универзитетска библиотека „Св. Климент Охридски") Skopje Madagascar National Library of Madagascar (Bibliothèque nationale de Madagascar ) Antananarivo Malawi National Library Service of Malawi Lilongwe Malaysia National Library of Malaysia (Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia ) Kuala Lumpur Yes Maldives National Library of Maldives Galolhu Malé Mali National Library of Mali (Direction nationale des Bibliothèques et de la Documentation ) Bamako Malta National Library of Malta Valletta Marshall Islands Alele Museum & Public Library Majuro Mauritania National Library of Mauritania (Bibliothèque nationale de Mauritanie ) Nouakchott Mauritius National Library of Mauritius Port Louis Mexico National Library of Mexico (Biblioteca Nacional de México ) Mexico City National Newspaper and Periodicals Library of Mexico (Hemeroteca Nacional de México (es) ) Federated States of Micronesia (List of libraries in the Federated States of Micronesia) Palikir Moldova National Library of Moldova (Biblioteca Naţională a Republicii Moldova ) Chişinău Monaco Louis Notari Library (Bibliothèque Louis Notari ) Monaco Mongolia National Library of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Montenegro National Library of Montenegro (Национална библиотека Црне Горе "Ђурђе Црнојевић" ) Cetinje Morocco National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco Rabat and Tétouan Mozambique National Library of Mozambique (Biblioteca Nacional de Moçambique ) Maputo
N Country Library City Legal deposit Source Namibia National Library of Namibia Windhoek Nauru Nepal Nepal National Library Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur Netherlands Royal Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek , lit. "Royal Library") The Hague ♦ Aruba National Library of Aruba (Biblioteca Nacional Aruba ) Oranjestad New Zealand National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa ) Wellington ♦ Cook Islands National Library of the Cook Islands Rarotonga Nicaragua National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío (Biblioteca Nacional de Nicaragua Rubén Darío ) Managua National Health Library (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud ) Niger Direction of the National Archives of Niger (Direction des Archives nationales du Niger ) Niamey Nigeria National Library of Nigeria Lagos North... → see under the second word Norway National Library of Norway (Nasjonalbiblioteket ) Oslo and Mo i Rana
O Country Library City Legal deposit Source Oman Sultan Qaboos University Library Muscat
P Country Library City Legal deposit Source Pakistan National Library of Pakistan Islamabad Palau Palau Community College Library Koror Palestine Palestinian National Library (المكتبة الوطنية الفلسطينية) Ramallah Yes Panama National Library of Panama (Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá ) Panama City Papua New Guinea National Library of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Paraguay National Library of Paraguay (Biblioteca Nacional del Paraguay ) Asunción National Library of Agriculture (Paraguay) (Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura ) Peru National Library of Peru (Biblioteca Nacional del Perú ) Lima Yes Philippines National Library of the Philippines (Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas ) Manila Yes Poland National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa ) Warsaw Yes Jagiellonian Library (Biblioteka Jagiellońska ) Kraków Yes Portugal Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (National Library of Portugal) Lisbon
Q Country Library City Legal deposit Source Qatar Qatar National Library Doha Quebec → see under Canada
R Country Library City Legal deposit Source Romania National Library of Romania (Biblioteca Națională a României ) Bucharest Russian Federation Russian State Library (Российская Государственная Библиотека) Moscow National Library of Russia (Российская Национальная Библиотека) Saint Petersburg Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library (Президентская библиотека имени Б.Н.Ельцина) Akhmet-Zaki Validi National Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan (ru) (Национальная библиотека имени Ахмет-Заки Валиди) Ufa National Library of the Chechen Republic (ru) (Национальная библиотека Чеченской Республики) Grozny National Library of the Chuvash Republic (ru) (Национальная библиотека Чувашской Республики) Cheboksary National Library of the Republic of Dagestan (ru) (Национальная библиотека Республики Дагестан) Makhachkala National Library of Kalmykia (ru) (Национальная библиотека Калмыкии) Elista National Library of the Republic of Karelia (ru) (Национальная библиотека Республики Карелия) Petrozavodsk National Library of the Republic of Khakassia (ru) (Национальная библиотека Республики Хакасия) Abakan National Library of the Komi Republic (ru) (Национальная библиотека Республики Коми) Syktyvkar S. G. Chavaine National Library (ru) (Национальная библиотека имени С. Г. Чавайна) Yoshkar-Ola National Library of the Republic of Mordovia (ru) (Национальная библиотека имени А. С. Пушкина Республики Мордовия) Saransk National Scientific Library of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania (ru) (Национальная научная библиотека Республики Северная Осетия — Алания) Vladikavkaz National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (ru) (Национальная библиотека Республики Саха (Якутия)) Yakutsk National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan (Татарстан Республикасы Милли китапханәсендә = Национальная Библиотека Республики Татарстан) Kazan National Library of the Republic of Tyva (ru) (Национальная библиотека Республики Тыва им. А. С. Пушкина) Kyzyl National Library of the Udmurt Republic (ru) (Национальная библиотека Удмуртской Республики) Izhevsk Rwanda National Library of Rwanda (Bibliothèque nationale du Rwanda ) Kigali
S Country Library City Legal deposit Source Saint Kitts and Nevis Charles A. Halbert Public Library Basseterre Saint Lucia Central Library of Saint Lucia Castries Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Public Library Kingstown Samoa Samoa Public Library (Nelson Memorial Public Library) Apia San Marino National Library and Book Patrimony (Biblioteca di Stato e Beni Librari ) San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe (Biblioteca Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe ) São Tomé Yes Saudi Arabia King Fahad National Library (مكٺبة الملك فهد الوطنية) Riyadh Scotland → see under United Kingdom Senegal National Library of Senegal (Bibliothèque Nationale du Sénégal, Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal ) Dakar Serbia National Library of Serbia (Народна библиотека Србије) Belgrade Yes Seychelles National Library of Seychelles Mahé Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Library Board Freetown Singapore National Library, Singapore (Limited to Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, PublicationSG, and reference section of Regional Libraries / Public Libraries) Singapore Slovakia Slovak National Library (Slovenská národná knižnica ) Martin Slovenia National and University Library of Slovenia (Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, NUK ) Ljubljana Solomon Islands National Library Service of the Solomon Islands Honiara Somalia National Library of Somalia Mogadishu Somaliland National Library of Somaliland Hargeisa South... → see under the second word, with the two exceptions below South Africa National Library of South Africa (Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid Afrika ) Pretoria and Cape Town South Sudan [No national library] Spain Biblioteca Nacional de España [National Library of Spain] Madrid ♦ Catalonia Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya ) Barcelona Sri Lanka National Library of Sri Lanka Colombo Republika Srpska → see under Bosnia and Herzegovina Sudan Sudan Library Khartoum Suriname [No national library, but database available] Sweden National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket ) Stockholm Yes Switzerland Swiss National Library (Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek = Bibliothèque nationale suisse = Biblioteca nazionale svizzera = Biblioteca naziunala svizra ) Bern Syria National Library of Syria (مكتبة الوطنية) Damascus
T Country Library City Legal deposit Source Republic of China (Taiwan) → see under Other States Tajikistan National Library of Tajikistan (Национальная библиотека Таджикистана) Dushanbe Tanzania National Central Library / Tanzania Library Services Board (sw) (Shirika la Huduma za Maktaba Tanzania ) Dar es Salaam Tatarstan → see under Russia Thailand National Library of Thailand (หอสมุดแห่งชาติ) Bangkok Togo National Library of Togo (Bibliothèque nationale du Togo ) Lomé Tonga [No national library] Trinidad and Tobago National Library and Information System The Heritage Library
Port of Spain Tunisia National Library of Tunisia (Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie , المكتبة الوطنية التونسية) Tunis Turkey National Library of Turkey (Milli Kütüphane ) Ankara National Library of İzmir (İzmir Milli Kütüphanesi ) İzmir Turkmenistan State Library of Turkmenistan Ashgabat Tuvalu Tuvalu National Library and Archives Funafuti
U Country Library City Legal deposit Source Uganda National Library of Uganda Kampala Ukraine Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) Kyiv United Arab Emirates Cultural Foundation National Library Abu Dhabi United Kingdom British Library London and Boston Spa (Wetherby) Yes National Library of Scotland Edinburgh Yes National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ) Aberystwyth Yes Bermuda National Library Hamilton Library Services Department Road Town National Library and Archives (Manx National Heritage) Douglas Jersey Library Saint Helier United States Library of Congress (de facto ) Washington, D.C. Yes National Library of Education National Transportation Library Treasury Library United States National Library of Medicine Bethesda United States National Agricultural Library Beltsville Uruguay Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay [National Library of Uruguay] Montevideo Uzbekistan National Library of Uzbekistan Tashkent
V Country Library City Legal deposit Source Vanuatu National Library of Vanuatu Port Vila Vatican City Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana ) Vatican City Venezuela National Library of Venezuela (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela ) Caracas Vietnam National Library of Vietnam (Thư Viện Quốc Gia Việt Nam) Hanoi Yes
W Country Library City Legal deposit Source Wales → see under United Kingdom
Y Country Library City Legal deposit Source Republic of Yemen National Library of Yemen Aden
Z Country Library City Legal deposit Source Zambia Zambia Library Service Lusaka Zimbabwe National Archives of Zimbabwe Library Harare?
Other States Country Library City Source Abkhazia I.G. Papaskir National Library of Abkhazia Sukhumi Kosovo National Library of Kosovo (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Kosovës ) Pristina Northern Cyprus National Library of Northern Cyprus (Millî Kütüphane ) North Nicosia Republic of China (Taiwan) National Central Library (國家圖書館) Taipei
State libraries A state library is established by a state to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that region.
Australia
China
Mainland Capital Library of China Tianjin Library Hebei Library Shanxi Library Inner Mongolia Library Liaoning Provincial Library Jilin Province Library Heilongjiang Provincial Library Shanghai Library Shanghai Children's Library Nanjing Library Zhejiang Library Anhui Provincial Library Fujian Provincial Library Jiangxi Provincial Library Shandong Library Henan Provincial Library Hubei Provincial Library Hunan Library Hunan Provincial Library of Juveniles and Children Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province Library of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi Guilin Library Hainan Library Chongqing Library Chongqing Children's Library Sichuan Provincial Library Guizhou Provincial Library Yunnan Provincial Library Tibet Library Shaanxi Library Gansu Provincial Library Qinghai Library Ningxia Library Xinjiang Library
Hong Kong Hong Kong Central Library
Macau
Germany Bavarian State Library, Munich Berlin Central and Regional Library Göttingen State and University Library Hessian State Library, Wiesbaden Saxon State and University Library Dresden Württembergische Landesbibliothek
India Goa State Central Library Harekrushna Mahtab State Library Nagaland State Library North Bengal State Library State Central Library, Hyderabad State Central Library, Kerala
Spain Autonomous communities libraries
Andalusia Library Aragon Library Asturias Library Central Library of Cantabria Castile and Leon Library Castile-La Mancha Library Library of Catalonia Extremadura Library Library of Galicia La Rioja Library Madrid Regional Library Murcia Regional Library Navarre Library Valencian Library
Switzerland The member states of the Swiss Confederation are the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The cantonal libraries (de) (German: Kantonsbibliothek , French: Bibliothèque cantonale , Italian: Biblioteca cantonale , Romansh: Biblioteca chantunala ) are:
Aargau: Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden: Innerrhodische Kantonsbibliothek Basel-Landschaft: Kantonsbibliothek Baselland Basel-Stadt: Basel University Library (university and cantonal library) Bern: Bibliothek Münstergasse (formerly Zentralbibliothek Bern, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Bern) Fribourg: Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Fribourg Geneva: Bibliothèque de Genève Glarus: Glarner Landesbibliothek Grisons: Kantonsbibliothek Graubünden / Biblioteca chantunala dal Grischun / Biblioteca cantonale dei Grigioni Jura: Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne Luzern: Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern (university and cantonal library) Neuchâtel: Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel Nidwalden: Kantonsbibliothek Nidwalden Obwalden: Kantonsbibliothek Obwalden Schaffhausen: Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen (city and cantonal library) Schwyz: Kantonsbibliothek Schwyz Solothurn: Zentralbibliothek Solothurn (city and cantonal library) St. Gallen: Kantonsbibliothek St. Gallen Ticino: four libraries, Biblioteca cantonale di Bellinzona, Biblioteca cantonale di Locarno, Biblioteca cantonale di Lugano, Biblioteca cantonale e del Liceo di Mendrisio Thurgau: Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau Uri: Kantonsbibliothek Uri Valais: Médiathèque Valais / Mediathek Wallis Vaud: Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne Zug: Bibliothek Zug Zürich: Zentralbibliothek Zürich (city, cantonal, and university library)
United States
See also European Library List of libraries List of libraries by country List of national archives List of U.S. state library associations Staatsbibliothek