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 . 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
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Abkhazia Abkhazia see under Other States Afghanistan Afghanistan National Library of Afghanistan Kabul Åland Åland see under Finland Albania Albania National Library of Albania (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë ) Tirana Algeria Algeria National Library of Algeria (Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie – المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية) Algiers Andorra Andorra Andorra National Library (Biblioteca Nacional d'Andorra ) Andorra la Vella Angola Angola National Library of Angola (Biblioteca Nacional de Angola ) Luanda Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda National Library of Antigua and Barbuda St. John's Argentina Argentina National Library of Argentina (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno ) Buenos Aires Armenia Armenia National Library of Armenia (Հայաստանի ազգային գրադարան) Yerevan Aruba Aruba see under the Netherlands Australia Australia National Library of Australia Canberra Yes Austria Austria Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek ) Vienna Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Akhundov National Library (Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası , National Library of Azerbaijan) Baku
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Bahamas Bahamas Harry C. Moore Library (University of the Bahamas) (de facto) Nassau Bahrain Bahrain Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa National Library (المكتبة الشيخ عيسى بن سلمان الخليفة الوطنية ) Juffair Bangladesh Bangladesh National Library of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় গ্রন্থাগার ) Dhaka Barbados Barbados National Library Service of Barbados Bridgetown Belarus Belarus National Library of Belarus (Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі) Minsk Belgium Belgium Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België = Bibliothèque royale de Belgique ) Brussels Yes Belize Belize National Library Service of Belize Belize City Benin Benin National Library of Benin (Bibliothèque nationale du Bénin ) Porto Novo Bermuda Bermuda see under United Kingdom Bhutan Bhutan National Library of Bhutan Thimphu Bolivia Bolivia National Archive and Library of Bolivia (Archivo y Biblioteca Nacional de Bolivia ) Sucre Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Botswana National Library Service of Botswana Gaborone Brazil Brazil National Library of Brazil (Fundação Biblioteca Nacional ) Rio de Janeiro Yes British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands see under United Kingdom Brunei Brunei Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library (Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka Brunei Library) Bandar Seri Begawan Bulgaria Bulgaria SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (Народна Библиотека Св. Св. Кирил и Методий) Sofia Burkina Faso Burkina Faso National Library of Burkina Faso (Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso ) Ouagadougou Myanmar Burma (Myanmar) National Library of Myanmar Yangon Burundi Burundi National Library of Burundi (Bibliothèque nationale du Burundi ) Bujumbura
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Cambodia Cambodia National Library of Cambodia Phnom Penh Cameroon Cameroon National Library of Cameroon (Bibliothèque nationale du Cameroun ) Yaoundé Canada 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 ♦ Quebec National Library and Archives of Quebec (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec ) Montreal Yes Cape Verde Cape Verde National Library of Cape Verde (Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde ) Praia Catalonia Catalonia see under Spain Central African Republic Central African Republic [national library created in legislation but does not exist yet] Bangui Chad Chad National Library of Chad (Bibliothèque nationale du Tchad ) N'Djamena Chile Chile National Library of Chile (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile ) Santiago Yes People's Republic of China People's Republic of China National Library of China (国家图书馆) Beijing Yes Hong Kong ♦ Hong Kong Hong Kong Central Library (香港中央圖書館) Hong Kong Yes Macau ♦ Macau Macau Central Library (澳門中央圖書館, Biblioteca Central de Macau ) Macau Taiwan Republic of China (Taiwan) see under Other States Colombia Colombia National Library of Colombia (Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia ) Bogotá Yes Comoros Comoros National Centre for Documentation and Scientific Research (Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique ) Moroni Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo National Library of the Republic of the Congo () Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bibliothèque nationale de la République démocratique du Congo ) Kinshasa Cook Islands Cook Islands see under New Zealand Costa Rica 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 Côte d'Ivoire National Library of Côte d'Ivoire (Bibliothèque nationale de Côte d'Ivoire ) Abidjan Croatia Croatia National and University Library in Zagreb (Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu ) Zagreb Yes Cuba Cuba National Library José Martí (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí ) Habana Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Library (Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη) Nicosia Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus see under Other States Czech Republic Czech Republic National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky ) Prague Yes
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Denmark Denmark Danish Royal Library, The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek ) Copenhagen url= http://www.pligtaflevering.dk/hvaderpligtaflevering/index.htm title=Pligtaflevering.dk year=2008 access-date=4 March 2012}} State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket ) Aarhus Yes Faroe Islands ♦ Faroe Islands National Library of the Faroe Islands (Føroya landsbókasavn ) Tórshavn Greenland ♦ Greenland Public and National Library of Greenland (Det Grønlandske Landsbibliotek = Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia ) Nuuk Djibouti Djibouti National Archive and Library of Djibouti () Djibouti Dominica Dominica National Library of Dominica Roseau Dominican Republic Dominican Republic National Library Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña ) Santo Domingo
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source East_Timor East Timor National Library of East Timor (Biblioteca e Arquivo Nacional de Timor-Leste ) Dili Ecuador Ecuador National Library of Ecuador (Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador Eugenio Espejo ) Quito Egypt Egypt Egyptian National Library and Archives Cairo Egyptian National Agricultural Library Giza El Salvador El Salvador National Library of El Salvador () San Salvador Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea National Library of Equatorial Guinea () Malabo Eritrea Eritrea Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea Asmara Estonia Estonia National Library of Estonia (Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu ) Tallinn title=Deposit copies url=http://www.nlib.ee/deposit-copy publisher=Estonian National Library access-date=30 December 2012 archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102002135/http://www.nlib.ee/deposit-copy/ archive-date=2013-01-02 url-status=dead}} Eswatini Eswatini Eswatini National Library Service (Mbabane Public Library - ENLS) Mbabane Ethiopia Ethiopia National Archives and Library of Ethiopia Addis Ababa
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Faroe Islands Faroe Islands see under Denmark Fiji Fiji Library Services of Fiji Suva Finland Finland National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto = Nationalbibliotek ) Helsinki Åland ♦ Åland Mariehamn City Library () Mariehamn France France National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France ) Paris
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Gabon Gabon National Library of Gabon () Libreville Gambia The Gambia National Library of The Gambia Banjul Georgia Georgia National Parliamentary Library of Georgia Tbilisi Germany 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 url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222064451/http://www.tib-hannover.de/en/special-collections/reports-germany/ date=2012-02-22 }} retrieved 25-May-2012 Ghana Ghana George Padmore Research Library (division of Ghana Library Authority) Accra Greece Greece National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος) Athens Greenland Greenland see under Denmark Grenada Grenada National Library and Archives of Grenada (closed since 2011) St. George's Guatemala Guatemala National Library of Guatemala (Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala "Luis Cardoza y Aragón" ) Guatemala City Guinea Guinea National Library of Guinea (Bibliothèque nationale de Guinée ) Conakry Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Public Library of the INEP (Biblioteca Pública do Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, INEP ) Bissau Guyana Guyana National Library of Guyana Georgetown
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Haiti Haiti National Library of Haiti (Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti ) Port-au-Prince Honduras Honduras Juan Ramón Molina National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Juan Ramón Molina ) Tegucigalpa Hong Kong Hong Kong see under People's Republic of China Hungary Hungary National Széchényi Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár ) Budapest University of Debrecen Library (Debreceni Egyetemi és Nemzeti Könyvtár ) Debrecen
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Iceland Iceland National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn ) Reykjavík Yes India India National Library of India Kolkata Yes Indonesia Indonesia National Library of Indonesia (Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia ) Central Jakarta Yes Iran Iran National Library of Iran (Ketabkhane-ye Melli-ye Iran ) Tehran Yes Malek National Library (Ketabkhane-ye Melli-ye Malek ) Iraq Iraq Iraq National Library and Archive Baghdad Republic of Ireland Ireland National Library of Ireland = Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann Dublin Isle of Man Isle of Man see under United Kingdom Israel Israel National Library of Israel (הספרייה הלאומית) Jerusalem Yes Italy 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
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Jamaica Jamaica National Library of Jamaica Kingston Yes Japan Japan National Diet Library Tokyo and Kyoto (Kansai-kan) Yes Jersey Jersey see under United Kingdom Jordan Jordan National Library of Jordan Amman
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Kazakhstan Kazakhstan National Library of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық Кітапханасы = Национальная библиотека Республики Казахстан) Almaty Kenya Kenya National Library Service of Kenya Nairobi Yes Kiribati Kiribati Kiribati National Library and Archives Bairiki North Korea North Korea Grand People's Study House Pyongyang South Korea South Korea National Library of Korea (국립중앙도서관) Seoul National Digital Library of Korea National Library for Children and Young Adults (국립어린이청소년도서관) Kosovo Kosovo see under Other States Kuwait Kuwait National Library of Kuwait Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Китепканасы) Bishkek
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Laos Laos National Library of Laos Vientiane Latvia Latvia National Library of Latvia (Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka ) Riga Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon National Library (المكتبة الو طنية = Bibliothèque Nationale du Liban ) Beirut Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho National Library Services (Libraries in Lesotho) Maseru Liberia Liberia National Public Library of Liberia () Monrovia Libya Libya National Library of Libya Benghazi Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Liechtenstein State Library (Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek ) Vaduz Lithuania Lithuania Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lietuvos Nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka ) Vilnius Luxembourg Luxembourg National Library of Luxembourg (Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg = Lëtzebuerger Nationalbibliothéik = Nationalbibliothek Luxemburg ) Luxembourg
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Macau Macau see under People's Republic of China North Macedonia North Macedonia National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid" (Национална и универзитетска библиотека „Св. Климент Охридски") Skopje Madagascar Madagascar National Library of Madagascar (Bibliothèque nationale de Madagascar ) Antananarivo Malawi Malawi National Library Service of Malawi Lilongwe Malaysia Malaysia National Library of Malaysia (Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia ) Kuala Lumpur Yes Maldives Maldives National Library of Maldives Galolhu Malé Mali Mali National Library of Mali (Direction nationale des Bibliothèques et de la Documentation ) Bamako Malta Malta National Library of Malta Valletta Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Alele Museum & Public Library Majuro Mauritania Mauritania National Library of Mauritania (Bibliothèque nationale de Mauritanie ) Nouakchott Mauritius Mauritius National Library of Mauritius Port Louis Mexico Mexico National Library of Mexico (Biblioteca Nacional de México ) Mexico City National Newspaper and Periodicals Library of Mexico () Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia (List of libraries in the Federated States of Micronesia) Palikir Moldova Moldova National Library of Moldova (Biblioteca Naţională a Republicii Moldova ) Chişinău Monaco Monaco Louis Notari Library (Bibliothèque Louis Notari ) Monaco Mongolia Mongolia National Library of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Montenegro Montenegro National Library of Montenegro (Национална библиотека Црне Горе "Ђурђе Црнојевић" ) Cetinje Morocco Morocco National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco ( المكتبة الوطنية للمملكة المغربية) Rabat and Tétouan Mozambique Mozambique National Library of Mozambique (Biblioteca Nacional de Moçambique ) Maputo
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Namibia Namibia National Library of Namibia Windhoek Nauru Nauru Nepal Nepal Nepal National Library Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur Netherlands Netherlands Royal Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek , lit. "Royal Library") The Hague Aruba ♦ Aruba National Library of Aruba (Biblioteca Nacional Aruba ) Oranjestad New Zealand New Zealand National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa ) Wellington Cook Islands ♦ Cook Islands National Library of the Cook Islands Cook Islands Library and Museum Society Rarotonga Nicaragua Nicaragua National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío (Biblioteca Nacional de Nicaragua Rubén Darío ) Managua National Health Library (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud ) Niger Niger Direction of the National Archives of Niger (Direction des Archives nationales du Niger ) Niamey Nigeria Nigeria National Library of Nigeria Lagos North... see under the second word Norway Norway National Library of Norway (Nasjonalbiblioteket ) Oslo and Mo i Rana
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Oman Oman Sultan Qaboos University Library Muscat
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Pakistan Pakistan National Library of Pakistan Islamabad Palau Palau Palau Community College Library Koror Palestine Palestine Palestinian National Library (المكتبة الوطنية الفلسطينية) Ramallah Yes Panama Panama National Library of Panama (Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá ) Panama City Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea National Library of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Paraguay Paraguay National Library of Paraguay (Biblioteca Nacional del Paraguay ) Asunción National Library of Agriculture (Paraguay) (Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura ) Peru Peru National Library of Peru (Biblioteca Nacional del Perú ) Lima Yes Philippines Philippines National Library of the Philippines (Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas ) Manila Yes Poland Poland National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa ) Warsaw url=https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU19961520722/U/D19960722Lj.pdf title=USTAWA z dnia 7 listopada 1996 r. o obowiązkowych egzemplarzach bibliotecznych website=isap.sejm.gov.pl access-date=2024-05-29}} Jagiellonian Library (Biblioteka Jagiellońska ) Kraków Yes Portugal Portugal Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (National Library of Portugal) Lisbon
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Qatar Qatar Qatar National Library Doha Quebec Quebec see under Canada
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Romania Romania National Library of Romania (Biblioteca Națională a României ) Bucharest Russian Federation 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) Bashkortostan Bashkortostan (Национальная библиотека имени Ахмет-Заки Валиди) Ufa Chechnya Chechnya (Национальная библиотека Чеченской Республики) Grozny Chuvashia Chuvashia (Национальная библиотека Чувашской Республики) Cheboksary Dagestan Dagestan (Национальная библиотека Республики Дагестан) Makhachkala Kalmykia Kalmykia (Национальная библиотека Калмыкии) Elista Karelia Republic of Karelia (Национальная библиотека Республики Карелия) Petrozavodsk Khakassia Khakassia (Национальная библиотека Республики Хакасия) Abakan Komi Republic Komi Republic (Национальная библиотека Республики Коми) Syktyvkar Mari El Mari El (Национальная библиотека имени С. Г. Чавайна) Yoshkar-Ola Mordovia Mordovia (Национальная библиотека имени А. С. Пушкина Республики Мордовия) Saransk North Ossetia–Alania North Ossetia–Alania (Национальная научная библиотека Республики Северная Осетия — Алания) Vladikavkaz Sakha Sakha (Национальная библиотека Республики Саха (Якутия)) Yakutsk Tatarstan Tatarstan National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan (Татарстан Республикасы Милли китапханәсендә = Национальная Библиотека Республики Татарстан) Kazan Tuva Tuva (Национальная библиотека Республики Тыва им. А. С. Пушкина) Kyzyl Udmurtia Udmurtia (Национальная библиотека Удмуртской Республики) Izhevsk Rwanda Rwanda National Library of Rwanda (Bibliothèque nationale du Rwanda ) Kigali
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Charles A. Halbert Public Library Basseterre Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Central Library of Saint Lucia Castries Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Public Library Kingstown Samoa Samoa Samoa Public Library (Nelson Memorial Public Library) Apia San Marino San Marino National Library and Book Patrimony (Biblioteca di Stato e Beni Librari ) San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe (Biblioteca Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe ) São Tomé Yes Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia King Fahad National Library (مكٺبة الملك فهد الوطنية) Riyadh Scotland Scotland see under United Kingdom Senegal Senegal National Library of Senegal (Bibliothèque Nationale du Sénégal, Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal ) Dakar Serbia Serbia National Library of Serbia (Народна библиотека Србије) Belgrade Yes Seychelles Seychelles National Library of Seychelles Mahé Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Library Board Freetown Singapore Singapore National Library, Singapore (Limited to Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, PublicationSG, and reference section of Regional Libraries / Public Libraries) Singapore Slovakia Slovakia Slovak National Library (Slovenská národná knižnica ) Martin Slovenia Slovenia National and University Library of Slovenia (Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, NUK ) Ljubljana Solomon Islands Solomon Islands National Library Service of the Solomon Islands Honiara Somalia Somalia National Library of Somalia Mogadishu Somaliland Somaliland National Library of Somaliland Hargeisa South... see under the second word, with the two exceptions below South Africa South Africa National Library of South Africa (Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid Afrika ) Pretoria and Cape Town South Sudan South Sudan [No national library] Spain Spain Biblioteca Nacional de España [National Library of Spain]Madrid Catalonia ♦ Catalonia Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya ) Barcelona Sri Lanka Sri Lanka National Library of Sri Lanka Colombo Republika Srpska Republika Srpska see under Bosnia and Herzegovina Sudan Sudan Sudan Library Khartoum Suriname Suriname [No national library, but database available] Sweden Sweden National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket ) Stockholm Yes Switzerland Switzerland Swiss National Library (Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek = Bibliothèque nationale suisse = Biblioteca nazionale svizzera = Biblioteca naziunala svizra ) Bern Syria Syria National Library of Syria (مكتبة الوطنية) Damascus
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Taiwan Republic of China (Taiwan) see under Other States Tajikistan Tajikistan National Library of Tajikistan (Национальная библиотека Таджикистана) Dushanbe Tanzania Tanzania National Central Library / (Shirika la Huduma za Maktaba Tanzania ) Dar es Salaam Tatarstan Tatarstan see under Russia Thailand Thailand National Library of Thailand (หอสมุดแห่งชาติ) Bangkok Togo Togo National Library of Togo (Bibliothèque nationale du Togo ) Lomé Tonga Tonga [No national library] Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago National Library and Information System Port of Spain Tunisia Tunisia National Library of Tunisia (Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie , المكتبة الوطنية التونسية) Tunis Turkey Turkey National Library of Turkey (Milli Kütüphane ) Ankara National Library of İzmir (İzmir Milli Kütüphanesi ) İzmir Turkmenistan Turkmenistan State Library of Turkmenistan Ashgabat Tuvalu Tuvalu Tuvalu National Library and Archives Funafuti
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Uganda Uganda National Library of Uganda Kampala Ukraine Ukraine Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) Kyiv United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Cultural Foundation National Library Abu Dhabi United Kingdom United Kingdom England ♦ England British Library London and Boston Spa (Wetherby) Yes Scotland ♦ Scotland National Library of Scotland Edinburgh Yes Wales ♦ Wales National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ) Aberystwyth Yes Bermuda ♦ Bermuda Bermuda National Library Hamilton British Virgin Islands ♦ Virgin Islands, British Library Services Department Road Town Isle of Man ♦ Isle of Man National Library and Archives (Manx National Heritage) Douglas Jersey ♦ Jersey Jersey Library Saint Helier United States 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 Uruguay Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay [National Library of Uruguay]Montevideo Uzbekistan Uzbekistan National Library of Uzbekistan Tashkent
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Vanuatu Vanuatu National Library of Vanuatu Port Vila Vatican City Vatican City Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana ) Vatican City Venezuela Venezuela National Library of Venezuela (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela ) Caracas Vietnam Vietnam National Library of Vietnam (Thư Viện Quốc Gia Việt Nam) Hanoi Yes
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Wales Wales see under United Kingdom
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Yemen Republic of Yemen National Library of Yemen Aden
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Country Library City Legal deposit Source Zambia Zambia Zambia Library Service Lusaka Zimbabwe Zimbabwe National Archives of Zimbabwe Library Harare?
Other States
Country Library City Source Abkhazia Abkhazia I.G. Papaskir National Library of Abkhazia Sukhumi Kosovo Kosovo National Library of Kosovo (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Kosovës ) Pristina Northern_Cyprus Northern Cyprus National Library of Northern Cyprus (Millî Kütüphane ) North Nicosia Republic of China 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
Main article: National and State Libraries Australia
The [[State Library Victoria
ACT Heritage Library Library & Archives NT State Library of New South Wales
State Library of Queensland
State Library of South Australia
State Library of Tasmania
State Library Victoria
State Library of Western 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
Main article: State libraries of 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, Stuttgart
India
Main article: List of libraries in 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
Main article: List of libraries in 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 (, , , ) 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
Main article: List of U.S. state libraries and archives
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