National library

A national library is a library that is established to serve a country or a nation. Sometimes national libraries are dedicated to one subject and sometimes they are divided into several buildings.

the main building of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. served a national library

List of national libraries

Listed according to the alphabetical order of the countries, the national libraries are located in:

• National Library of Australia
• National Library of Azerbaijan
• British Library
• National Library of China
• Egyptian National Library and Archives
• Bibliothèque nationale de France
• German National Library
• Iraq National Library and Archive
• National Diet Library (Japan)
• National Library of Greece
• National Library of India
• National Library of Indonesia
• National Library of Israel
• National Library of Malaysia
• Russian State Library
• National Library, Singapore
• National Library of Spain
• National Library and Documentation Services Board (Sri Lanka)
• Library of Congress (United States)
• United States National Library of Medicine
• Vatican Library

Other websites

• National Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) Archived 2005-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)