National library

File:Thomas Jefferson Building Aerial by Carol M. Highsmith.jpg

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

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)