National Libraries
| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | see under Other states | |||||
| Afghanistan | National Library of Afghanistan | Kabul | ||||
| Åland Islands | see under Finland | |||||
| Albania | National Library of Albania (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë) | Tirana | ||||
| Algeria | National Library of Algeria (Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie
|
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, Antigua and Barbuda | ||||
| Argentina | National Library of the Argentine Republic (Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina) | 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 | ||||
| Bahamas | College of The Bahamas Library | Nassau | ||||
| Bahrain | Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa National Library | Juffair | ||||
| Bangladesh | National Library of Bangladesh | Dhaka | ||||
| Barbados | National Library Service of Barbados | Bridgetown | ||||
| Belarus | The National Library of Belarus (Национальная библиотека Белоруссии) | Minsk | ||||
| Belgium | Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België = Bibliothèque royale de Belgique) | Brussels | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Republika Srpska | National and University Library of the Republic of 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 | ||||
| Cambodia | National Library of Cambodia | Phnom Penh | ||||
| Cameroon | National Library of Cameroun (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) | Ottawa | |||||
| ♦ Quebec | National Library and Archives of Quebec (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) | Montreal | ||||
| Cape Verde | National Library of Cape Verde (Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde) | |||||
| Catalonia | see under Spain | |||||
| Central African Republic | Bangui | |||||
| Chad | National Library of Chad (Bibliothèque nationale du Tchad) | N'Djamena | ||||
| Chile | National Library of Chile (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile) | Santiago | ||||
| China | National Library of China (中国国家图书馆) | Beijing | ||||
| ♦ Hong Kong | Hong Kong Central Library (香港中央圖書館) | Hong Kong | ||||
| ♦ Macau | Macau Central Library (Biblioteca Central de Macau, 澳門中央圖書館) | Macau | ||||
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | see under Other states | |||||
| Colombia | National Library of Colombia (Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia) | Bogotá | ||||
| Comores | National Centre for Documentation and Scientific Research (Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique) | Moroni | ||||
| Republic of the Congo | People's National Library (Bibliothèque nationale populaire) | 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) | San José | |||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | National Library of Côte d'Ivoire (Bibliothèque nationale de Côte d'Ivoire) | Abidjan | ||||
| Croatia | National and University Library Zagreb (Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica) | Zagreb | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Denmark | Danish Royal Library, The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek) | Copenhagen | Yes | |||
| State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket) | Aarhus | |||||
| ♦ 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 Documentation Centre of Djibouti (Centre national de documentation de Djibouti) | Djibouti | ||||
| Dominica | Public Library | Roseau | ||||
| Dominican Republic | National Library Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña) | Santo Domingo | ||||
| East Timor | ||||||
| Ecuador | National Library of Ecuador (Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador) | Quito | ||||
| Egypt | Egyptian National Library and Archives | Cairo | ||||
| Egyptian National Agricultural Library | Giza | |||||
| El Salvador | National Library of El Salvador (Biblioteca Nacional Francisco Gavidia) | San Salvador | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | National Library of Equatorial Guinea (Biblioteca Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial) | Malabo | ||||
| Eritrea | Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea | Asmara | ||||
| Estonia | National Library of Estonia (Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) | Tallinn | ||||
| Ethiopia | National Archives and Library of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | ||||
| Faroe Islands | see under Denmark | |||||
| Fiji | Library Service of Fiji | Suva | ||||
| Finland | National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto = Nationalbibliotek) | Helsinki | ||||
| ♦ Åland Islands | Mariehamn's Library (Mariehamns stadsbibliotek) | Mariehamn | ||||
| France | Bibliothèque nationale de France | Paris | ||||
| Gabon | Gabon National Library (Direction générale des Archives nationales, de la Bibliothèque nationale et de la Documentation gabonaise, DGABD) | 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., Leipzig, Berlin | 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 | ||||
| Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) | Berlin | Yes | ||||
| Ghana | George Padmore Research Library (division of Ghana Library Board) | Accra | ||||
| Greece | National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος) | Athens | ||||
| Greenland | see under Denmark | |||||
| Grenada | Grenada Public Library | 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 | National Institute for Studies and Research (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, INEP) | Bissau | ||||
| Guyana | National Library of Guyana | Georgetown | ||||
| Haiti | National Library of Haiti (Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti) | Port-au-Prince | ||||
| Honduras | National Library of Honduras (Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras) | Tegucigalpa | ||||
| Hong Kong | see under People's Republic of China | |||||
| Hungary | National Széchényi Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár) | Budapest | ||||
| Iceland | National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn) | Reykjavík | ||||
| India | National Library of India | Kolkata | ||||
| National Science Library of India | New Delhi | |||||
| National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) | New Delhi | |||||
| Indonesia | National Library of Indonesia (Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia) | Central Jakarta | ||||
| Iran | National Library of Iran (Ketabkeneh -e- Melli -e- Iran) | Tehran | Yes | |||
| Malek National Library (Ketabkeneh -e- Melli -e- Malek) | Tehran | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Italy | National Central Library (Florence) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze) | Florence | ||||
| National Central Library (Rome) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma) | Rome | |||||
| Vittorio Emanuele III National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale "Vittorio Emanuele III" di Napoli) | Naples | |||||
| Jamaica | National Library of Jamaica | Kingston | ||||
| Japan | National Diet Library | Tokyo | ||||
| Jersey | see under United Kingdom | |||||
| Jordan | National Library of Jordan | Amman | ||||
| Kazakhstan | National Library of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық Кітапханасы = Национальная библиотека Республики Казахстан) | Almaty | ||||
| Kenya | National Library Service of Kenya | Nairobi | ||||
| Kiribati | National Library and Archives of Kiribati | 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 Other states | ||||||
| Kuwait | National Library of Kuwait | Kuwait | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Китепканасы) | Bishkek | ||||
| 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 | Maseru | ||||
| Liberia | National Library of Liberia | 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 | ||||
| Macau | see under People's Republic of China | |||||
| Republic of Macedonia | National and University Library St. Clement 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 | ||||
| Maldives | National Library of the 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, Library and National Archives | 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) | ||||||
| Federated States of Micronesia | ||||||
| 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 | Central National Library of the Republic of Montenegro (Centralna narodna biblioteka Republike Crne Gore) | Cetinje | ||||
| Morocco | General Library and Archives (Bibliothèque Générale et Archives = المكتبة الوطنية للمملكة المغربية) |
Rabat and Tétouan | ||||
| Mozambique | National Library of Mozambique (Biblioteca Nacional de Moçambique) | Maputo | ||||
| Namibia | National Library of Namibia | Windhoek | ||||
| Nauru | ||||||
| Nepal | Nepal National Library | Pulchowk, Lalitpur | ||||
| Netherlands | Koninklijke Bibliotheek | The Hague | ||||
| ♦ Aruba | Aruba National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Aruba) | Oranjestad | (Archive copy at the Wayback Machine) | |||
| New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand = Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | Wellington | ||||
| ♦ Cook Islands | National Library of the Cook Islands Cook Islands Library and Museum Society |
Rarotonga | ||||
| Nicaragua | National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío (Biblioteca Nacional de Nicaragua Rubén Darío) | Managua | ||||
| National Health Library (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud) | Managua | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Oman | Sultan Qaboos University Library | Muscat | ||||
| Pakistan | National Library of Pakistan | Islamabad | ||||
| Palau | Palau Community College Library | Koror | ||||
| Panama | National Library of Panama (Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá) | Panama City | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | National Library of Papua New Guinea | Boroko | ||||
| Paraguay | National Library of Paraguay (Biblioteca Nacional del Paraguay) | Asunción | ||||
| National Library of Agriculture (Paraguay) (Biblioteca nacional de Agricultura) | Asunción | |||||
| Peru | Biblioteca Nacional del Perú | Lima | ||||
| Philippines | National Library of the Philippines | Manila | ||||
| Poland | National Library of Poland | Warsaw | ||||
| Jagiellonian Library | Kraków | |||||
| Portugal | Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal | Lisbon | ||||
| Qatar | National Library of Qatar | Doha | ||||
| Quebec | see under Canada | |||||
| Romania | National Library of Romania (Biblioteca Naţională a României) | Bucharest | ||||
| Russia | 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) | Saint Petersburg | |||||
| ♦ Tatarstan | National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan (Татарстан Республикасы Милли китапханәсендә = Национальная Библиотека Республики Татарстан) | Kazan | ||||
| Rwanda | National Library of Rwanda (Bibliothèque nationale du Rwanda) | Kigali | ||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Charles A. Halbert Public Library | Basseterre | ||||
| Saint Lucia | Central Library of Saint Lucia | Castries | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||
| Samoa | Nelson Memorial Public Library | Apia | ||||
| San Marino | National Library and Book Patrimony (Biblioteca di Stato e Beni Librari) | San Marino | ||||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Library of the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Biblioteca) | São Tomé | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Library of Matica srpska (Biblioteka Matice srpske) | Novi Sad | |||||
| Seychelles | National Library of the Seychelles | Mahé | ||||
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone Library Board | Freetown | ||||
| Singapore | National Library, Singapore | Singapore | ||||
| Slovakia | Slovak National Library (Slovenská národná knižnica) | Martin | ||||
| Slovenia | Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica | Ljubljana | ||||
| Solomon Islands | National Library Service of the Solomon Islands | Honiara | ||||
| Somalia | National Library of Somalia | Mogadishu | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Spain | Biblioteca Nacional de España | Madrid | ||||
| ♦ Catalonia | National 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 | ||||||
| Swaziland | Swaziland National Library Service | Mbabane | ||||
| 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 | Al-Assad National Library (مكتبة الأسد الوطنية) | Damascus | ||||
| Taiwan | see under Other states | |||||
| Tajikistan | National Firdoussi Library (Национальная Библиотека Республики Таджикистан имени Абулькасыма Фирдавси) | Dushanbe | ||||
| Tanzania | National Central Library / Tanzania Library Services Board = Bodi Ya 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 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | National Library and Information System | 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 | National Library of Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | ||||
| Tuvalu | National Library and Archives of Tuvalu | Funafuti | ||||
| Uganda | National Library of Uganda | Kampala | ||||
| Ukraine | Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) | Kiev | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | Cultural Foundation National Library | Abu Dhabi | ||||
| United Kingdom | British Library | London and Boston Spa (Wetherby) | Yes | |||
| Scotland | National Library of Scotland | Edinburgh | Yes | |||
| Wales | National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru) | Aberystwyth | Yes | |||
| Bermuda | Bermuda National Library | Hamilton | ||||
| |Virgin Islands, British | Library Services Department | Road Town | ||||
| Isle of Man | National Library and Archives (Manx National Heritage) | Douglas | ||||
| Jersey | Jersey Library | Saint Helier | ||||
| United States | Library of Congress (de facto) | Washington, D.C. | Yes | |||
| National Library of Medicine | Bethesda | |||||
| National Agricultural Library | Beltsville | |||||
| National Library of Education | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| National Transportation Library | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| Uruguay | National Library of Uruguay (Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay) | Montevideo | ||||
| Uzbekistan | National Library of Uzbekistan | Tashkent | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Wales | see under United Kingdom | |||||
| Republic of Yemen | National Library of Yemen | Aden | ||||
| Zambia | Zambia Library Service | Lusaka | ||||
| Zimbabwe | National Archives of Zimbabwe Library | Harare? | ||||
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