title: List of libraries in Switzerland
text: # List of libraries in Switzerland
  
  This is a list of libraries in Switzerland. The Swiss National Library (at 5.1 million volumes) and Basel University library (at 3.1 million volumes) are the country's largest. Switzerland also has a comprehensive public system with 2,344 branches holding a total of 28 million volumes. Important specialized institutions include the Swiss Federal Archives and the United Nations Office at Geneva.
  
  ## Libraries of International Organizations
  
  * International Committee of the Red Cross Library
  * United Nations Office at Geneva
  
  ## National libraries and networks
  
  * Swiss National Library, Bern
  * Swiss Federal Archives, Bern
  * Swiss National Sound Archives, Lugano
  * Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
  * Swiss Social Archives
  * E-rara.ch
  * ETH Library
  
  ## Regional and city libraries
  
  * Bibliothèque de Genève
  * Burgerbibliothek of Berne
  * Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich
  * RERO (Library Network of Western Switzerland)
  * St. Moritz Library
  * Staatsarchiv Zürich
  * Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich
  * Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
  * Zentralbibliothek Zürich
  
  ## Specialized libraries
  
  * Abbey library of Saint Gall
  * Bodmer Library
  * Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library
  * Iron Library
  * Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ)
  * Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
  
  ## University libraries
  
  * Basel University Library
  * Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne
  * Münstergasse Library, University of Bern
  