What is National library?
[[File:Thomas Jefferson Building Aerial by Carol M. Highsmith.jpg|thumb|250px|right|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 == * [http://www.ifla.org/VII/s1/index.htm National Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013193603/http://www.ifla.org./VII/s1/index.htm |date=2008-10-13 }} * [http://consorcio.bn.br/cdnl/ Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908211041/http://consorcio.bn.br/cdnl/ |date=2005-09-08 }} * [http://www.cenl.org Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)] [[Category:National libraries| ]] {{lit-stub}}