Library Location and website - nb - will open in new window	Country	Name	Postcard - if I have it!
Tirana	Albania	National Library
Algiers	Algeria	Bibliotheque Nationale
Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Biblioteca Nacional d'Andorra
Luanda	Angola	Biblioteca Nacional de Angola
Buenos Aires	Argentina	Biblioteca Nacional
Yerevan	Armenia	National Library of Armenia
Oranjestad	Aruba	Aruba National Library
Canberra	Australia	National Library
Vienna	Austria	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Baku	Azerbaijan	National Library
Dhaka	Bangladesh	National Library
Bridgetown	Barbados	National Library nb  HQ was in the Carnegie library in Bridgetown - not sure where they have moved now it is closed
Minsk	Belarus	National Library
Brussels	Belgium	Bibliotheque Royale Albert 1er
Belize City	Belize	National Library
Porto Novo	Benin	Bibliotheque Nationale
Hamilton	Bermuda	Bermuda
Thimpu	Bhutan	National Library
Sucre	Bolivia	Biblioteca y Archivo Nacional de Bolivia
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gaborone	Botswana	National Library Service
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Biblioteca Nacional
Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library
Sofia	Bulgaria	Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library of Bulgaria
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina
Bujumbura	Burundi	National Library
Phnom Phen	Cambodia	National Library
Yaounde	Cameroon	Bibliotheque Nationale du Cameroun
Ottawa	Canada	Library and Archives Canada
Québec	Canada	Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Praia	Cape Verde	Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde
Santiago	Chile	Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Beijing	China	National Library
Bogota	Colombia	Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
Brazzaville	Congo PR	Bibliotheque Nationale Populaire
Rarotonga	Cook Islands	Cook Islands Library & Museum Society
San Jose	Costa Rica	National Library
Abidjan	Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Bibliotheque Nationale
Zagreb	Croatia	National and University Library
Havana	Cuba	Biblioteca Nacional "Jose Marti"
Nicosia	Cyprus	Cyprus Library
Prague	Czech rep.	National Library
Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Library
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Quito	Ecuador	Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador
Cairo	Egypt	Egyptian National Library
San Salvador	El Salvador	Biblioteca Nacional
Oxford	England	Bodleian Library
Tallinn	Estonia	National Library
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	National Library and Archives
Torshavn	Faroe Islands	Foroya Landsbokasavn
Helsinki	Finland	National Library
Paris	France	Bibliothèque nationale de France - new and old
Libreville	Gabon	National Library
Banjul	Gambia	National Library
Tbilisi	Georgia	National Library of Georgia / National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Berlin	Germany	Deutsche Bibliothek
Athens	Greece	Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados
Nuuk	Greenland	Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia / Gronlandske Landsbibliotek
Guatemala City	Guatemala	Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala
Conakry	Guinea	Bibliotheque Nationale
Bairro-Cobornel	Guinea-Bissau	Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa(INEP)
Georgetown	Guyana	National Library of Guyana nb - Carnegie funded
Port-au-Prince	Haiti	Bibliotheque Nationale
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras
Budapest	Hungary	National Szechenyi Library
Reykjavik	Iceland	Landsbokasafn Islands National and University Library of Iceland
Kolkata	India	National Library
Jakarta	Indonesia	National Library of Indonesia
Tehran	Iran	National Library of Iran
Baghdad	Iraq	National Library
Dublin	Ireland	National Library
Jerusalem	Israel	Jewish National and University Library
Rome	Italy	Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale "Vittorio Emanuele II"
Florence	Italy	Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale
Kingston	Jamaica	National Library of Jamaica
Tokyo	Japan	National Diet Library
Amman	Jordan	Department of Libraries, Documentation and Archives
Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	National Library of Kazakhstan
Nairobi	Kenya	National Library Services
Tarawa	Kiribati	National Library & Archives
Pyongyang	Korea (North)	Grand People's Study House DPRK
Seoul	Korea (South)	National Library of Korea
Kuwait	Kuwait	National Library of Kuwait
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	National Library of Kyrgyzstan
Vientiane	Laos	National Library of Laos
Riga	Latvia	National Library of Latvia
Beirut	Lebanon	Bibliotheque Nationale du Liban / Bakleen National Library [?]
Maseru	Lesotho	Lesotho National Library
Benghazi	Libya	National Library of Libya
Vaduz	Liechtenstein	Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek
Vilnius	Lithuania	Martynas Ma vydas National Library of Lithuania
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Bibliotheque Nationale
Macau	Macau	Biblioteca Nacional de Macau
Skopje	Macedonia	National and University Library
Antananarivo	Madagascar	Bibliotheque Nationale
Lilongwe	Malawi	National Library Service
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	National Library of Malaysia
Male	Maldives	National Library
Bamako	Mali	Bibliotheque Nationale
Valetta	Malta	National Library of Malta
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Bibliotheque Nationale
Port Louis	Mauritius	The National Library of Mauritius
Mexico City	Mexico	Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
Chisinau	Moldova	National Library of Moldova
Monaco	Monaco	Bibliothèque Louis Notari
Ulan Bator	Mongolia	State Public Library
Cetinje	Montenegro	Central National Library of the Republic of Montenegro
Kenitra	Morocco	Bibliotheque Generale et Archives	New library opened 2008
Maputo	Mozambique	Biblioteca Nacional de Mocambique
Yangon	Myanmar	Myanmar National Library
Windhoek	Namibia	National Library of Namibia
Pulchowk, Lalitpur	Nepal	The National Library of Nepal
The Hague	Netherlands	Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Wellington	New Zealand	National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
Managua	Nicaragua	Biblioteca Nacional 'Ruben Dario'
Lagos	Nigeria	National Library of Nigeria
Oslo	Norway	National Library of Norway
Doha	Oman	The Sultan Qaboos University Library is the legal deposit and copyright for Oman
Islamabad	Pakistan	National Library of Pakistan
Panama City	Panama	Biblioteca Nacional
Waigani	Papua New Guinea	National Library of Papua New Guinea
Asuncion	Paraguay	Biblioteca y Archivo Nacional
Lima	Peru	Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
Manila	Philippines	The National Library
Warsaw	Poland	Biblioteka Narodowa
Lisbon	Portugal	Biblioteca Nacional
Doha	Qatar	National Library of Qatar
Bucharest	Romania	Biblioteca Nationala
St Petersburg	Russian Federation	National Library of Russia
Moscow	Russia	Russian State Library
Kigali	Rwanda	Bibliotheque Nationale du Rwanda
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	King Fahad National Library
Edinburgh	Scotland	National Library of Scotland
Belgrade	Serbia	National Library of Serbia
Mahe	Seychelles	National Library of the Seychelles
Singapore	Singapore	Raffles National Library (old)
Singapore	Singapore	National Library of Singapore
Martin	Slovakia	Slovak National Library
Ljubljana	Slovenia	National and University Library of Slovenia
Honiara	Solomon Islands	National Library Service
Mogadishu	Somalia	National Library of Somalia
Pretoria and Cape Town	South Africa	National Library of South Africa
Madrid	Spain	Biblioteca Nacional
Barcelona	Spain	Biblioteca de Catalunya
Colombo	Sri Lanka	National Library of Sri Lanka
Mbabane	Swaziland	Swaziland National Library Service
Stockholm	Sweden	The Royal Library Kungliga Biblioteket
Berne	Switzerland	Bibliotheque Nationale Suisse
Damascus	Syrian Arab Republic	Assad National Library
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	State Republic Library
Taiwan	Taiwan	National Central Library
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	Tanzania Library Service
Bangkok	Thailand	National Library
Lome	Togo	Bibliotheque Nationale
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Tunis	Tunisia	Bibliotheque Nationale
Ankara	Turkey	Milli Kutuphane
Ashgabad	Turkmenistan	National Library of Turkmenistan
Funafuti Island	Tuvalu	National Library and Archives of Tuvalu
Kampala	Uganda	National Library of Uganda
Kiev	Ukraine	National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Cultural Foundation National Library
London	United Kingdom	British Library - new and old
Washington DC	United States	Library of Congress
Montevideo	Uruguay	Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	National Library of Uzbekistan
Vila	Vanuatu	National Library of Vanuatu
Vatican City	Vatican	Vatican Library
Caracas	Venezuela	Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela
Hanoi	Vietnam	Bibliotheque Nationale
Aberystwyth	Wales	National Library of Wales
Lusaka	Zambia	Zambia Library Service [? is this a National Library?]
Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	National Free Library of Zimbabwe

note : With thanks to lists and references taken from  IFLA list of National Libraries and a list prepared by the University of Queensland, Australia 

Last updated: January 2009

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