Central library may refer to:

Canada

Calgary Central Library The Calgary Central Library, also known as the Calgary New Central Library (NCL), is a public library in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the flagship branch of the Calgary Public Library system. The building is located in the Downtown East Villag ...

, Alberta * Mississauga Central Library, Ontario *

North York Central Library North York Central Library is a Toronto Public Library branch located in North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the two libraries in the Toronto public library system considered to be "Research and Reference Libraries", t ...

, Toronto, Ontario *

Halifax Central Library The Halifax Central Library is a public library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Queen Street in Downtown Halifax. It serves as the flagship library of the Halifax Public Libraries, repla ...

, Nova Scotia

Denmark

* Odense Central Library

Finland

* Helsinki Central Library

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong Central Library is the largest library in Hong Kong, flagship library of Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) and used as Hong Kong Public Library headquarters, functioning as the territory's National Library. It is located at the in ...

India

* Central Library, IIT, Bombay * Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library at Banaras Hindu University, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Iran

Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi The Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi is a renowned library in Mashad, Iran. Established before 1457, it holds over 1.1 million volumes. It is an international center for Islamic research, containing numerous manuscripts and rare works of ant ...

, in Mashad

Italy

National Central Library (Florence) The National Central Library of Florence (, BNCF) is a public national library in Florence, the largest in Italy and one of the most important in Europe. It is one of the two central libraries of Italy, along with the . History The library was f ...

National Central Library (Rome) The (Central National Library of Rome), in Rome, is one of two central national libraries of Italy, along with in Florence. In total, 9 national libraries exist, out of 46 state libraries. The library's mission is to collect and preserve all t ...

Japan

Tenri Central Library Tenri Central Library (天理大学附属天理図書館 ''Tenri Daigaku Fuzoku Tenri Toshokan'') is the library of Tenri University. It has notably extensive collections of antiquarian material, including original manuscripts from 13th-century J ...

Mexico

Central Library (UNAM) Central Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is the main library in the Campus. It holds one of the largest collections in Mexico. It has a multidisciplinary approach for all th ...

, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

New Zealand

Christchurch Central Library The Canterbury Public Library building, was a library in Central Christchurch and the main library of Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand. It was the largest library in the South Island and the third-biggest in New Zealand. It was also kno ...

Pakistan

* Central Library Bahawalpur

Singapore

* Central Library, NUS, of the National University of Singapore

South Africa

* Central Library Cape Town

Spain

* Central Library of Cantabria

Switzerland

* Zurich Central Library

Taiwan

National Central Library The National Central Library (NCL; ) is the national library of Taiwan, located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei. It will soon have a subsidiary called Southern Branch of the National Central Library & National Repository Library. Mission T ...

United Arab Emirates

* Dubai Central Library

United Kingdom

England

* Central Library, Blackpool * Birkenhead Central Library *

Birmingham Central Library Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England, from 1974 until 2013, replacing a library opened in 1865 and rebuilt in 1882. For a time the largest non-national library in Europe, it closed on 29 June 2013 and was ...

* Bristol Central Library *

Croydon Central Library Croydon Central Library is Croydon's main public library, located inside the Croydon Clocktower in Croydon, south London. It is owned by the London Borough of Croydon on behalf of Croydon Council. The library is located on four floors inside the ...

* Derby Central Library * Kensington Central Library *

Leeds Central Library Leeds Central Library is a public library in Leeds. Situated in the city centre, on Calverley Street, it houses the city library service's single largest general lending and reference collection and hosts the Leeds Art Gallery. Services avai ...

Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Central Library is the largest of the 22 libraries in Liverpool, England, situated in the centre of the city. History The library is located in several adjoining historic buildings on William Brown Street. Its first building was the ...

Manchester Central Library Manchester Central Library is the headquarters of the city's library and information service in Manchester, England. Facing St Peter's Square, it was designed by E. Vincent Harris and constructed between 1930 and 1934. The form of the build ...

* Oxford Central Library *

Reading Central Library Reading Central Library is a public library in the town of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. History From 1882, the main library was in Reading Town Hall. However, as early as World War I complaints were being ...

Sheffield Central Library Sheffield Central Library is a public library in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It houses the city library service's single largest general lending and reference collection, as well as Graves Art Gallery, on the third floor, and a theat ...

* Stockport Central Library

Northern Ireland

Belfast Central Library Belfast Central Library is a public library in Royal Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1888, it was one of the first major public library buildings in Ireland. A competition for the design of the building was won by architect Will ...

Scotland

Central Library, Aberdeen The Central Library of Aberdeen in Scotland is located on Rosemount Viaduct and is the main library for the city. History The library is housed in a category C(S) listed building. It cost £10,000 to build and was publicly funded through loca ...

Central Library, Edinburgh Central Library in Edinburgh, Scotland, opened in 1890, was the first public library building in the city. Edinburgh Central library comprises six libraries: Lending, Reference, Music, Art and Design, Edinburgh and Scottish, and the Children's L ...

Wales

Cardiff Central Library Cardiff Central Library (now Cardiff Central Library Hub) () is the main library in the Cardiff city centre, city centre of Cardiff, Wales. It offers a public library service and is open six days a week. Four buildings have been named as such, ...

* Old Swansea Central Library

United States

California

Los Angeles Central Library Richard J. Riordan Central Library, primarily known as the Los Angeles Central Library, is the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), in Downtown Los Angeles. It is named after Mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan. It consists o ...

Sacramento City Library The Sacramento City Library, also known as Central Branch, is part of the Sacramento Public Library system, and faces I Street in Sacramento, California near Sacramento City Hall. History The three-story Italian Renaissance Revival style Sacrame ...

* Norman F. Feldheym Central Library, San Bernardino * San Diego Central Library

Florida

* Hart Memorial Central Library, Kissimmee

Georgia

Atlanta Central Library The Atlanta Central Library in Downtown Atlanta is the main library and headquarters of the Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System. The visual conceptualization of the building was influenced by mid-century modernism and the International Style, ...

Indiana

Central Library (Indianapolis) Central Library is the main branch of the Indianapolis Public Library in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Central Library opened to the public on October 8, 1917. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Central Library ...

Maryland

* NOAA Central Library, in Silver Spring

Massachusetts

* Central Library (Somerville, Massachusetts)

Minnesota

Minneapolis Central Library The Minneapolis Central Library is a public library located in Central, Minneapolis, downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the largest library in the Hennepin County Library system. It bills itself as having "the third largest per capita public ...

Missouri

* Central Library (Kansas City, Missouri)

New York

Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library) The Central Library, originally the Ingersoll Memorial Library, is the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, New York City. Located on Grand Army Plaza, at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, it contains over 1 ...

Oregon

Central Library (Portland, Oregon) The Central Library is a three-story public library branch in the Downtown Portland, Oregon, downtown core of Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1913, it serves as the main branch of the Multnomah County Library system. In 1979, the Georg ...

Pennsylvania

Parkway Central Library Parkway Central Library also known as Free Library or Central Library is the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system. It is the largest library, and only research library, of 54 ...

, Philadelphia

Texas

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is the main library of the Dallas Public Library system. It is located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District, Dallas, Texas, Government District of downtown Dallas, downtown Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Te ...

, Dallas *

Old Dallas Central Library The former Dallas Public Library, now known as Old Dallas Central Library, is a multi-level civic structure located at 1954 Commerce Street in downtown Dallas, downtown Dallas, Texas (United States, USA). It is located on the edge of the Farmers ...

Wisconsin

Central Library (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The Central Library is the headquarters for the Milwaukee Public Library System as well as for the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. Designated a List of Milwaukee landmarks, Milwaukee Landmark in 1969, the building remains one of Milwau ...

Washington

Seattle Central Library The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the Downtown Seattle, downtown core of Seattle, Washington (state), Washington was op ...