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, Toronto, Ontario * Halifax Central Library, 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 The Library is one of the central support services of IIT Bombay. The mission of the Library is to provide information services and access to bibliographic and full text digital and printed resources in order to support the scholarly and infor ...

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

Iran

* Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi, in Mashad

Italy

National Central Library (Florence) The National Central Library of Florence ( it, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, BNCF) is a public national library in Florence, the largest in Italy and one of the most important in Europe, one of the two central libraries of Italy, alon ...

* National Central Library (Rome)

Japan

* Tenri Central Library

Mexico

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

, 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 known ...

Pakistan

Central Library Bahawalpur The Bahawalpur Central Library (), also known as Sadiq Reading Library, is a library in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded on 8 March 1924 by Sir Rufus Daniel Issacs during the coronation year of Sadeq Mohammad Khan V. It cost 100,00 ...

Singapore

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

South Africa

Central Library Cape Town Central Library Cape Town is a public library in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of 104 libraries within the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services. Central Library includes lending and reference services as well as specia ...

Spain

Central Library of Cantabria Cantabria Central Library ( es, Biblioteca Central de Cantabria) is a library in the city of Santander, in Cantabria, Spain. It was known as the State Public Library of the city of Santander, although on March 23, 1999, it was declared by decree as ...

Switzerland

* Zurich Central Library

Taiwan

National Central Library The National Central Library (NCL; ) is the national library of the Republic of China (Taiwan), which is located at No. 20, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10001, Taiwan. It will soon have a subsidiary called Southern Bran ...

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Central Library The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library (MBR) is a large library in the Al Jaddaf locality of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dubai Creek that opened to the public on June 16, 2022 Overview The design of the library is inspired by the shape of a lecter ...

United Kingdom

England

Central Library, Blackpool Central Library is a public library in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The building that contains the library and the Grundy Art Gallery has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. History In 1908, a site was picked ...

Birkenhead Central Library Birkenhead Central Library is one of twenty-four libraries (as of March 2011) forming the Wirral Library Service in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The library is located on Borough Road, Birkenhead. History The origi ...

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 wa ...

Bristol Central Library Bristol Central Library is a historic building on the south side of College Green, Bristol, England. It contains the main collections of Bristol's public library. Built in 1906 by Charles Holden, its design was influential in the development o ...

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 Croydon London Borough Council is the local auth ...

Derby Central Library Derby Central Library was the main public and reference library in Derby, England, between 1879 and 2018. It was established in 1879 along with Derby Museum and Art Gallery, with which it shared a red brick building designed in the Domestic Flemi ...

Imperial College Central Library Central Library is the main academic and research library of Imperial College London. The current library opened in August 1969, taking over from the original Lyon Playfair Library which had opened in 1959. The collection grew out of earlier li ...

Kensington Central Library Kensington Central Library is a Grade II* listed building on Hornton Street and Phillimore Walk, Kensington, London. It was built in 1958–60 by the architect E. Vincent Harris on the site of The Abbey, a Gothic house which had been constructed ...

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 ava ...

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 *

Oxford Central Library Oxford Westgate Library is the main public library in the city of Oxford, England. The library opened in its current location in 1973 as Oxford Central Library above shops in Westgate, Oxford. Over 500,000 items are available for loan. The lib ...

* Reading Central Library *

Sheffield Central Library Sheffield Central Library is a public library in Sheffield, 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 theatre in the basemen ...

Stockport Central Library Stockport Central Library is a Carnegie library in Stockport Greater Manchester England. It was built in 1913-15 to designs by Bradshaw, Gass and Hope in the Edwardian Baroque style and as of 2018 continues to serve as Stockport's largest libra ...

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 Wil ...

Scotland

* Central Library, Aberdeen *

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 Li ...

Wales

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

* Old Swansea Central Library

United States

California

Los Angeles Central Library Richard J. Riordan Central Library, also 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 of two ...

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 Sacrament ...

Norman F. Feldheym Central Library San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 ce ...

, San Bernardino * San Diego Central Library

Florida

Hart Memorial Central Library The Hart Memorial Central Library is a member of the Osceola Library System. It is the headquarters of the Osceola Library system. Located on Dakin Avenue in downtown Kissimmee, Florida, United States, the two-story library is home to the Ray S ...

, 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 library, built from 1977 to 1980, has a Brutalist design by architect Marcel Breuer – his last work, and h ...

Maryland

* NOAA Central Library, in Silver Spring

Massachusetts

Central Library (Somerville, Massachusetts) The Central Library is the main branch of the Somerville, Massachusetts, public library system. It is an architecturally distinguished Renaissance Revival brick building designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and was built in 1914 with funding assis ...

Minnesota

* Minneapolis Central Library

Missouri

* Central Library (Kansas City, Missouri)

New York

* Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library)

Oregon

Central Library (Portland, Oregon) The Central Library is a three-story public library branch in the 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 Georgian style building was ad ...

Pennsylvania

* Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia

Texas

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is the Main Library Branch of the Dallas Public Library system. It is located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas, directly across from Dallas City Hall. About The stru ...

, 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, Texas ( USA). It is located on the edge of the Farmers Market District and adjacent ...

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 Milwaukee Landmark in 1969, the building remains one of Milwaukee's most monumental publi ...

Washington

* Seattle Central Library