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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 Library & Archives 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
• Cantonal and University Library of Fribourg

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
• Cantonal and University Library of Fribourg

See also

• List of libraries in Austria
• List of libraries in Germany
• Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek

References

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