Library Directories: International

The links on this page go to international library directories

Lists and Maps

Library Map of the World - For selected nations, gives statistics on number of libraries by type (IFLA)
Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance - Libraries in the U.S., Canada, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

Directories that list all types of libraries worldwide

Theatrum Catalogorum - Annotated directory of library catalogs in Europe and the Americas; aimed at students of the Early Modern era
WWW Library Directory (M. Sauers) (Not updated)

WorldCat - Giant database of holdings in libraries around the world
Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog - Choose from dozens of library catalogs in Europe, North America, and elsewhere, and search them all at once. English-language interface. (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog, KVK)
Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) - Database of all books published in Europe between the invention of printing and the end of the sixteenth century (c. 1450-1600)
Z39.50 Gateway to Library Catalogs (LC)