List of libraries in Poland

This is a list of libraries in Poland. As of 2015, there were around 8,050 public libraries and 1,001 research libraries in the country. In 2012 there were around 20,400 school libraries.^[1]

Libraries by province

Greater Poland

Kuyavian–Pomeranian

Lesser Poland

Czartoryski Library, Krakow
Jagiellonian Library, Krakow^[3]

Łódź

As of 2012, there were some 549 public libraries and 1,306 school libraries in the Łódź Voivodeship.^[4]

Łódź University of Technology Library

Lower Silesian

Library of Wrocław University of Science and Technology^[3] (Polish: Biblioteka Politechniki Wrocławskiej)
Ossolineum Library, Wroclaw

Lublin

As of 2012, there were some 590 public libraries and 1,433 school libraries in the Lublin Voivodeship.^[4]

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Library, Lublin

Lubusz

As of 2012, there were some 254 public libraries and 474 school libraries in the Lubusz Voivodeship.^[4]

Norwid Library in Zielona Góra

Masovian

Opole

As of 2012, there were some 317 public libraries and 576 school libraries in the Opole Voivodeship.^[4]

Municipal Public Library in Opole

Podlaskie

As of 2012, there were some 240 public libraries and 650 school libraries in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.^[4]

Ignacy Krasicki Przemyśl Public Library, housed in the building of the former New Synagogue (Przemyśl)
Łukasz Górnicki Podlasie Library in Białystok

Pomeranian

Silesian

Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (CINiBA), Katowice
Silesian Library, Katowice

Subcarpathian

As of 2012, there were some 681 public libraries and 1,514 school libraries in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship.^[4]

Provincial and Municipal Public Library in Rzeszów^[5]

Świętokrzyskie

As of 2012, there were some 275 public libraries and 797 school libraries in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.^[4]

University Library in Kielce

Warmian–Masurian

As of 2012, there were some 305 public libraries and 826 school libraries in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship.^[4]

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Library

West Pomeranian

As of 2012, there were some 373 public libraries and 766 school libraries in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[4]

Pomeranian Library, Szczecin

Defunct

Baworowscy Library, Lwow

References

↑Barbara Budyńska; Małgorzata Jezierska (2017). "Libraries in Poland as of 2015 : diversity of types, potential and services". Polish Libraries. 5. Translated by Bogna Piotrowska. National Library of Poland. ISSN 2353-1835.
↑Ewa Dżurak (2018). "History of the Three Major Academic Libraries in Partitioned Poland". The Polish Review. 63 (1). doi:10.5406/polishreview.63.1.0029.
1 2 3 4 5 6"List of LIBER Libraries", libereurope.eu, Netherlands: Association of European Research Libraries/LIBER Europe, retrieved 2026-01-21
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Barbara Budyńska; et al. (2014). "Libraries in Poland as of 2012". Polish Libraries. 2. National Library of Poland. ISSN 2353-1835.
↑"Członkowie zwyczajni"[Regular members], polskizwiazekbibliotek.pl (in Polish), Polish Association of Libraries, retrieved 2026-01-21
↑Agata Morka; Rupert Gatti (2021), "Poland", Academic Libraries and Open Access Books in Europe: a Landscape Study, UK: Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs, doi:10.21428/785a6451.316e59f6

External links

"Bibliography Search: Poland", Bibliography of Library History, 1990-Present, US: American Library Association Library History Round Table– via Penn State University Libraries
"Library Map of the World: Poland", ifla.org, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

[1] Barbara Budyńska; Małgorzata Jezierska (2017). "Libraries in Poland as of 2015 : diversity of types, potential and services". Polish Libraries. 5. Translated by Bogna Piotrowska. National Library of Poland. ISSN 2353-1835.

[2] Ewa Dżurak (2018). "History of the Three Major Academic Libraries in Partitioned Poland". The Polish Review. 63 (1). doi:10.5406/polishreview.63.1.0029.

[LIBER-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6"List of LIBER Libraries", libereurope.eu, Netherlands: Association of European Research Libraries/LIBER Europe, retrieved 2026-01-21

[Budynska2014-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Barbara Budyńska; et al. (2014). "Libraries in Poland as of 2012". Polish Libraries. 2. National Library of Poland. ISSN 2353-1835.

[PZB-5] "Członkowie zwyczajni"[Regular members], polskizwiazekbibliotek.pl (in Polish), Polish Association of Libraries, retrieved 2026-01-21

[6] Agata Morka; Rupert Gatti (2021), "Poland", Academic Libraries and Open Access Books in Europe: a Landscape Study, UK: Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs, doi:10.21428/785a6451.316e59f6

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