a library established and funded by a national government with the designation national, to serve the needs of this government, often to function as a library of record for the nation's publishing output, and in some cases to act as a central agency for library and bibliographic development in the nation.
NATIONAL LIBRARY
Meaning of NATIONAL LIBRARY in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012