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The National Library traces its history back to 1823 with the establishment of the first national public library as suggested by Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. It was renamed the Hullett Memorial Library in 1923, co-located with Singapore's first school, Raffles Institution, at a site now occupied by the Raffles City complex ...
The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. [1] The national libraries of Singapore house books in all four official languages of Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay and ...
Medicine+Science Library; Music Library; Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library (Chinese: 雲茂潮中文图书馆) Yale-NUS College Library; Singapore Management University. Li Ka Shing Library; Kwa Geok Choo Law Library; Singapore University of Technology and Design. SUTD Library; Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Lien Ying Chow Library; Republic Polytechnic ...
Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with graphical depictions of child sex, like Gender Queer: A ...
Another publication is the Singapore Libraries Bulletin for news and information purposes. [ 4 ] In 99 Words: Stories Librarians Tell ( ISBN 9789810767938 ) is a book published by LAS in 2013 [ 5 ] and launched during the 2013 IFLA conference held in Singapore.
Bedok Public Library has a collection of approximately 200,000 books and over 300 magazines and 13,000 audio-visual titles. [2] It has a seating capacity of 435 seats. [ 3 ] Besides standard facilities such as the 24-hour bookdrop, multiple reading areas and multimedia stations, and event spaces, the library offers more services suitable for ...
Many national libraries cooperate within the National Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to discuss their common tasks, define and promote common standards and carry out projects helping them to fulfil their duties. National libraries of Europe participate in The European Library ...
The Old National Library traces its roots to Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore, who in 1823 started a small private collection of books housed in the Raffles Institution. This was known as Raffles Library , and access to the collection was limited to the British and privileged class. [ 1 ]