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It became the Library Association of Singapore in 1960 as it was split from Persatuan Perpustakaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malaysia). Then it was reconstituted as the Persatuan Perpustakaan Malaysia, Chawagan Singapura (Library Association of Malaysia, Singapore Branch) in 1964, and finally Persatuan Perpustakaan Singapura in 1966. [1]
Friends of the Library Shop in Salt Lake City Main Library. Some Friends groups are created primarily for the purpose of raising money for their library. [11] Friends might raise money by selling old and used books. [23] Book sales can be major events for many Friends groups. [24] Friends groups receive books as donations. [25]
Following the event, the building was later converted, and opened as the Toa Payoh Branch Library on 7 February 1974 by Sha'ari Tadin, Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, in the place of Jek Yuen Thong, the then Minister for Culture. The building cost approximately $1.234 million to build the building.
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 ...
The eight libraries consist of the main library, which is the Lee Wee Nam Library, and the Business Library, the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, the Chinese Library, the Communication and Information Library, the Art, Design & Media Library, Wang Gungwu Library, and the Medical Library (Novena campus).
Queenstown Public Library was officially opened as Queenstown Branch Library on 30 April 1970 by then Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. [ 2 ] On 7 October 1987, Queenstown Branch Library became the first public library in the National Library Boards network to have its library services put online.
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 ...