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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 ]
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 ...
Communication & Information Library; Humanities & Social Sciences Library; Lee Wee Nam Library; Library Outpost; Medical Library; Wang Gungwu Library; National University of Singapore. Central Library; C J Koh Law Library; Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library; Medicine+Science Library; Music Library; Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library (Chinese ...
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 ...
The library is Singapore's second-oldest public library and the only one built on reclaimed land. The Marine Parade Branch Library was renamed as Marine Parade Community Library when the National Library Board became a statutory board in September 1995. It started moving in stages to the community building in April 2000, and was officially ...
Hedwig Anuar (born 19 November 1928) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean librarian who was the a director of the National Library in 1960.. As a librarian and an administrator, she was responsible for many of the foundations of the modern library system in Singapore. [1]
Raffles Library and Museum building (1887–1960) Above three should probably redirect to National Museum of Singapore, but that article is missing a lot of info in these sources. Raffles Library and Museum exist as a correct redirect but Raffles Library is redirected to Old National Library Building. Raffles Library and Museum building does ...
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.