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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Ang Mo Kio Community Library was officially opened on 17 August 1985 by Yeo Toon Chia, then Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio Constituency, and was opened to the public on 19 August. [1] The library was closed in March 2002 for renovation, and was officially reopened on 5 January 2003 by Vivian Balakrishnan , then Minister of State for ...
Choa Chu Kang Public Library is a public library on the 4th and 5th floor of Lot One, Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. [1] The library generates an average of 1.3 million loans each year. It is the second public library owned by the National Library Board to be located inside a mall .
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The library was officially opened on 31 January 2013 by then Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Mr Lawrence Wong. It is NLB's first library run by volunteers. [3] The library was designed by Multiply Architects LLP and the library was completed in 2012. [1]