Today, SGMYTRIPS would like to recommend some of the best libraries in Singapore with quiet and ambience environment to browse reading materials and doing some researches.
There is no denying that these public libraries are a heaven for every bookworms and researchers. Aside from massive collections of specialized books, these libraries also carry plethora of genres as well as cozy comfortable interior designs that will keep every visitors comfortable.
Guide To The 7 Best Libraries In Singapore
- National Library of Singapore
- Central Public Library
- Library @ Orchard
- Library @ Esplanade
- Bishan Public Library
- Singapore Sport Hub Library
- Library of Botany and Horticulture
1. National Library of Singapore
National Library of Singapore is located at Victoria Street which is 11,304 square metre site. It is a public library which every one of you can pay a visit.
Established during the year of 2005 of 22 July, it is already 15 years since 2005. It is also the tallest library in Singapore with wide range of reading material especially reference material. So, no matter what reading materials are you looking for, you will have high probability of getting it in this library.
It is easy to get to National Library of Singapore by just taking public transport which is MRT to Bugis and along the way you will see a tall building with glass window and decorated by greenery. The whole building is kind of impressive with all the glass window.
National Library of Singapore do consist of several services too, which are the reference services on site, or via email, SMS, telephone and fax. For other facilities like wireless access to Internet for you to search for more information. Also, if you are planning to have assignment discussion, no worry, there is also a meeting rooms for you guys to have discussion in but also have to control your volume when discussion is going on.
Remind that the material that in the library is not allow to borrow but you can consult at site, this is to avoid any loss of the material by those irresponsible borrowers.
They will also state that different floor with different collection of reference book so that it helps to save time and people just need to go particular floor to get the reference book. For the Lee Kong Chian reference is located at level 7 to 13 and from there you can get the latest issue about the companies report which is useful for your assignment or report used.
- Level 7 is for Business, Science, and Technology Collection
- Level 8 is The Art and Social Science Collection
- Level 9 is Chinese, Malay, and Tamil Collection
- Level 10 is Donors Collection and Asian Children Collection
- Level 11 is Singapore and Southeast Asian Collection like Maps, and microfilms
- Level 12 and 13 is Rare Materials Collection (you can only enter with permission as the material is kind of important and it might contain anything that cannot be shared to outsider unless you have to right to enter)
With common sense, you are not allowing to bring backpacks or some big bags into the library to avoid any stolen cases, so you are requiring to keep your bag at the locker outside the library and just bring along your belongings. If you are a tourist which only bring a small sling bag with you, then you have to show your bag to the security before you enter.
Overall, it is a great place for bookworms or all age people. You can get multiple reading material and also study peacefully at National Singapore of Library. If you feel tired after sitting few hours indoor then you can go to their garden to have a walk. It is open every day except for public holiday, so don’t plan to go during public holiday.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 100, Victoria St, Singapore 188064
Opening Hours: Daily, 10:00am to 9:00pm
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2. Central Public Library
Central Public Library is home to My Tree House which is the world first Green Library for kids. It is establishing at the year of 2013 of 31 May,founded by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, the Minister for Communications and Information of Singapore.
Central Public Library is located at Basement 1 of National Library Building. It is open for all age groups and you are welcome to join their diverse programmes available from time to time.
Presented by City Development Limited (CDL) and National Library Board (NLB), My Tree House is basically serves as a resource centre to facilitate environmental literacy for children and challenge then towards caring about the environment. Their mission is to “create a completely green and innovative library to ignite in young minds a love for nature.
“My Tree House is the first library in the world that goes with this Go Green concept either from design, infrastructure use and materials. Also, this library had been awarded with BCA Green Mark Platinum which is the highest tier for green building in Singapore too.
Its striking tree house canopy is building with over 3000 recycle bottles and the tree trunk is largely fabricated with aluminium, mild steel while it’s steps and surrounding are built with recycled timber.
Basically, Central Public Library contains a collection of 45,000 books that suitable for children at the aged of 4 to 12 in 4 languages and most of it is focus on the green topics such as plants, animals, weather, environment, recycling and climate change.
All of these is to help the children gain knowledge about the environment and way to take care their mother earth. There are also fiction books like fairy-tale that also about environment.
Furthermore, parents with their kids can also reading storybook at a cosy reading area which the blended space has been created with comfortable cushions and books within easy to reach and spend some quality time together.
There is also a weekly story telling session for the kids at age 4 to 10. Parents can send their kid to My Tree House during school holidays as there will be a session for the kids to have hands-on to create artwork using recycled material.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 100 Victoria St, #B1-01, Singapore 188064
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-9pm
3. Library @ Orchard
Library @ Orchard is not the traditional old library that we are used to see. It is a modern and forward looking library with polished furnished and sleek layouts. Established during the year of 1999, this library already had 20-year history. It is located at Orchard Gateway and it is suitable for young adult rather than all age group.
By looking at the design of Library @ Orchard, you will roughly have an idea what material you can get in there which is design and lifestyle material. It is a perfect getaway from the bustling Orchard Road. Library @ Orchard comprises 2 floors which grossing 1700 square meters in total with a seating capacity of 180 seats. The Studio which is in level 3 and The Loft is in level 4.
Once you enter into the library, you will be greeting by a video wall that screen design-themed videos, including films, and animation shorts. In each section, it allowed the guests to clearly see the category and books are well organized which is really attractive and they are all place at white shelves.
There is also an area where able the visitor to view and listen to the videos without disturbing others in the library. Also, it is more recommended to visit during weekdays to avoid the crowd.
Library @ Orchard is open to the public and it is free of charge, unless if you want to borrow the materials from there, then you have to own a borrowing card. There is a new service which is self-pickup of reserved materials which you can collect the items from the lockers that located at the entrance of the library after its operating hours but before the shopping centre closes.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 277 Orchard Road, Orchard Gateway, #03-12/#04-11, Singapore 238858
Opening Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 9:00pm
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4. Library @ Esplanade
Library @ Esplanade is a public library managed by Singapore National Library Board. It is established during the year of 2002. Library @ esplanade is the first public library for the performing arts like music, dance and others.
The purpose of having this library is to bring the performing art to the general public. The founder of the library is Khaw Boon Wan, senior Minister of State for Transport and Information, Communication and Arts of Singapore.
This library is located at third floor of the Esplanade. Its spacious and wide space is conductive for research, providing respite from the hustle and bustle of the world outside. With a floor area of 2,308 square meters, the library carries more than 110,000 volumes of materials such as music scores, movies, screenplays, play scripts, dance notations, classical and popular CDs and video recording of firms, operas, dance performances, and theatre production.
The best things you can get in Library @ Esplanade is you can watch free performance at the open stages. It is specially for talk, workshop, performance and many more activities. It is free of charge and first come first serve basis. Furthermore, there is 3 cosy screening rooms within the library and it only cost $5.50 per hour and you can watch it with your buddies!
There is a big shelf displaying all the movie CD for you to choose. Dancers will definitely in love with this corner which is an area that full with books and videos about dancing, you are also welcome to lay on the floor to take a nap too. Surprisingly, there is also a jamming room which allow people to get in there and practice. It is only cost $6.50 per hour.
If you have your own band and plan to practice together, you can choose to do it at Library @ Esplanade. Do note that you have to book the studio in advance which comes in different rated depending on the time of the week.
After all the reading, you can enjoy a cup of tea with some snack at the coffee downstairs to refresh yourself before starting again. Library @ Esplanade is also an ideal place to rest and enjoy the air-conditioning during lunch time before you head back to work. Soak into the arty atmosphere, you will find it interesting. Here, you can build your knowledge of the arts and enhance your experiences at any show.
Enjoy!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 8 Raffles Ave, #03-01, Singapore 03980
Opening Hours: 11:00am to 9:00pm
5. Bishan Public Library
The Bishan Public Library is a library in the National Library Board network situated at Bishan, Singapore established at the year of 2006. The library collection is spread over 5 floors with dedicated spaced for teens, children and adults.
The purpose of Bishan Public Library is to serve general information and recreational needs of the community of families, students and general users through collections such as fiction, recreation, health, family and parenting and business-related topics within an approximate gross floor area of 4000 square metres spread over five levels.
There is also an internal atrium which is allow natural daylight to enter through different rooms. Bishan Public Library concept consist of certain concept from The Three House library which use natural resources in building the library.
In addition, windows that protrude out of the building are actually reading “pods”, for readers who want to read quite or use their laptops there.
The design if the library won a number of awards for its design either locally or internationally because it is really creative where tinted glasses are used to reflect the sunlight, consequently reduce usage of electricity. This library make good use of all the glass window to maximize the use of day-lighting in order to promote energy saving too.
Bishan Public Library also help serve the needs of several nearby schools such as Catholic High School, Guangyang Secondary School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary High School, Whiteley Secondary School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College.
If you have the chance to try out different style design of library, then you should put Bishan Library into your list as well.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 5 Bishan Pl, #01-01, Singapore 579841
Opening Hours: 10:00am to 9:00pm
6. Singapore Sport Hub Library
Singapore Sport Hub Library is a fully integrated sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub which located in Kallang, Singapore. It is the first and largest sports facilities infrastructure available in Singapore. This open to public library allows not only sport professionals to go in but also to all aged of group.
From its exterior building appearance, people will think it is just a national stadium but in fact it is a library. The design of the Sport Hub library won’t be too complex as they go for simple and comfortable design so that it matched sport theme. You can reach Singapore Sport Hub Library by taking MRT.
This library focused on sports and active recreation, encouraging the general population to embrace sports as a healthy lifestyle, hence practicing it in the daily routine. Also, there are multiple materials in there and of course, they are all about sport.
From Sport & Recreations, Training & Coaching, Health and Fitness, Memoirs, Biographies and Stories, Business and Management, Science and Medical, Art and Culture and General.
Furthermore, they have the most comprehensive collection of sports-related material in Singapore and the public is welcome to browse and borrow. After few hours of reading, you can also play giant chess with your friend for some relaxing moments.
The second floor has a junior section with sports and health related books for young readers. There is also a children’s playground about the sport hub library for children to play around so that parent readers can enjoy some own time to read the books and relax.
Aside from that, there are also some television displaying videos about sport and some games to entertain the readers. If you are looking for more sport information or you want to get some idea on how to teach your athletes, Sport Hub Library is the great place for you to figure out more.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 4, Stadium Walk, Singapore 397697
Opening Hours: Daily, 10:00am to 8:00pm
7. Library of Botany and Horticulture
By the name of the library we roughly know that it is a library that specializing in the preservative and collection of literature and materials about the plants. The mission of many botanical and horticultural libraries is to make accessible and available to those who use it the information on this topic. This library is founded in 1875 in Singapore Botanic Gardens and it is one of the oldest specialized libraries in Southeast Asia.
For your information, almost all of the liberty collection available in this library is rare and irreplaceable resources that supports the work of the Garden staff, students, research across the globe.
There are 2 areas in the library which is the Public Reference Library which is open for the public another one is Staff Library which need permission to enter into it. The staff library consists of majority if the print media collection and every print media is very important
For the public reference, there are 3 displaying corner which is the first one is Carpilogical Display which is fruit collection. They will keep samples of dried fruit in a frame and show it in the showcase and labeled it with explanation.
Next is Herbarium Display and General Display. There are plenty of Herbal displaying and allow the visitor to try their hand in inserting their own plant samples. The last one is the General Display which basically displaying the random plants and will change every 6 months.
The Library of Botany and Horticulture plays an important role in supporting Research in Singapore Botanic Gardens because it houses a large collection of old and new books and periodicals. You will find out something unique and rare in the library compare to the library you went. Give yourself a chance to experience and learn more knowledge about plantation whenever you have an opportunity to visit there.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Location: 1 Cluny Rd, Singapore 259569
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Closed on every Saturday and Sunday
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