Jurong West Public Library
Jurong West Public Library is a public library in Jurong, Singapore. It is co-located with Frontier CC at Jurong West Community Building. The nearest MRT station is Boon Lay. It is the first public library owned by the National Library Board to be located inside a mall.[1]
| Jurong West Public Library | |
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| Location | Jurong West, Singapore |
| Type | Public library |
| Established | 1996 |
| Branch of | National Library Board |
| Collection | |
| Size | 268,322 |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | 200,000[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | Official website |
History
The library was originally called Jurong West Community Library.[1] It was officially opened by Mr Ho Kah Leong, who was the then Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Environment and Member of Parliament for Jurong. The library was located at Jurong Point. It was relocated to Frontier Community Place after being closed for 2 months. It reopened on 10 March 2006.[2] It was renamed as Jurong West Public Library after the renovation.[3][4] It currently has 3 levels and is integrated with the community centre.
Layout
The library consists of three levels. The first level contains adult, children, and young adult materials,[5] the second contains further children's materials and family planning information,[6] and the third level contains adult fiction and non-fiction.[7]
Level 1
- Adult's collection
- Young People's collection
- AV materials
- Children's collection
- AV materials
Level 2
- Children's collection
- Adult's collection
- Family & parenting
Level 3
- Adult's collection
- Fiction
- English
- Chinese
- Malay
- Tamil
- Non fiction
- Business & finance
- Recreation
- IT
- Arts
- Cooking
- Recreation
- Comics
- Fiction
See also
References
- ^ a b c Singapore, National Library Board,. "Jurong West Community Library | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
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