National Library Board

National Library Board
Agency overview
Formed1 September 1995; 29 years ago (1995-09-01)
Preceding agency
  • National Library
JurisdictionSingapore
Headquarters100 Victoria Street, #14-01, National Library Building, Singapore 188064
Annual budgetS$182 million (2010)
Agency executives
  • Lee Seow Hiang, Chairman
  • Ng Cher Pong, Chief Executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Digital Development and Information
Websitewww.nlb.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GB0037J
National Library Building is the headquarters of the National Library Board.
Bishan Public Library
Jurong Regional Library

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 Tamil. Other than paper books, the libraries also loans CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, VCDs, video cassettes, audiobooks on CDs, magazines and periodicals, DVD-videos, Blu-rays and music CDs. Its flagship institution, the National Library, Singapore, is based on Victoria Street.

  1. ^ Dresel, R., Henkel, M., Scheibe, K., Zimmer, F., & Stock, W. G. (2020). A nationwide library system and its place in knowledge society and smart nation: The case of Singapore. Libri, 70(1), 81-94. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2019-0019