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Library@esplanade
library@esplanade (Chinese: 滨海艺术中心图书馆) was a public library managed by Singapore's National Library Board. It was located on the third floor of Esplanade Mall at Marina Centre, sited within Singapore's Downtown Core. library@esplanade was Singapore's first public library for the performing arts (music, dance, theatre and film). It was also one of the few libraries in the world to be located within a performing arts complex, and was the second specialised boutique library in Singapore, after library@orchard. Background and history library@esplanade was established as part of the Government of Singapore's plan to develop the nation into a renaissance city of the 21st century. The objective of the library was to bring the performing arts to the general public and vice versa. Its specialised book collections, programmes and information services seek to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the performing arts for people from all walks of life with the ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Library@orchard
library@orchard ( Chinese: 乌节图书馆) is a public library under the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore. Initially located on level 5 of Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road in the Central Area of Singapore, library@orchard was opened by Lee Yock Suan, Minister for Information and the Arts on 21 October 1999. It closed on 30 November 2007 after its lease at Ngee Ann City was not renewed. It reopened on 23 October 2014 at a new location on levels 3 and 4 of Orchard Gateway on Orchard Road by Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information, next to Somerset MRT station. History Establishment Created as a boutique library, library@orchard, together with library@esplanade, was used as a test bed for NLB to introduce new services and products which could then be adapted for future projects. The library's location within the Orchard Road shopping belt was intended to attract the youth segment of the population. library@orchard was created based on feedb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |