Malacca State Library () is the main public library of the

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n state of

Malacca Malacca (), officially the Historic State of Malacca (), is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca ...

, located in the town of

Bukit Baru Bukit Baru is a mukim and town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia, which is administered by two local governments: Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council to the north and Historical Malacca City Council to the south. Education Tourist att ...

. It is currently the headquarters of the Malacca Public Library Corporation (, abbreviated as PERPUSTAM), a statutory body of the Malacca State Government and also a constituent feeder library of the

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. Malacca State Library is currently one of the two state libraries in the country not located in the capital city, the other one being

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State Library in

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History

The history of the Malacca State Library can be traced back to December 1881 when the subscription library Malacca Library was established at the Rest House in Malacca Town Centre, the third such library in Malaya after Penang (Penang Library) and

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(Raffles Library). Malacca Library was moved to the

Stadthuys The Stadthuys (an old Dutch spelling, meaning city hall) is a historical structure situated in the heart of Malacca City, the administrative capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia, in a place known as the Red Square. The Stadthuys is kno ...

on 21 January 1910, and again to a building at Fort Road (Jalan Kota) which now Houses the Malaysia Architecture Museum since 2004 on 19 April 1956, before it was moved to Level 1, Hang Tuah Hall on 19 February 1966 and officiated by then-

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. The Malacca Public Library Corporation was established in 1977 and utilised the hall as its headquarters following the passing of a bill 2 years earlier.

Current building

On 6 May 1996, the corporation moved its headquarters to a building in Bukit Baru, which became the Malacca State Library. On 1 July 1996, parts of the building including the Reference Collection Section were soft opened to the public. The building was inaugurated by Governor of Malacca Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin on 4 November 1996. The original library at Level 1, Hang Tuah Hall became a Higher Learning Institute Branch Library under the Library Corporation in 1999, before it was finally shut down in December 2009.

Collection Sections

* Examination Collection Section * Lincoln Collection Section * Loan Collection Section * Malacca Collection Section * Publication Collection Section * Reference Collection Section

References

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External links

PERPUSTAM Official Website
1996 establishments in Malaysia Buildings and structures in Malacca Public libraries in Malaysia Tourist attractions in Malacca Libraries established in 1996

History

Current building

Collection Sections

See also

References

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