Sabah State Library ( ms, Perpustakaan Negeri Sabah) is a state department under the State Ministry of Education and Innovation Sabah which managing every of the

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

branches in Sabah of Malaysia. The headquarters is located in Tasik Road, Off Maktab Gaya Road in Luyang of Kota Kinabalu.

History

The first library of

North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...

was established as a section of the Broadcasting and Information Department in 1953. In 1966 through the newly formed federation of Malaysia, the library was merged with the Sabah Museum to form the Libraries and Museum Department before it was separated in 1972 with the formation of a Library Department under the Ministry of Social Welfare. The department administration was then passed to the State Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and the name began to be changed into Sabah State Library in 1976. Jurisdiction of the state library returned to the Ministry of Social Services in 1982. File:KotaKinabalu Sabah PerpustakaanNegeriSabah-11.jpg, Book section in the interior. File:KotaKinabalu Sabah PerpustakaanNegeriSabah-12.jpg, Computer section. File:KotaKinabalu Sabah PerpustakaanNegeriSabah-13.jpg, Interior of the library headquarters. File:KotaKinabalu Sabah PerpustakaanNegeriSabah-02.jpg, The headquarters seen afar.

Branches

This is a list of Sabah State Library branches: * Bandar Sri Indah Library * Beaufort Library * Beluran Library * Keningau Library (regional) * Kinabatangan Library * Kota Belud Library * Kota Marudu Library * Kuala Penyu Library * Kudat Library * Kunak Library * Lahad Datu Library * Nabawan Library * Papar Library * Sandakan Library (regional) * Semporna Library * Sipitang Library * Tambunan Library * Tamparuli Library * Tanjung Aru Library * Tawau Library (regional) * Tenom Library * Tuaran Library * UTC Library

References

External links

* Buildings and structures in Kota Kinabalu Public libraries in Malaysia {{Sabah-stub