Use of information services in Asian nations

No. 2: Libraries in Singapore

Abstract

The nation, Singapore, had studied entering the nineties how domestic libraries could contribute to better information provision for the nationals, then published the report titled “Library 2000” in 1992. Based on the report the National Library Board was established. They clarified the strategies for realizing the future library vision described in the Library 2000. In real during these ten years the libraries have drastically improved. The author outlines newly built libraries, improvement in the library services over all the library types including public, academic, school, and special libraries, digital library services, information literacy programs, so on.