(8 Jan 2025) Members of Singapore’s literary and publishing community issued a statement on Tuesday (Jan 7) denouncing Singapore’s National Library Board (NLB) for its current approach towards generative artificial intelligence (AI). The statement expressed concerns over what the group says is NLB’s “uncritical endorsement of generative AI”. It initially had a total of…
(Sep 2024) Launched in 2021, LAB25 (Libraries and Archives Blueprint 2025) outlines NLB’s approach to innovation and experimentation in an age of increasing digitalization and personalization. Since April 2023, NLB has worked with public and private partners to leverage technology to enhance user engagement with our rich content repositories as part of the LAB25 “Singapore Storyteller”…
(15 Jan 2024) It has never been a more exciting time for libraries in Singapore: the country’s National Library Board launched the biggest library in Singapore last April, and library nodes have popped up at bus stations, malls, and hospitals throughout 2023. On 12 January this month, Singapore’s Central Public Library reopened after being…
(21 Nov 2023) The National Library Board (NLB) is poised to revolutionize the public’s interaction with literature by launching multiple artificial intelligence (AI) services, including a chatbot, an AI image generation service, and a real-time visualization system. Read more here.
(13 Aug 2023) Designing a library where everyone feels welcome requires attention to the tiniest details, including the space between entry gantries and the brightness of its lights. Find out more about how NLB designs its space here.
(12 Jun 2023) The National Library Board’s (NLB) new Borrow-n-Deliver initiative – a one-year pilot that kicked off on Monday – allows patrons to select up to four items on NLB’s e-catalogue and have them delivered to their home for a fee of $8 (before GST) each time. These items include books, magazines and audio-visual…
(2 May 2023) The only public library dedicated to the performing arts, library@esplanade, is set to close its doors on 30 June. The National Library Board (NLB) announced in a statement on Tuesday (2nd May) that the library’s collections and programs will be moved to the National Library Building in Bras Basah. NLB said…
(15 Feb 2023) The National Library of Singapore is excited to announce the release of 10 open datasets comprising metadata of our digital collection. Explore metadata of over 42,000 digitized books, magazines, newspapers, web archives, images, sound and video recordings and more via the National Library Online webpage. Visualize and analyze these datasets and uncover…
(24 Jul 2022) National Library Board Singapore has won the category of “Best Green Library” of the 7th IFLA Green Library Award with its revamp project of Choa Chu Kang Public Library. The winner of the other category, “Best Green Library Project” is Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine, France. Special recognition goes to Colombia, Cali,…
(27 Jan 2022) Singapore’s public libraries have been adopting data analytics and AI to develop more immersive and personalised visitor experiences. They have also introduced robots and automation to simplify and shrink the workload of librarians. Ramachandran Narayanan, Director and Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Library Board (NLB), Singapore highlights the tech tools that are…