(18 Mar 2021) Digital library usage spiked amid the pandemic last year but closures during the circuit breaker meant overall loans fell from 40.5 million in 2019 to 29.2 million.
The number of Singapore residents using the National Library Board’s (NLB) digital channels went up by 46.5 per cent from 2019, its year-in-review report noted on Wednesday (March 17).
Digital loans rose by 26.2 per cent, cumulative downloads of the NLB mobile app increased by 36.5 per cent and the use of its e-databases went up by 121 per cent.
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