NLB promotes reading, learning and information literacy by providing a trusted, accessible and globally-connected library and information service through its network of 28 libraries across Singapore, the National Library and the National Archives of Singapore. By forging strategic partnerships to cultivate knowledge sharing, the libraries also encourage appreciation and awareness of Singapore's history through their wide range of programmes and collection on Singapore and regional content. The National Archives of Singapore oversees the collection, preservation and management of public and private archival records, including government files, private memoirs, maps, photographs, oral history interviews and audio-visual materials.
Established on 1 September 1995 as a statutory board, NLB is an agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI).
For more information about NLB's LAB (Libraries & Archives Blueprint), which outlines the transformation of our libraries and archives to serve the evolving reading and learning needs of our patrons, please click here.
Experimenting and innovating will be core to how we drive Discovery, a continued quest beyond fixed time frames to seek breakthroughs, to be always adapting, always pushing boundaries.
We make knowledge come alive, spark imagination and create possibilities.