Bedok Public Library

Bedok Public Library (Simplified Chinese: 勿洛社区图书馆) is a public library under the National Library Board network at 11 Bedok North Street 1. The library moved to its new premises at Heartbeat@Bedok and received its official re-opening by Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information on 28 October 2017. The new library is among a suite of community services provided at the new integrated complex, Heartbeat@Bedok.

History

Formerly situated at 21 Bedok North Street 1, it was officially opened on 28 September 1985 by Professor S Jayakumar, then Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as second Minister for Law, currently Senior Minister. With an area of 5,088 square metres, the library serves residents in the South East areas of Singapore (Bedok North, Bedok Reservoir, Bedok South, Frankel, Kaki Bukit and Kembangan).[1]

Layout

The library covers an area of 4,150 square metres across the 2nd and 3rd storey at Heartbeat@Bedok.

Level 1

The lowest floor houses English-language fiction books, books for young adults, for-loan magazines and periodicals, a newspaper reading corner, audiobooks, CD-ROMs and DVDs for loan.A one-stop service, Discover Health@BECL, introduces the various aspects of health and fitness through exhibitions.[1]

It also has a separate Malay Library Services which has the largest and most comprehensive collection of print and non-print materials in Malay within the network of NLB libraries. It also has computer systems for internet surfing, English non-fiction books, as well as Chinese and Tamil books.[1]

Level 2

The upper storey comprises Singapore Collections, General fiction, a children's section and an early literacy section for young children.

Location

The library is a short 5-minute walk from the Bedok Interchange and 7- to 8-minute walk from the Bedok MRT Station.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "National Library Board > Visit Us > Branch Details". nlb.gov.sg.


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