Choa Chu Kang Public Library is a

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on the 4th and 5th

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Lot One Lot One Shoppers' Mall is a shopping mall serving Choa Chu Kang New Town, Singapore. It was built in 1996 and is managed by CapitaMall Trust. It is located next to Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT and the Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange. History Develope ...

Choa Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang, alternatively spelt as Chua Chu Kang and often abbreviated as CCK, is a planning area and residential town located at the north-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. The town shares borders with Sungei Kadut to t ...

. The library generates an average of 1.3 million loans each year. It is the second public library owned by the

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to be located inside a

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History

1997 to 2008

The library was first opened on 22 February 1997 on the 3rd floor of Lot One. It was opened by the then-

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and the

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. The library had an area of 1,477 square-metres and a book collection of about 174,663 volumes and a journal collection of 9,837 volumes. The library was the first in Singapore to install self-check machines for borrowing and returning of books. It was prototyped with Borrower's Enquiry Machines with

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payment in June 1998. The library also had a

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The library was closed on 1 November 2008 for the relocation.

2008 to 2019

The library was relocated to the 4th floor for a larger space area. It was reopened on 21 November 2008 by the Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC,

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. The new library had its seating capacity increased from 93 to 233. It also has new shelves and new books. The new library was 38% larger than the one on the third floor. The library was inspired by the nearby farming industries in

Lim Chu Kang Lim Chu Kang is a planning area located in the northwestern part of the North Region of Singapore, bordering the Western Water Catchment to the west and south, Sungei Kadut to the east and the Straits of Johor to the north. History Lim Chu K ...

and

Kranji Kranji is a suburb in northwestern Singapore, bounded by Sungei Kadut to the north, Turf Club to the east, as well as Lim Chu Kang and the Western Water Catchment to the west. It is located about from the city centre and it came from Malay word " ...

. The design concept of the Choa Chu Kang Community Library steers towards the serenity of nature, with the use of green and wood tones.

2019

On 10 June 2019, the library was 'temporarily' closed without warning, supposedly for improvements, leaving thousands of Choa Chu Kang residents without access to library space, facilities and books for a period of two years until 2021. It was reopened on 28 October 2021.

Volumes

The library currently has approximately 190,000 volumes comprising

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titles,

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titles and

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titles. The Children's Collection has about 74,000 volumes while the Adults' Collection contains 95,240 volumes of books. There are about 390 local and international magazine titles and 10

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titles. The library collection will grow to 210,000 volumes by the first quarter of 2009.

Facilities

The library has facilities that include * Online Public Access Catalogue * Multimedia Stations * Self-service Borrowing Stations * Library e-Kiosks * Bookdrop * '

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zone' (For library staff and volunteers to read to children) * 'Talk zone' (For users to make and receive

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calls)

Opening hours

The library opens from Monday to Sunday at 11am to 9pm. The library only opens till 5pm on Christmas' Eve, New Year's Eve and the eve of Chinese New Year. It closes on

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. The bookdrop is open from 10am to 10pm daily.

References

External links

National Library Board
{{Authority control Libraries in Singapore Choa Chu Kang 1997 establishments in Singapore Libraries established in 1997