| 词条 | Bishan Public Library |
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| library_name = Bishan Public Library | name_en = | library_logo = | image = Bishan Library MG 9559 for wiki.jpg | caption = The Bishan Community Library | country = Singapore | type = Public library | scope = | established = 2006 | ref_legal_mandate = | location = Bishan | coordinates = | branch_of = National Library Board | num_branches = | items_collected = | collection_size = 250,000 | criteria = | legal_deposit = | req_to_access = | annual_circulation = | pop_served = | members = | budget = | director = | num_employees = | website = | phone_num = }} The Bishan Public Library is a library in the National Library Board network situated at Bishan, Singapore just behind Junction 8 Shopping Centre. It opened on 2 September 2006. HistoryThe library was conceived in the late 1990s in because of high traffic in the Toa Payoh Community Library and Ang Mo Kio Community Library. Plans for the library commenced in 2002, and construction took place from 2003 to 2006 at a cost of about S$10 million{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}. Designed by Look Boon Gee, it have about 250,000 titles spread over four floors and a basement, with a Cafe Galilee in the first floor. Windows that protrude out of the building are actually reading "pods", for readers who want to read quietly or use their laptops there. The design of the library won a number of awards for its architecture, locally and internationally. The awards won include the President's Design Award in 2007 and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100613011457/http://chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2009/index.html International Architecture Award] in 2009.[1] AccessibilityThe library serves a population of around 90,000 in the Bishan area, including the needs of several nearby schools such as Catholic High School, Guangyang Secondary School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School, Whitley Secondary School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College. It is easily accessible to residents of Bishan via the buses which ply to and from Bishan Bus Interchange. However, library users have to walk a short distance to access the library. The library is also a short walk away from the Bishan MRT station.[2] References{{Portal|Libraries}}1. ^{{cite news|title=Sneak peek into new Bishan library|publisher=The Straits Times}} {{commons category|Bishan Community Library}}{{Singapore NLB libraries}}{{Authority control}}{{Singapore-struct-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Lim|first1=Kris|title=Bishan Public Library|url=http://www.nlb.gov.sg/VisitUs/BranchDetails/tabid/140/bid/312/Default.aspx?branch=Bishan+Public+Library|website=National Library Board Singapore|accessdate=19 August 2014}} 4 : Buildings and structures in Bishan, Singapore|Libraries in Singapore|Library buildings completed in 2006|Education in Central Region, Singapore |
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