National Library / Lee Kong Chian Reference Library

Description

The National Library is a national knowledge institution empowering individuals and businesses with knowledge and information as it continuously expands its vast array of reference collections and services. It preserves and makes accessible Singapore's literary and publishing heritage, and intellectual memory through the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library occupying seven floors (from Level 7 to 13) with a floor area of 60,000 square metres. The Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, named after Dr Lee Kong Chian, in honour of the Lee Foundation's S$60 million donation, aims to be the premier resource for works on or about Singapore and the region for local and overseas researchers and academics.

Lee Kong Chian Reference Library Collection Directory

• Level 7: Business and Science & Technology Collection.
  Latest issues of Companies and Institutions Annual Reports and International Standards can also be found here.
• Level 8: Arts and Social Sciences & Humanities Collection.
  The collection of items requested from the Repository Used book collection is to be made at the Information Counter at this level.
• Level 9: Chinese, Malay & Tamil collection on all subject areas.
• Level 11: Singapore and Southeast Asia in English except for the Arts and Literature collection which is located at Level 8.

Note:
For access to microfilms, and items with location codes "RRARE" or "RCLOS", please approach Level 11 Information Counter, and for items with the location code 'RAV', you can view them at the Audio/Visual room at Level 11.

Car Park (Electronic Parking System)

Operating Hours: Mon-Sun, 7.00am - 11.30pm
Parking Rates*:
Cars
Mon - Sat
7.00 am - 7.00 pm :    $1.07 for the 1st half hour or part thereof, &
                                       3.5 cents for each subsequent minute
7.00 pm - 11.30 pm :    1.7 cents per minute
 
Sun & Public Holidays
7.00 am - 11.30 pm :    1.7 cents per minute
 
Motorcycles
Mon - Sun
7.00 am - 11.30 pm :    $1.05 per entry per day
 
Grace Period is 15 minutes. All rates are inclusive of GST
 
The Carpark Entrance and Exit will be closed at 11.30 pm daily.
If cars are parked beyond 11.30 pm, a charge of 1.7 cents per minute will continue to apply until 7.00 am the following day.

* As of May 2014. Rates may be subject to change, please check upon entry.