Basic Membership (Singaporeans, Permanent Residents, and Foreigners)

• Physical Loan Items: 16 items
• eBooks (including eAudiobooks): 16 items

Accessible Membership

• For persons with disabilities who are beneficiaries of eligible disability schemes and services funded by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), or who had attended or are currently attending government-funded Special Education (SPED) schools
• Physical Loan Items: 16 items
• eBooks (including eAudiobooks): 16 items

Please see more info on Accessible Membership here.

Partner Membership

• Only for registered PAssion Card holders
• Physical Loan Items: 24 items
• eBooks (including eAudiobooks): 16 items

Books, audio-visual materials, music scores, magazines, eBooks (including eAudiobooks)

Books

• Loan Period: 21 Days
• Renewal: 21 days (only if the item has not been reserved and is not overdue )

eBooks

• Loan Period: 21 Days
• Renewal: 21 days(can be renewed only during the last three days of the loan period and if the item has not been reserved)

Audio-Visual Materials

• Loan Period: 21 Days
• Renewal: no renewal

Music Scores

• Loan Period: 21 Days
• Renewal: 21 days (only if the item has not been reserved and is not overdue)

Reservation Using myLibrary account

You can reserve books/magazines/audio-visual materials via myLibrary account using the Online Catalogue, NLB Mobile app or the catalogue stations.

• Reservation fee is $1.57 per item.

Basic Members and Foreign Members can reserve up to16 items at one time, while Partner Members can reserve up to 24 items at one time.

How to Collect Materials

You will be notified via NLB Mobile app or your registered email once the reserved materials are available.

Important Information

• You must collect the reserved materials within 5 days.
• Reservation fee will be charged for uncollected items.
• Your reservation will expire and be removed from the reservation queue if it remains unfulfilled after 180 days. You will be notified via the NLB Mobile app and e-mail accordingly. 

You must enable your mobile notification both in the NLB Mobile app as well as your devices to receive the push notifications via the app.

Find out more about NLB Mobile app here.

Important Information

• The reservation fee will still be charged for uncollected items.
• Your reservation will expire and be removed from the reservation queue if it remains unfulfilled after 180 days. You will be notified by SMS and e-mail accordingly. 

Repository Used Reference materials (marked ‘RUR’ in our catalogue) comprise older editions and less frequently-used titles from our collections which are not housed within the library. But you can make a reservation to view them at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library.

How to Reserve RUR Materials

Place a reservation online via the Catalogue at http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg.

• The reservation fee is $1.57 per item.

Please ensure your contact details in your library account are updated.

How to Collect Your Requested RUR Materials

You will be notified via the NLB Mobile app once the materials are ready.

You must enable your mobile notification both in the NLB Mobile app as well as your devices to receive the push notifications via the app.

Find out more about the NLB Mobile app here.

Important

1. Consultation of the materials is restricted to within the library and only for a period of 21 days.
2. The materials cannot be taken out of the library.
3. The materials must be returned at the counter before the library closes each day.

Borrow ebooks and audiobooks

https://mobileapp.nlb.gov.sg/get-started-with/libby/

Read eNewspapers and eMagazines 

https://mobileapp.nlb.gov.sg/get-started-with/enews/

Use our eLearning resources

https://mobileapp.nlb.gov.sg/get-started-with/learn/

Use Hyread for reading Chinese ebooks 

https://mobileapp.nlb.gov.sg/get-started-with/hyread/

Use Naxos Music Library

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/main/Help/NML