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新加坡港湾公共图书馆 Singapore Harbourfront National Library

新加坡港湾公共图书馆 Singapore Harbourfront National Library

April 2019 · 3 min read

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Recently there is yet another Singapore new public library open . And the latest open library strategically located at one of the popular tourist spots-Sentosa Island , as such I do believe this is yet another public library that foreign travellers could visit. Situated in the Vivocity Mall, tourists who take the train tru and flo Sentosa Island will definitely passing by this mall, as it's located on top of the Harbourfront MRT station as well.
新加坡公共图书馆最近新增了一家,而且是外国游客继乌节路图书馆后,最可能前往的一家,因为它就坐落在圣淘沙岛对岸的商场 Vivocity内。游客乘搭轻轨入圣淘沙岛,是必经过这商场,因为地铁站就在那儿。
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Before the library open, I have seen the artist impression drawing and found Harbourfront library was so impressively decorated. Maybe it's some sort of national iconic impression, I found it is breathtakingly nicely designed.
开幕前,就看到画家们的绘图,知道港湾图书馆设计非常漂亮,也许那里也是国家的印象建筑,所以看起来就是很炫目的。

Book shelf in new libraries are standardized in white and waveform alike, simialr to those in the second latest library -Yishun library.
新的图书馆都爱用白色书架了,而且都是很炫的造型,跟第二新开的义顺图书馆的设计没差。

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The multipurpose function room is the best designed I ever seen among the Singapore libraries.
这里的活动场所是我见过最漂亮布置的。

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Multimedia area is nice in design,but I only found TED video clips in the pc-maybe I didn't spend much time in exploring in it.
多媒体区很特别,只是我试用一下,里面多数都是TED 视频。

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The reading hall is impressive for natural sunlight. Yet I found the sunlight is a bit too glaring as I went the library during the noon time. Maybe they could consider for curtain installation to improve the reader-friedliness.
这阅读区设计的很美,采光很亮,只是我去的时候正值中午,觉得如果面向建筑外看书,阳光有点刺眼,建议可以考虑加些窗帘调节一下采光。

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Self book return zone, has been made transparent to visitors- to see how returned books are sorted by the machine into different trays for ease of librarians to return them to the dedicated book shelf.
自助还书区也透明化让大众可以了解归还的书本是如何被机器自动分类,再归还到书架上。

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The library designer knows public habit nowaday as many no longer opt for reading if not for school homeworks , as such phone charging area is designed so that people can charge their phone when their phone battery flat or low, no choice then they would kill their time reading while waiting phone charged- such considerate design.
与时并进的图书馆,也知道许多人都不阅读了,如果不是因为考试做功课不会翻阅书本,也“识时务”地添加手机充电区,尽量的把人群吸引进来。

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Singapore public library is among the world top ,if not the best, coz libraries is setup in almost all the communities- you can return or loan the books anywhere in any of these libraies . The best part of it is membership fee- I only paid a one-off membership fee some 10 years plus ago, and it's only SGD10 .

I would strongly suggest book-lovers who travel to Singapore should definitely plan in their itinerary to include library visit during their stay in Singapore- you can put it as Plan B -a place to go when you caught into heavy rain.
新加坡的公共图书馆,真的弄得如果不是世界第一流,也是前五名内,因为基本每个社区都有图书馆,图书是相通的。而且大众化,十多年前给了一次会员费10元,就从此没再缴交任何会员年费了。爱阅读的朋友来到新加坡旅游,强烈建议可以策划到任何一间图书馆参观,你可以策划为行程遇上下雨的 B 计划。
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Libraries at popular tourist spots:
热门旅游景点的图书馆有:

  1. Sentosa Island - Harbourfront Library Vivocity Mall
    圣淘沙- 港湾图书馆 - Vivocity Mall

  2. Orchard Library- Orchard Central Mall
    乌节路- 乌节图书馆 - Orchard Central Mall

  3. Bugis - National Library (building next to Bugis Village)
    白沙浮Bugis- 国家图书馆

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