- While public libraries in some countries are facing dwindling visitorship, funding cuts and copyrights tussles amid the digitalisation wave, those in Singapore have escaped the same fate
- On the contrary, public libraries here are seeing increased number of visitors and plans are afoot to continuously rejuvenate and expand existing libraries; the five-storey Punggol Regional Library also opened its doors in April 2023
- According to users whom TODAY spoke to, libraries here have managed to adapt to their users’ evolving needs
- Apart from shifting their services online, libraries have also redesigned their physical spaces to go beyond being mainly repositories of books
- Such moves — including opening a new Children’s Biodiversity Library in January next year — are also seen as important to attract young users and cultivate a love for reading and learning
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