National Library of Malaysia

It is actually a huge compound with multilevel building and spacious parking. If all the levels and spaces are fully utilized, it will provide an excellent spots for family, children, teenagers, adults and students to spent time, reading and borrowing reading materials It could be a nice and suitable place to run and organize many beneficial programs for the nearby community and Malaysians

However, I was there few times since last year and now it's has been more that 1 year, the front building is still ongoing some renovations and one of the services which is book lending is completely not available, which is quite confusing because each time I came there, the staff at the counter which I assumed librarians would be telling me that the renovation is almost done but until now, as we are reaching the end of 2024, the access to book lending is still not available and the front building is still close for public

Compared to some state libraries which I need to say are more productive and the lending service is always available, the operation hour is quite limited, from 10-5, sometimes the security guard will ask us to leave the library earlier I do feel a bit frustrated because of the current condition, the whole buildings and the lending service should be fully utilised for the sake of the people; those who are not able to finish their reading, should be able to borrow the books and to read them at home There are wonderful and excellent collections of books and novels there and a huge gap between online and on site collections, even better than other libraries Therefore, i really hope that the library will be fully utilised including all the services and play the roles in encouring Malaysians to develop reading culture, organizing beneficial school break programs and providing sources for knowledge