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06 Sep 2010

National Library Of Malaysia

The National Library of Malaysia – Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia aims to be an excellent and premier library in the region that can provide and channel reference and research information in various media for all levels of society in the country.

The Institute wants to ensure that all Malaysians regardless of their status and locations have equal access to library services and facilities, as well as, have the capability to utilise the Malaysian and universal intellectual heritage through the infrastructure of electronic libraries of the nation, and to make a national collection of library resources available for present and future generations.

The National Library seeks to forge strategic alliances with related agencies in order to consolidate the library and information service infrastructure of the nation, and prepares standards and guidelines for the development of Centres of Excellence in specific fields of information.