1. All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore Auto Provision of Public Library Membership to all Singaporeans

2. All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore Background 1.The Singapore population (Citizens only) size now stands at 3.2 million 2.NLB has a working arrangement with our Ministry of Home Affairs to download citizens’ particulars into our database to facilitate library membership registration and validation of particulars 3.A recent revision to a national Data Privacy policy now does not allow NLB to maintain particulars of non-members in our library management system. 4.This has posed serious operational constraints especially in the administration of our self-service library membership registration process, potential increase in operating costs as well as an adverse impact on customer service delivery in terms of convenience and accessibility. 5.The NLB Board and Senior Management are keen to explore the legislation of the auto provision of public & national library services to Singapore Citizens.

3. All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore Request for Information On behalf of NLB, we would like to seek inputs from members of Metlib of IFLA if such a legislation is provided in your respective countries. We would like to learn more from your experiences if any and would like to obtain a copy of your legislation, Statutes, Act or Regulations for reference. Contact Us: aicheng@nlb.gov.sg sharon_thien@nlb.gov.sg

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