Title:

简史：西马和新加坡的图书馆

Libraries in West Malaysia and Singapore: a short history

Author:           Edward Lim Huck Tee

Source:          LIM, H. T. (1970). Libraries in West Malaysia and Singapore: A short history. University of Malaya Library. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED059722

Summary:      The Malaysian Public Library, Research and Development Centre (MPLRDC), originally known as Malayan Public Library Association (MPLA) was officially founded in 1955 as a non-profit organisation. Its main objective was to promote culture and education by establishing public libraries and adult education classes throughout then Malaya.

Mr Lim TH (former Chief Librarian of University of Malaya) in its book “Libraries in West Malaysia and Singapore: A short history” (Pg 24-29), he gave a more detailed history of MPLRDC. For more info, please click here to read the eBook.