Realising its Future through Collaboration with Government, Industry and Community: The Experience of Singapore's National Library Board

The National Library Board of Singapore (NLB) has employed collaboration with government, industry, community and other libraries as a pivotal mechanism to realize its visions – the Library 2000 and the Library 2010. The objectives of collaboration for the first ten years of NLB from 1994 were driven by key strategic thrusts of the Library 2000 vision. They included innovation of its library operations and services; enlargement of its coverage of customers through programming and promotions; and development and building the basis of a network for exchange of content and expertise. The Library 2010 vision articulates both leadership and supporting roles for NLB from 2005 onwards. Since then, NLB has made inroads into playing leading roles in empowering Singaporeans with knowledge resources and fuelling their learning journeys