Monday, July 03, 2006

Interesting finds at the Library

I do have to admit that the libraries in S'pore have alot of things to be applauded for. but of course, there are also things which needs to be improved though.

The National Library had opened its doors for quite a while, and it was only recently that i finally found the time to drop by and say 'hi'.. looks impressive on the outside though. far fetched from how it used to look like at its previous location off City Hall area. Of course, times have changed, buildings have to look as sophiscated as how the world changed and developed...

back to the topic.. i heard there was a level that contained all reference books and it can't be loaned out. so obviously i went for the general section. and i head straight to the religion section, Islam(for obvious reasons). the books were perhaps, 'coincidentally located' at the lowermost bookshelfs.

the FIRST thing that i wanna APPLAUD is that this is not the first time i find good treasures(interesting books that were of great value for a muslim) in the library. These books really proved as good reads u can find in the library. i borrowed a book that was written by a Swiss convert named 'Gai Eaton' and the title of the book called " Islam and the Destiny of Man". You can find some meaningful exercpts at my other blog.(click on
  • Shafiqa corner)

    the one and only FIRST AND LAST thing (i hope) that i wanna feedback is... sadly, the 'location of the books' were unfortunately found always at the lowermost bookshelfs and it only occupies either one or two rows of bookshelfs. Not just one library but MOSt of the libraries 'coincidentally arranged' in this way.

    Like what my teacher always preached, to give the benefit of the doubt that the arrangement of the books are for their specific way of categorization.furthermore, i could actually find my 'bum' a place to sit since it's already at the lowermost shelf. besides that, i really wished that they could pump in more books so that more knowledge about Islam can be spread. not by sword but by KNOWLEDGE.