Jurong Regional Library

Jurong Regional Library (Chinese: 裕廊区域图书馆; Malay: Perpustakaan Wilayah Jurong) is a public library located in Jurong East, Singapore. It is located next to the now defunct JCube and is within walking distances of Jurong East Bus Interchange and Jurong East MRT station.^[1] It is the third regional library to be completed after the Tampines and Woodlands regional libraries and is currently the largest public library^[2] under the National Library Board network of public libraries.

Jurong Regional Library
Library entrance
Location	21 Jurong East Central 1, Singapore 609732, Singapore
Type	Regional Library
Established	1 August 1988; 36 years ago (1988-08-01) (as Jurong East Community Library) 4 June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06-04) (as Jurong Regional Library)
Dissolved	June 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06) (as Jurong East Community Library)
Branch of	National Library Board
Collection
Size	480,000
Other information
Public transit access	NS1  EW24  Jurong East, Jurong East Bus Interchange

During the construction of the National Library building, it temporarily housed the main collections of the reference library until the opening of the new building on 22 July 2005.^[3]

History

The library was first opened on 1 August 1988 as Jurong East Community Library by Ho Kah Leong^[4] who was the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Communications & Information) and Member of Parliament for Jurong Constituency.^[1] It was subsequently closed in June 2003 for upgrading works.^[5] After the completion of its refurbishment in 2004, it was re-opened as Jurong Regional Library on 4 June that year by the then Acting Minister for Education, Tharman Shanmugaratnam.^[1]

Future relocation

The Urban Redevelopment Authority and National Library Board announced on 15 November 2022 that the library would be relocated to the future Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub in 2028.^[6]