Bishan Library

Finally a library without screaming kids running around. It was a blissfulyl quiet late morning on a Sunday. Maybe it is still early but there are plenty of chairs to browse over the books you have selected.
I managed to find the books I want which was a nice surprise. The books are shelved neatly and are pretty easy to find with the code from the search results in the computer catalog.
There is a section for those who need a place to study. I guess it can get crowded during the examination period for the students.
Overall it is one of the bigger neighborhood libraries around and has decent selection of books. The downside is that some of the books’ conditions are less than ideal, so if you are a germaphobe you will likely give books borrowing a miss.
The best thing is that the library does take in books donation year round.

Bishan is a huge 5-​storey library that’s got something for everyone. There’s an entire level to kids underground where the rest of us can’t here them heh. The usual café is on the first floor together with magazines and borrowing machines, and everything else — fiction, non-​fiction, comics — is spread over the rest of the library.
Seats here are in short supply, though. It’s like the library doesn’t want you to stick around! Unless you really want a table to do some work, it’s best to just borrow whatever you want then read them somewhere else.
There also doesn’t seem to be any DVDs up for grabs here. It’s still best to head over the the library@esplanade for those.
Otherwise, the collection of books is fantastic!