Section 6

to establish and maintain libraries and to provide library information services;

to promote reading and encourage learning through the use of libraries and their services;

to provide a repository for library materials published in Singapore;

to acquire and maintain a comprehensive collection of library materials relating to Singapore and its people;

to establish standards for the training of library personnel in Singapore;

to provide advisory and consultancy services concerning libraries and library information services;

to compile and maintain a national union catalogue and a national bibliography; (h)to advise the Government on national needs and policies in respect of matters relating to publicly‑funded libraries and library information services in Singapore;

to provide a permanent repository of records of national or historical significance and to facilitate access to those records;

to conduct records management programmes for the Government; and

to record, preserve and disseminate the history of Singapore through oral history methodology or other means.