Brick-and-mortar libraries need better facilities and ambience

WITH more reading materials available on the Internet and in electronic format, libraries may not be able to attract the crowd unless it stays relevant and provides modern facilities.

StarMetro visited both the National and state libraries to find out how these are doing and found that the two-year-old Selangor state public library, also known as Raja Tun Uda library, located in Shah Alam, has attracted double the number of visitors compared to the National Library.