KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) will operate as usual during Maulidur Rasul on Oct 19.
On another note, Pustaka also urged its users to use their free services namely Pustaka Sarawak Channel and BookBear Service.
“The Pustaka Sarawak Channel is a platform for broadcasting Pustaka’s programmes and activities online in-line with the new norm.
“The initiative aims to continue programmes and activities to promote reading amid the Covid-19 pandemic with through the YouTube channel as well as optimising the potential of information and communication technology to benefit more people without being limited by time and place,” it said on its statement on Friday (Oct 15).
It further added that the BookBear service is offered through the Angka.sa2 application.
“BookBear is a direct-to-consumer book-borrowing service through the Angka.sa2 application, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store and App Store.
“The service is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday. This is to ensure that users have access to the Pustaka collection as we have not yet fully opened the existing premises,” it said.
