Virtual forum on Sarawak Day

KUCHING: In conjunction with Sarawak Day, the Sarawak State Library (Pustaka Sarawak) will be holding a forum entitled ‘Sarawak Day Forum: Sarawak Day Celebration, Sarawak Gemilang untuk Semua’ this Thursday (July 22). The forum, which will commence at 2.30pm, will be moderated by Pustaka Sarawak deputy chief executive officer of operations Japri Bujang Masli and […]

Pustaka to hold community talk

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library will be organising a community talk entitled ‘Introduction of Sustainable Development for the Community’ next week. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Cognitive Science and Development senior lecturer Dr. Florianna Lendai Michael will be sharing a session live via Zoom at 10.30am on July 5. Registration for the one-hour talk […]

Pustaka holds short video competition

KUCHING: Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) will hold a Short Video Competition 2021 from Jul 1 to Aug 30, in conjunction with the Sarawakiana Festival programme which will be held from Sept 1 to 30 this year. The first-place winner for the competition will take home RM2,000, second prize (RM1,500), third prize (RM1,300), fourth prize (RM1,000), […]

Sarawak State Library online programmes for International Archive Week

KUCHING: Every ardent reader’s favourite, the Sarawak State Library, has lined up a series of online programmes from June 7 until 11 in conjunction with International Archive Week themed ‘Empowering Archives’. Don’t miss the following programmes: June 7, 9am to 5pm Title: Records and Archives Management in Our Department This will be a video sharing […]

State Library to close May 21 – June 7

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) will be closed from May 21 to June 7 as part of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs). Pustaka in a statement on Wednesday (May 19) said that it has always been vigilant in taking care of its users and employees. “With the rising numbers […]

So, you think you won’t be a scam victim?

KUCHING: Want to stay ahead of scammers and avoid being scammed? The Sarawak State Library is organising a talk programme Adakah Scammer Yang Licik atau Anda Yang Kurang Peka (Are scammers cunning or you’re the one that is less alert?) which will be live-streamed on May 19 from 10.30 am to 11.30 am. State Commercial […]

Pustaka closed tomorrow

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) and all its campuses will be closed to the public on Thursday (May 13) in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. In a statement, Pustaka said its operations would resume as usual starting Friday (May 14), from 10am to 5pm. “The management of Pustaka also takes this opportunity […]

Therapist to share on ‘Speech Delay in Children’

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library is organising its Reading Seeds programme on the topic entitled ‘Speech Delay in Children’ which will be streamed live online on May 4. The free programme will be available on the library’s Facebook page, YouTube channel as well as on Zoom application from 10.30am to 11.30am. This time, the library […]

Drive-through swab test centre to close this Monday

SIBU: The Covid-19 swab test drive-through screening centre at the Sarawak State Library Sibu Branch here will be closed effective this coming Monday. The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) said the closure is to allow the Health Ministry (MoH) staff to conduct active case detection (ACD) in several zones in the Sibu Municipal Council […]

Pustaka Sarawak closes on Chinese New Year

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library (Pustaka Sarawak) and all its campuses will be closed from Friday (Feb 12) to Saturday (Feb 13) in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Celebration. In a statement released today (Feb 8), it reminded the public of its Pustaka Sarawak Channel and BookBear services which are free. It said that […]