- Introduction
- Vision, Mission & Objective
- Organisation Chart
- Services
- Client Charter
- Related Information
Introduction
The HKL Library was established in 1973 under the supervision of Hospital's Management Division. Initially, the Library was staffed only with a Library Assistant whilst its collection and services were made accessible primarily to the doctors at HKL. Gradually, in the 1980s, the Library and its services were upgraded. In the early 1990s, due to space constraints, the Library was shifted to the 4th Floor of the Department of Neurology.
Later in 1996, the HKL Library shifted to its current location which is on the 1st Floor of the HKL Main Block. The Library was later officially opened by the Honourable Dato' Ismail bin Mansor, the then former Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, on the 18th of March 1996.
Coupled with a larger floor space of 9,000 square feet (667.01 sq. meter) and a strategic location specially chosen by the Director of HKL, YBhg. Dato' Azizan Aiyob Ghazali, the HKL Library now provides a multitude of amenities and services to the entire HKL staff including customers and attachment/elective students outside HKL. A Library Committee was then appointed to provide advice on the development and implementation of policies, procedures and services.
Now, the HKL Library is headed by a professional librarian, who manages the Library with the assistance of 5 staff. The HKL Library provides a quiet, pleasant and conducive environment for study. At full capacity, it can provide 100 seats at any given time. Membership is open to everyone working for the Hospital and is bound by the library's rules and regulations. Interested parties may register with the library at the library counter.
Vision
Library as reference and referral centre in the field of health and clinical medicine for HKL employees in nurturing the culture of pursuit of knowledge and lifelong learning
Mission
The HKL Library plays an important role to the hospital by providing current and accessible information to its doctors and staff at all levels of authority
Objective
The objective of the HKL Library is to support the needs of HKL personnel involved in the Delivery of Health Care (Patient Care), Health Planning, Teaching/Training and to provide continuous learning through its knowledge-based information services.
Organisation Chart
Services
- Membership Registration
- HKL staff must register as library members before being able to use library services. Library membership is open to all HKL staff for free.
- Circulation Services
- Borrowing
- Returning
- Renewal
- Interlibrary Loans
- Applications can be made at the library counter or email to
- Document Delivery Services
Applications can be at the library counter or email to
- Online Databases ( https://vlib.ovidds.com/authentication/login?returnUrl=%2Fpages%2F6643%3FsourceIsRoot%3DTrue)
The Virtual Library combine a various knowledge providers content, all information from MOH library’s collection, global medical and health information, so it can be accessed and delivered more effectively, easier and faster to all individual in MOH
The Virtual Library be an alternative for healthcare personnel to access electronic resources e.g. journals, e-books and databases to increase their knowledge for their career development and to be upfront in medical care.
Library Operating Hours
Monday- Friday | 8.00 am – 5.00 pm |
Sat, Sun and Public Holidays | Close |
Client Charter
- To acquire, document, maintain and preserve all kind of scholarly information in various formats for long term storage and retrieval;
- Give feedback to user’s reference query within one working day;
- Strive to have efficient and customer-friendly counter service to library users;
- Pledge to deliver excellent service to library users