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Library@esplanade

Library@esplanade is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Library@esplanade rather than just read about it. In short: library@esplanade (Chinese: 滨海艺术中心图书馆) was a public library managed by Singapore's National Library Board (NLB). It was located on the third floor of Esplanade Mall at Marina Centre, sited within Singapore's Downtown Core. library@esplanade was Singapore's first public library for the performing arts (music, dance, theatre and film).

Key takeaways

Library@esplanade belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Library@esplanade to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Library@esplanade from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

library@esplanade (Chinese: 滨海艺术中心图书馆) was a public library managed by Singapore's National Library Board (NLB). It was located on the third floor of Esplanade Mall at Marina Centre, sited within Singapore's Downtown Core. library@esplanade was Singapore's first public library for the performing arts (music, dance, theatre and film). It was also one of the few libraries in the world to be located within a performing arts complex, and was the second specialised boutique library in Singapore, after library@orchard.

Background and history library@esplanade was established as part of the Government of Singapore's plan to develop the nation into a renaissance city of the 21st century. The objective of the library was to bring the performing arts to the general public and vice versa. Its specialised book collections, programmes and information services seek to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the performing arts for people from all walks of life with the aim of demystifying the arts as an elitist luxury. The library was officially opened on 12 September 2002, by Khaw Boon Wan, then Senior Minister of State for Transport and Information, Communications and the Arts.

Amenities Spanning a floor area of 2,300 square metres (24,760 square feet), the layout plan of library@esplanade comprised four clusters or "villages" for music, dance, theatre and film on the same level. This arrangement sought to create a conducive environment that supports creativity, learning and entertainment for both the layperson and the professional artiste. The library featured an exhibition space known as the Innovation Gallery, a performing stage equipped with a glass projection wall and a miniature grand piano, a practice room with an upright piano and an electronic keyboard, screening rooms with home theatre systems, music sampling posts, a dance alley, a ″Silent″ Studio with electronic drums and instruments for the public to use, and a special collection room with an archive on the performing arts scene in Singapore. There was also a café in the library that was operated by a private vendor.

Collection library@esplanade had a start-up collection of about 50,000 volumes of performing arts materials in both print and electronic formats. The collection comprised books on history and biography, instructional textbooks, periodicals and magazines, screenplays, play scripts, dance notations, and music scores. There was also a small fiction section on novels that films are based on. The library also had audio-visual materials that included classical, jazz and pop music CDs, as well as DVDs, VCDs and videotapes of films, dance performances, opera and orchestral performances, and Broadway theatre productions. There were also journals, encyclopaedias and directories available for reference. The collection was international in scope, with an emphasis on the performing arts in Singapore and Asia. Like library@orchard, library@esplanade did not have any children's books.

Programmes and exhibitions The library worked closely with practitioners and groups in the local performing arts scene to deliver programmes that reach out to various target audiences. Some of library@esplanade's regular programmes included Esplanade Co.'s Festival programmes, SSO Pre-concert talks, music performances and recitals, talks by industry veterans and arts practitioners, as well as film screenings. The programmes were held mostly on weekends at the Open Stage, and updated programme listings could be found on the library@esplanade's Facebook page. The library also regularly featured exhibitions at four main areas - Glass Display, Innovation Gallery, Dance Village, and Music Village. Notable exhibitions included displays on the Cultural Medallion Recipients in the Performing Arts, highlights from MusicSG, as well as costume displays.

Closure On 2 May 2023, the National Library Board announced that the library@esplanade would be permanently closed on 30 June 2023, and its collections and programmes would be moved to the National Library Building. On 8 September 2023, the Straits Times announced that part of the library@esplanade's collection would be made accessible as part of the NLB's Central Arts Library. The library@esplanade space would be turned into arts and commercial spaces by Esplanade.

See also Culture of Singapore Dance in Singapore Music of Singapore

References

Eunice Quek, Kok Tse Wei (2 July 2005). "How the libraries stack up". The Straits Times. p. S6.

External links

National Library Board

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Library@esplanade

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Library@esplanade claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Library@esplanade before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Library@esplanade ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Library@esplanade

In research: Library@esplanade appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Library@esplanade in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Library@esplanade is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2002 establishments in Singapore, 2023 disestablishments in Singapore, Arts organisations based in Singapore, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Library@esplanade outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Library@esplanade in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Library@esplanade means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Library@esplanade out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Library@esplanade in simple terms?

Why does Library@esplanade matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Library@esplanade?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Library@esplanade.