National Library Board: Building social capital

• Main Authors: HWANG, Soo Chiat, CHAN, Chi Wei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Singapore; national libraries; Green library; social capital; knowledge sharing; sustainability; triple bottom line; public-private partnership; Accounting; Asian Studies; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Library and Information Science; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/133; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/2581
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This case describes how public and private organisations can work together for the social good. Elaine Ng is the CEO of the National Library Board (NLB), which had recently launched a green library for children. The library had grown from a small part of a school building to a large network of libra...