The Sarawak State Library (Malay: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak) is the state library of Sarawak, located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It was established in 1999 with the passing of the Sarawak State Library Ordinance 1999 by the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. The official opening of the main campus in Kuching on 31 December 1999 was graced by The Right Honourable Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud, the Chief Minister of Sarawak. Services for the public started on 2 January 2000. The story of Pustaka started in May 1993 when Dr. David Jones, the Library Building Consultant of the State Library of New South Wales visited Kuching and had few discussions with senior officers of the Sarawak Civil Service, including the State Secretary, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Haji Hamid Bugo. Following these J. discussions and earlier work by Stephen J. Parker entitled "Developing public library services in Sarawak", Dr. David Jones began to prepare a design brief. The first draft of the design brief was ready at the end of same year. The project was then called the State Library and Information Technology Centre. On 23 June 1994, the design brief which had gone various draft stage was presented to the State Cabinet and subsequently approved. More information...
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