期刊名称：Singapore Journal of Library & Information Management
印刷版ISSN：2382-5626
出版年度：2008
卷号：37
页码：61-80
出版社：Library Association of Singapore
摘要：This study attempts to uncover the beginning and development of English schools and school libraries in Singapore since 1819 until 1941. The growth of English schools from four before 1872 to 22 by 1938 was made possible by the reform of the Grants-in-aid system whether they were missionary or privately run schools. Although the first policy to initiate school libraries in an English schools occurred in 1899, the growth of school libraries was sporadic and gradual since many government-aided schools encountered difficulties to import textbooks and reference books into Singapore in the absence of a local publishing industry in Singapore
