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About Us

The Penang Digital Library – an initiative by the Penang State Government in collaboration with Keysight Technologies and Eastern & Oriental Berhad (E&O) and supported by TIME – aims to reengineer how information is curated and consumed in today’s digitally-driven world and to bring back the “human” aspect of social collaboration.

Our Vision

Knowledge Curation

The Penang Digital Library is the next phase in the evolution of libraries.

It aims to redesign how we access information and curate knowledge; and to channel this information to the people that need it most – when they need it most.

It also aims to create an environment that will complement the more traditional methods of teaching and learning to elevate the education experience to be on par with today’s technological landscape.

The Penang Digital Library aims to break down interaction barriers and bring the “human touch” back into collaborations.

Driving more emphatic connections through infrastructure designed to encourage face-to-face discussions, sharing sessions and cross-discipline engagements, the Penang Digital Library will be a nucleus for collaborators to get connected, and to stay connected.

Our Mission

The Penang Digital Library – an initiative by the Penang State Government in collaboration with Keysight Technologies and Eastern & Oriental Berhad (E&O) and supported by TIME – aims to reengineer how information is curated and consumed in today’s digitally-driven world and to bring back the “human” aspect of social collaboration.

An Idea will only remain an idea without the know-how of putting it into action.

The Penang Digital Library aims to change this by leveraging various interactive informative displays to push the freshest content on technological concepts and revolutions to users.

Latest tools, gadgets and features will be made available to instantly guide them to what they are searching for and to help them turn their ideas into reality.

Forgoing traditional concepts of cubicles, boxed up learning spaces and impersonal electronic devices, the Penang Digital Library aims to break down interaction barriers and bring the human touch back into collaborations.

Driving more emphatic connections through infrastructure designed to encourage face-to-face discussions, sharing sessions abd cross-discipline engagements, the Penang Digital Library will be a nucleus for collaborators to get connected, and to stay connected.

Timeline

November 2015
Mooting the idea of a Penang Digital Library to Penang Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng and Penang Exco Members. Chief Minister of Penang Incorporated (CMI) is appointed to lead the project in collaboration with Keysight Technologies and E&O Berhad.

February 2016
The former Puspanita building along Jalan Masjid Negeri is identified as the site for the Penang Digital Library.

March 2016
Core working committee for the Penang Digital Library is formed comprising CMI, PDC, Keysight Technologies and E&O.

April 2016
Renovation and refurbishment works begin.

June 2016
First glimpse of the Penang Digital Library during a press conference by Chief Minister of Penang.

August 2016
Site visit to the Penang Digital Library by Chief Minister of Penang and Penang Exco members.

October 2016
Official launch of the Penang Digital Library by Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng.

May 2017
Official Launching of 24/7 Penang Digital Library Operation

October 2017

1st Year Anniversary of Penang Digital Library

Jan 2018
Launching of CMI-TELEBORT CSR Program @ Penang Digital Library (27 Jan 2018)
Jan 2019
Launching of Penang Digital Library Phase 2 (27 Jan 2019)

Nov 2019
Official launch of the Batu Maung Digital Library

August 2020
Official launch of the Butterworth Digital Library

October 2026

10 Anniversary of Penang Digital Library 

The Important Contributors

Penang State Government

The Penang state government is aggressively promoting the teachings of STEM amongst the young and the youths in Penang.

Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies has been instrumental in the development of the Penang Digital Library, from conceptualization to deployment.

The Eastern & Oriental Group

The Eastern & Oriental Group is the main contributor for building refurbishment works, including mechanical and electrical works

Organisation Chart

Bharathi A/P Suppiah

Deputy General Manager Chief Minister of Penang Incorporated

Jaasmeenaah Binti Saud Hamid

Assistant IT Officer Penang Digital Library

Kaamini A/P Selva Segar

Administrative Assistant Penang Digital Library

Muhammad Hasbullah Bin Mohd Hassin

Assistant IT Officer (Batu Maung @ Digital Library)

Mohd Hafiz Bin Mohamad Salleh

Operation Assistant (Batu Maung @ Digital Library)

Nor Fazira Binti Mat Salleh

Assistant IT Officer (Butterworth Digital Library)

Ahmad Fadzrul Hakim Bin Mohd Zaini

Administrative Assistant (Butterworth Digital Library)