When I go to Hong Kong, every single public library has a
collection of CDs, VCDs, DVDs and CD-roms. And majority of the disc
collection is available for loan...
In Singapore, NLB only has CDs, VCDs and DVDs in [email protected]
There used to be a music CD collection in Jurong Regional Library,
but after several months, the collection was withdrawn, because the
CDs were badly abused. Many of the CDs and accompanying booklets
were misplaced or missing. Very sad.
IMO, NLB had made a stupid decision to put the CD collection in the
youth section in JRL. Many youths are inconsiderate and they dunno
how to take care of library materials...
As for the other libraries, there are only CD-roms and a very small
collection of VCDs and DVDs (mostly educational ones). I guess NLB
doesn't dare to put music CDs in the other libraries because
they're scared that the discs are abused and vandalised just like
the ones in JRL... I find it very sad, as music lovers only have
one choice ([email protected]) when they wanna borrow music CDs. In
Hong Kong, I can borrow music CDs from any public library... (In
HK, I can borrow pop music CDs such as Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse,
Eason Chan, S.H.E., etc. In Singapore, all the pop music CDs in
[email protected] are for "reference" and cannot be borrowed
out...) 