Tun Razak Library, Ipoh
Tun Razak Library along Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab was set up in 1977. I used to visit when I was schooling but haven’t stepped into the library since leaving school. I would say, most of us forget about the library once we start working. It is really a pity because the library is full of resources and it is there for us, free.
Membership to the library is free of charge for children under 12 years of age while it is only a one-time RM10 for those above 13 years old. Members are allowed to borrow four books at any one time, for up to two weeks and renewable up to two months.
Books in the library are arranged in this order:
Ground floor – newspapers and magazines
1st floor – Malay and Arabic books, collection of texts
2nd floor – Children’s books
3rd floor – English books
4th floor – Chinese and Tamil books
5th floor – Reference books, publications, newspaper archive, etc.
No personal books or files are allowed from 1st to 5th floors. No food and drinks allowed in the library.
Tun Razak Library
Address: Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab, 30000 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
GPS Coordinates: N 04 36.064′ E 101 4.517′
Tel: 05-2558073
Opening hours: 10am – 8pm daily except Sundays and Mondays
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Sometimes my friend and I got training we don’t have a suitable place.Can we bring our chess to the library just for training?
If only 2 persons, should be all right. If too many, better ask the management first.
is it just for members? if not members, can we go in and read the books?
Yes, the library is open to all. You do not have to be a member. 🙂
okay, thanks for ur information 🙂
when the library will close ?
Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
is it true that the library is renovate now?
Yes, the library is temporarily closed until March 2013.
The library reopens on 12th March.
can we bring our laptop or books to the library to study?
MBI is the caretaker of this library, they behave like mini gangsters in the library. they are rude and have very bad attitude towards visitors better avoid going there. Parking your car there is another major problem risked being scratched for no purpose. You never get to see good librarian ethics in there.
If i want to go today it open or not
Closed on Sunday.
Can i borrow reference book from the library?
Hi! Can I get past years exam papers.
Is that tomorrow closing?
It is closed on Mondays.
This is the worse place how can a library without any aircon
Do have book written by Geronimo stilton?
Dear Emily.
Can i donate some of my books to library? If Yes, what is the procedure.
Yes, but please contact library directly at 05-2558073.
May I know if tomorrow is a public holiday, will the library be opened?
Does anybody know the history of this library? I was haunted in this library back in 2013. I was walking around the library and all of a sudden I walked to a flight of round stairs that seemed odd. The entire place looks old and like a dungeon. I’m not sure if I entered into ‘another realm’ or what, it feels unreal to me. I stopped by the sixth floor of the stairs, because something wanted me to stop by there. There is an empty room, which I presume to be the cleaner’s closet, which was wide open. Out of the closet, a white figure with no eyes, hollowed out skull levitated right in front of me. The entire place was eerily dark despite it being 3pm, and sun was shining bright outside the building. I ran down the stairs as quickly as I could and went out of the library. What’s weird is when I wanted to check it out again, I couldn’t seem to find the place I went to. There wasn’t a flight of road stairs that I went to just now, and everything seemed weird. There is a feeling telling me to never go back to the library again, which was what I did. I never went back to the library. I believe I accidentally stumbled into another realm back into the Japanese/ British days of colonisation, and there must be a restless spirit of a prisoner who came to me and wanted me to leave the place. Now, has anybody else experienced this before? And does anybody know what dark secrets the place might have held prior to the construction the building? I know there was a Japanese interrogation room nearby the library but I was unable to dig any further information related to it.
Where to find facilities in their library
Can we bring our laptop and some coffee to the library?