Universities' Central Library

THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR

Ministry of Education

Department of Higher Education

(Lower Myanmar)

Universities’ Central Library

Address	-	Universities’ Central Library, Yangon University Campus, Kamayut Township,   Yangon
Office  Phone	-	(951) 535847, (951) 536927, (951) 534979
Fax  No.	-	(951) 535847, (951) 536927
E-mail	-	ucl@dhelm.edu@gmail.com uclmyanmarlibrary@gmail.com
University P.O.	-	11041, Yangon, Myanmar
Chief Librarian	-	Daw  Su Su

Opening Hours

9:30 to 4:30 (Monday to Friday)
(closed on gazetted holidays)

Brief History

1964    -    The name of Rangoon University Library was changed to Universities’ Central Library under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.
1927    -    Yangon University Library original building built.
1973    -    A new building for Universities’ Central Library was constructed adjacent to the Yangon University Library’s original building.
1980    -    The new building for UCL was completed.
1987    -    Universities’ Central Library and Yangon University Library were separated. Yangon University Library was re-established in the original building under the Rector of University of Yangon.
1992    -    Another three storeyed building connected with the Universities’ Central Library main building was constructed.

        UCL has the largest collection of books, palm-leaf and parabike manuscripts in Myanmar. It leads all universities and colleges libraries. The collections of UCL are mainly for research and reference.

Chief Librarian and it’s predecessors

Daw Su Su    -    2013 to date
Daw Tin Win Yee    -    2006 - 2013
Daw Tin Phone Nwe    -    1998 - 2006
U Thaw Kaung    -    1969 - 1997
U Thein Han (Zaw Gyi)    -    1946 - 1968
U Khin Zaw    -    1930 - 1945

The library has ten main sections :

 (1) Myanmar  Books Section
(2) Myanmar Manuscripts Section
(3) English Books Section
(4) Gifts and Exchange Section
(5) Periodicals Section
(6) Loan and Reference Section
(7) Reprographic Section
(8) Preservation and Conservation Section
(9) e-Library Section
(10) Administrative Section
    Currently the number of staff in UCL is (43) permanent staff and (31) daily wage workers.

Collections

Myanmar books    about 300,000
English books    about 300,000
Myanmar old manuscripts    about 17,000 (palm-leaves)
    about 4000 (parabikes)
Periodical (Title)    about 1500
Microfilms    about 5500
Thesis    about 24000

Services

Laon Service
Reference Service
Photocopying Service
Microfilming Service
Digitizating Service
Internet Service

Loan Services

 Teaching staff can borrow up to 5 books at a time for a loan period of one month.
 Students can borrow up to 5 books at a time for 2 weeks.
 Researchers & other scholars can borrow 2 books at a time for 2 weeks.

Electronic Books and Journals

 Many full text databases are available provided by Open Society Foundation.
 Also available Journal of Burma Research Society (JBRS) complete set of 59 vols. in full text (1911-1977); Proceedings of 1st. to 10th. Congress of Southeast Asian Librarian (CONSAL), Disserations on ASEAN with their abstracts in electronic form and easily searchable with our Library Automation System.