The Universities' Central Library (Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ်များဗဟိုစာကြည့်တိုက်; abbreviated UCL) is a academic library located on the University of Yangon campus in Yangon, Myanmar.[1][2] UCL is Myanmar's biggest academic library and plays a pivotal role in collecting and preserving historical Burmese manuscripts.[3] UCL has the largest collection of traditional manuscripts in the country, including 15,000 palm-leaf manuscripts and 4,000 parabaiks.[1] The library possesses 600,000 books.[4]
In 1929, the Rangoon University Library was established as a research and reference library.[5] During World War II, the library building and rare manuscript collections were destroyed, and the library re-opened in 1952.[1][6] In 1964, the library was renamed the Universities' Central Library.[5] UCL began collecting parabaiks in 1964.[1]
In 1973, a modern replacement building to house the library was designed by Kin Maung Lwin, slated for completion in early 1975.[4] The 1974 U Thant funeral crisis at the university delayed construction, which was finally completed in 1980.[4][5] In 1987, the Yangon University Library was established in UCL's old premises.[1]
Prominent Burmese scholar, Thaw Kaung served as UCL's chief librarian from 1969 to 1997.[7][8]
In 2016, it co-founded the Myanmar Academic Library Consortium to foster collaboration among academic libraries in the country.[9]
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^ abcde"The Documentary heritage of Myanmar: selected case studies". UNESCO. 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^"Reading Mandalay's Newspapers". University of Toronto. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^"How information access is changing the biggest academic library in Myanmar". Research4Life. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ abc"Universities' Central Library – Architectural Guide: Yangon". Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ abc"About Us". Universities' Central Library. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^Wiegand, Wayne A.; Davis, Donald G. Jr (2015-01-28). Encyclopedia of Library History. Routledge. ISBN978-1-135-78757-8.
^"Dr. Thaw Kaung Collection". Universities' Central Library. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^"Profile | Librarian-Scholar Took the Road Less Traveled By". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^"The Myanmar Academic Library Consortium is born". EIFL. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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