Universities' Central Library | |
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တက္ကသိုလ်များဗဟိုစာကြည့်တိုက် | |
16°49′50″N 96°08′10″E / 16.83056°N 96.13611°E | |
Location | University of Yangon, Kamayut Township, Yangon, Myanmar |
Type | Academic |
Established | 1929 |
Architect(s) | Kin Maung Lwin |
Collection | |
Items collected | |
Size | 600,000 books, 15,000 palm-leaf manuscripts, 4,000 parabaiks |
Other information | |
Parent organization | Ministry of Education (Myanmar) |
Website | www |
The Universities' Central Library (Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ်များဗဟိုစာကြည့်တိုက်; abbreviated UCL) is an 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]