UKM Library

I had been go to ukm library last week and that's my 1st time to enter the library.

It's awesome.

UKM Library History:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Library (UKM) was established simultaneously with the establishment of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia on 1970, at Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur. It comprises the main library and its four branches. The main library, named as Tun Seri Lanang Library is situated at the main campus grounds at Bangi, while the four branches libraries are namely, the Malay World & Civilization Library (Bangi), Law Library (Bangi), Dr. Abdul Latiff Medical Library (Kuala Lumpur) and the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital Library (Cheras).

Tun Seri Lanang Library has a floor area of 220,000 sq. feet, the Malay World & Civilization Library, 10,000 sq. feet, Law Library, 24,600 sq. feet, Dr. Abdul Latiff Medical Library, 40,000 sq. feet and the HUKM Library having 20,000 sq. feet. As of 31 December 2006, the total collection at UKM Library stands at 1,346,021 copies which comprises of books, bound journals and media items. Of these, 657,292 are books and bound journals housed at Tun Seri Lanang Library, 47,906 at Malay World & Civilization Library, 58,339 at the Law Library, 119,988 at Dr. Abdul Latiff Medical Library and 54,080 housed at HUKM Library. The overall media collection is 408,416 copies.

Beginning 1991, UKM Library started using its Integrated Library Systems via DOBIS / LIBIS. To accommodate the rather rapid expansion of its databases, the Library migrated later in mid-1999 to the Integrated Library Systems VIRTUA. As of January 2003, UKM Digital Collection begins its era of indexing and creation of full text database using the Content Manager software.

Below is the opening hours:

OPENING HOURS ACADEMIC SESSION 2011/2012 12 Sep - 23 Dec 2011

MONDAY - FRIDAY

8.00 AM - 10.30 PM

*SATURDAY

10.00 AM -5.00 PM

SUNDAY

10.00 AM -5.00 PM

The Library will be closed on 1st *Saturday and Public Holidays

After I visit UKM library and I discover that UKM library is a nice place to study because it's full of the material and source that can help in our study and complete our assignment. Beside that, the environment is good. I had learnt how to use http://gemilang.ukm.my/ to find books, materials and jurnals. It's convenient and systematic.

I love UKM library so much and I will visit it often.