Syair adalah antara khazanah budaya yang menjadi kegemaran masyarakat Melayu lama dan dikategorikan sebagai sejenis puisi berlagu serta disampaikan dalam bentuk rangkap. Setiap rangkap dalam syair mengandungi sebanyak 4 baris dan ianya membawa maksud tertentu yang ingin disampaikan berasaskan sesuatu sejarah, kisah masyarakat … Continue reading
The Library is honoured to receive a personal collection from alumnus, Tun Musa Hitam on Friday 17th May 2019. Tun Musa was the Deputy Prime Minister circa 1981 – 1986. The donation would certainly make a significant impact in the … Continue reading
Background The Malayan Railway was the only transport system providing nationwide public rail in the early 60s. Its lines ran from Singapore up the west side of the central mountain chain to the Malayan-Thai frontier, and from Gemas through the … Continue reading
The Indian Studies Library resume its operations on 10th January 2018 (Wednesday) in a more comfortable and condusive environment following the temporary closure due to the rejuvenation process which began on August 7, 2017. The upgrading process took approximately 13 weeks. Relocation of books … Continue reading
Sasterawan negara Datuk Dr Shahnon Ahmad meninggal dunia pagi tadi akibat pneumonia pada usia 84 tahun di Hospital KPJ Kajang. Anak kepada seorang posmen, beliau dilahirkan pada 12 Januari 1933, di Banggul Derdap, Sik, Kedah. Beliau telah memperoleh Ijazah … Continue reading
Pameran UM111: Manuskrip dan Koleksi Nadir Perpustakaan Universiti Malaya telah diadakan pada 2 November 2016 di Ruang Pameran, Perpustakaan Utama, Universiti Malaya. Pameran ini telah dirasmikan oleh YBhg. Tan Sri Prof. Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin, Naib Canselor, Universiti Malaya. Objektif … Continue reading
Unit Media sebagai sebuah unit yang menempatkan pelbagai bahan media turut mempunyai koleksi berkaitan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr. P. Ramlee atau lebih dikenali dengan nama P. Ramlee. Justeru itu, satu pameran berkaitan sejarah hidup P. Ramlee yang dianggap sebagai … Continue reading
In 1998, the NCL released the database of the Taiwan Area Rare Books Union Catalog (website: http://rbook2.ncl.edu.tw/Search/Index/2), providing a record of rare books and general string-bound works in public collections in Taiwan. In 2000, this database has been expanded to … Continue reading
The University of Malaya Archives is the official repository for institutional publications of the University of Malaya (UM) and it is housed in the UM Library. The origin of the UM Archives can be traced as far back to November … Continue reading
On 16 November 2015, the UM Library participated in the Guangxi Bookshelf Project, a cultural exchange sponsored by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Association of Guangxi Studies, Guangxi, People’s Republic of … Continue reading
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