Myanmar – Access

EIFL updates its list of journals offering free or discounted APC for authors from Lao, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and other eligible countries

Open AccessMarch 7, 2024

(4 Mar 2024) In a move to advance open access publishing and increase the visibility of research from partner countries, the EIFL has updated its list of journals available for publication by corresponding authors. Through negotiated agreements with publishers, EIFL enables corresponding authors from 37 partner countries to publish their research in open access journals either for free…

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Myanmar: Enrolment in state-run universities down 70% since coup

Asia Pacific, EducationMay 2, 2023

(26 Apr 2023) The military takeover in Myanmar in 2021 has dramatically disrupted education systems, leaving many university students and prospective students with little choice but to put a hold on their studies, raising concerns from educators about the future of the country’s learners. According to a survey, about 1 million students were enrolled in…

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Eco brick library for Myanmar orphans faces coup delays

Asia PacificMay 26, 2021

(21 May 2021) A humble library for orphans in Yangon, built of recycled plastic waste, stands empty without books or archives. It was supposed to start welcoming young readers earlier this year, but its opening has been indefinitely deferred by Myanmar’s bloody coup. For many, environmental concerns have taken a back seat to the broader…

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Myanmar: Eco-brick library to be build by fundraising

Asia PacificDecember 15, 2020

(14 Dec 2020) Clean Yangon, the organization committed to tidy-up the city, has committed to building a library once they have received K1000 from at least 10,000 donors. The library will measure 20×30 feet, to be built with eco-bricks donated to the Air SeinnaThiriparahita monastic school located in Chaung Kyo village in Taikkyi, Yangon.…

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MERAL portal training to be conducted for universities in Myanmar

Asia PacificFebruary 10, 2020

(7 Feb 2020) EIFL and partners will train teams from 19 universities in Yangon and Mandalay to upload open access publications to the Myanmar Education Research and Learning Portal (MERAL). The trainers are Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, and from the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan, EIFL’s partner in the MERAL Portal project, Masaharu Hayashi, Project Assistant…

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Myanmar: rare documents displayed at National Library

Asia PacificJanuary 27, 2020

(15 Jan 2020) An exhibition of rare documents was recently held at the National Library last week to help publicise the institution’s new location. “The exhibition provided a glimpse into the country’s past through rare documents and publications, and also served as a wonderful way to get people to visit the National Library’s new location,”…

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Myanmar: new national library set for grand opening in April 2020

Asia PacificDecember 24, 2019

(17 Dec 2019) From The Myanmar Times: The National Library will open in a newly renovated historic building in downtown Yangon in April 2020 to promote learning for the good of the country, a library official said. “The renovation of this historic building for the National Library is complete,” said Daw Yee Yee Htwe, director…

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Myanmar: Library law, development, challenges discussed

Asia Pacific, EventNovember 11, 2019

(28 Oct 2019) Myanmar news: Officials from MoI and the literary sector organized a workshop to review the Public Library Law at UMFCCI, Yangon, yesterday (27 October 2019). The workshop discussed the three topics of (i) public library development and the role of the public library law, (ii) challenges faced by public libraries, and (iii)…

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Myanmar: British Council’s e-library launched

Asia Pacific, LibrariesOctober 14, 2019

(7 Oct 2019) The British Council’s digital library was launched at the British Library building in Kannar Street, Yangon on October 1, 2019. The library is accessible from anywhere across Myanmar via mobile, computer, tablet and other devices with an internet connection. It includes over 7,000 magazines and newspapers, more than 3,000 fiction and non-fictione-books…

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Myanmar: Iconic library keeps relevance in the face of new technology

Asia Pacific, LibrariesAugust 31, 2019

(31 Aug 2019) Whenever people talk about Yangon University, some of the first few things that come to mind are Adipati Road leading to the university, the Thit Pote Pin (Dalbergia) tree, Convocation Hall, and of course its students — the cream of the crop in Myanmar. The university library, once an honoured institution in…

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