(22 Aug 2019) Librarians at the universities of Dagon and East Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar, will take part in a two-day workshop to improve their capacity to make the best use of e-resources provided through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project to support law faculty to deliver newly-developed courses on human rights law. In addition librarians will be trained…
(5 Jul 2019) In the commotion of the street filled with music and restaurants, one apartment strikes out as strangely calm. Over 20 people are quietly sitting down, reading books. It is not a library but a business company office. The catch? Every Wednesday it turns into a book club from 6 to 7pm –…
(27 June 2019) A gay librarian who was bullied by his colleagues in Yangon posted a final message on Facebook before taking his own life. In his final words, Kyaw Zin Win pleaded not to be reborn in a land of oppressors. Read the full story here.
(31 May 2019) Free and open access to research in Myanmar will grow dramatically as a result of an exciting new project that will establish a national portal for journal articles, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings and other research output from Myanmar universities. The Myanmar Education Research and Learning Portal (MERAL) is a project of the…
(10 May 2019) The Public Librarian Award ceremony is an addition to the end of a training program for librarians. The award was offered by the Lion Library support group, Save The Library, Future Dream Libraries and the 360ED visioneering education company. The prizes included medals, books, K100,000 and useful electronic devices for libraries. The full…
(18 Apr 2019) EIFL e-Library Myanmar project partner universities – University of Mandalay, Yadanabon University, Mandalay Technological University, University of Computer Studies, Mandalay, Yangon Technological University, and University of Computer Studies,Yangon – are to attend a three-day workshop on ‘Effective Training’. Each university will be represented by librarians who train faculty and students to navigate through licensed…
(8 August 2018) Myat Sann Nyein writes that the Myanmar Library Association (MLA) is helping the country to promote reading, improve access to and use of new technology in the area of information and ICT literacy development. MLA pools their resources and make efforts to keep pace with new technology development and adopt suitable technologies…
(24 July 2018) Three more universities in Myanmar – Yadanabon University, Yangon University of Economics and Yezin Agricultural University – have launched institutional open access (OA) repositories, which will make their research more visible and freely available to scholars worldwide. The repositories have been set up with support from EIFL through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar…
(5 May 2018) Vice President U Myint Swe delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the 17th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL XVII) at the Myanmar International Convention Centre-II (MICC-II) in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon. Vice President U Myint Swe said that by hosting the CONSAL XVII, Myanmar had successfully conducted works…
(28 March 2018) Since 2016, The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the Myanmar Library Association (MLA) and with support from the Chong-Moon Lee Foundation, has implemented a pilot project leveraging the country’s libraries to raise awareness about human trafficking. The main goal is to empower at-risk, vulnerable young people with a comprehensive package of knowledge…
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