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Engineering LIBRARY

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Introduction

The Engineering Library is situated on level 6, Laboratory Wing of the Engineering Tower at
the Faculty of Engineering. It started out as a Reading Room at the Faculty of Engineering. In
1985 this library was absorbed under the University of Malaya Library System and is known
as the Engineering Library. The library provides services and facilities for lecturers,
researchers, students and staffs of the Engineering Faculty, including the Faculty of Built
Environment. This library also open to all students in campus, and registered members of the
UM Library.

General Collection

This library has a general collection of text and reference books, encyclopaedias, dictionaries,
manuals, guide books and technical reports. A large portion of the collection can be borrowed.

Books in this library are Final Year Project Reports, Dissertations and Thesis
arranged according to subject
matter, based on the Library of
Congress Classification The collection is the result of research undertaken by students of the Faculty of
System, Engineering. A large portion of the collection is the Final Year Project Report. The
collection is used for reference purposes only.
i.e. according to alphabetical
order

Standards

This library has a collection of standards including that of, the British Institute (BSI) (until the
year 2000), some Malaysian standards from the Standards Industrial Research Institute of
Malaysia (SIRIM), and other standards such as the American Standards for Testing
Material (ASTM). These standards are arranged according to the index arrangement
provided by the issuing bodies for these standards, such as the British Standards Institute
or SIRIM. These standards are for reference purpose only.

Audio Visual Materials

The audio visual material available at the Library include film rolls, film strips,
diskettes, compact discs, audio tapes, videos and slides on topic related to
Engineering and Architecture. Facilities to view these materials are provided by the
library.