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Yangon University
Extracted from the Wikipedia article University of Yangon.
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The main campus houses two libraries: the Yangon University Library and the Universities' Central Library (UCL). The foundation stone of the Yangon University Library was laid on 8 December 1927 by Sir Harcourt Butler, and the library officially opened in 1931 at the corner of Chancellor Road and Sagaing Road. In 1964, the library was transferred to the Department of Higher Education and renamed the Universities' Central Library. In 1973, a new building for the UCL was constructed next to the original building, which regained its original name. The three-storey new building was designed by Khin Maung Lwin, a grandson of Sithu U Tin, and construction was completed in 1993.