Central Library

Library is one of university’s supporting institutionsthat can be used for the improvement of the graduates’ quality. Since 2009, the Central Library of Universitas Negeri Malang has provided digital library services or e-library in the form of online journals. Pro-Quest Ebsco and Gale Engage international online journals are subscribed to through the account of the Ministry of Higher Education. The e-journals can beaccessed through computers in the Magazine Room and via internet using the library’s hotspot. Addresses of online journal sites can be viewed through the library website at http://library.um.ac.id.

Another e-library service is OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) which contains a collection of local contents (Mulok) at Universitas Negeri Malang and books. The collection of books and Mulok are in the form of scientific papers, final projects, undergraduate thesis, thesis, dissertation, and professors’ promotion speeches. The database can be accessed via the internet at http://mulok.library.um.ac.id.

Development of library collections (Indonesian / English texts) is conducted through procurement funds from government (PNBP and BOPTN). In 2013 the total collection was 44,175 titles or 104,822 copies. The selection of book collections involved academic staff members and students. Proposals for the procurement of new books by students can be done by filling in the electronic forms in the OPAC Menu. It is expected that this strategy enable to optimize the utilization of the available informational sources. In addition to printed collections, in 2013 the university’s central library added 173 e-book collections through procurement funds from BOPTN (Oxford Scholarship and Willey) which can be accessed via LAN or wifi in the campusat http://library.um.ac.id/index.php/E-Book-Online/e-book-online.html.

The easiness of providing services to the academic community becomes the institution’s priority.The central library information software systems is continuously developed to provide convenience in service delivery. Currently the circulation service uses aself-service system. Students can directly borrow books or reserve collection and extend their books’ return date by themselves through computers at the service section without the help of library staffs. A certain administration window is provided for tracking service.

In order to disseminate the academics’ scientific papers through the internet, all students are required to upload the abstracts of their works to the university’s website. Students of undergraduate and associate degree can upload their works through the computer terminals in the library. This has contributed to the university’s web ranking by Webometric since, in January 2013, the university’s website ranks 12th among all universities in Indonesia and ranks first in the category of former IKIP universities.

In 2009, Universitas NegeriMalang held a memorandum of cooperation with the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta to provide Arabiclanguage collections. The initiative, called the Arab Saudi Corner, provides various materials about Islamic studies in the form of e-books and printed articles placed in the Reserve Room at the third floor of the central library. In 2012 the library collaborated with the US Consulate General in Surabaya to build a US Reference Center service. The collection from the Saudi Arabian embassy and the US Consulate General can be borrowed or downloaded by the students using the available computers. In 2012 the institution launched a free internet service for students without laptops. For this service, 10 (ten) PCs and 3Mbps internet bandwith were provided for the students to do various activities. Also, around the central library building, 2 (two) hotspots for free internet are already available to help with students’ learning activities.