Our university library is a hub of knowledge and information accessible not only to the UGM community, but to anyone wishing to seek knowledge. The library is an integrated physical and digital network, with a collection of books and resources varying a wide range of topics and fields; from natural sciences, cultural studies, environment, tourism, medicine, politics, and many more. We have a Central Library building located in the heart of our campus. Each of our 20 faculties and schools also have their own libraries, though all collections are centralized in the digital platform.
Besides books, our library provides access to reputational journals such as Scopus, Springer, Sage, and ScienceDirect. UGM also supports scholarly writing through comprehensive citation guides and tools such as Mendeley and Zotero, which are available to the public. We even have our very own Library and Archives Podcast on Youtube. Other services include classes on how to use reference manager, e-resources & AI literature search, bibliometric analysis, master search techniques in Emerald and Nature database.
UGM’s Central Library is open to the public and easily accessible within the Main Campus, with visitors able to park in the motorcycle area beside the campus, the car parking spaces around the GSP Building, or one of the centralized parking areas. Non-UGM guests are welcome to use the library and its services, but must first register at the front office before entering. Once registered, visitors may access a wide range of facilities—some automatically available, others accessible through simple applications or under specific conditions—along with publicly accessible online collections that extend UGM’s academic resources beyond the campus community.
The UGM Central Library offers a wide range of facilities across its five floors to support study, research, and creative work. On the first floor, visitors are welcomed at the Information Desk—where non-UGM guests must register—before accessing the Periodicals and Reference Room, the Circulation Room for borrowing and returning books, the First Floor Independent Study Room, and the vibrant Window of the World (WOW) Room, which provides desks, couches, charging stations, turf seating, and bean bags for flexible study.
The second floor houses the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Room in Building L5, offering computer access to UGM’s digital thesis and dissertation collection, along with the KKI Service Room, the Social and Political Collection Room in Building L6, and a dedicated Discussion Room. On the third floor, the Rare Collection Room preserves valuable historical materials from UGM and various donors, some of which are only available digitally due to their fragile condition. The fourth floor features the Gade Creative Lounge (TGLC), a mini co-working space designed for collaborative work, while the fifth floor provides an additional Independent Study Room with private cubicles. Across all levels, visitors can also find single desks along the hallways for quiet reading or working.
The library is open Monday to Friday from 08.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 08.00 a.m. to 04.00 p.m. For more information, visitors can visit the library’s website or social media page.
The Rare Collection Room in Building L6 stores rare collections originating from UGM as well as donations from individuals and institutions, such as the Hatta Foundation. These items range from decades to centuries old. Several works are inaccessible due to their fragile condition and have instead been converted into digital format. Examples of rare collections that have been digitized are available on the Rare Collection webpage.
In addition, there is a rare collection themed Indonesia Tempo Doeloe (Old Indonesia), which is derived not only from UGM Library’s holdings. These collections can be publicly accessed through the following links:
- Indonesia Tempo Doeloe
- Khasanah Pustaka Nusantara
- Arsip Statis (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia) and Sejarah Nusantara
- Digitised Manuscripts (British Library) and Endangered Archives Programme (British Library)
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek | Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (National Library of the Netherlands)
- Internet Archive
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