"Universities in Myanmar have been through decades of challenging times, with closures and limited links to the world. As New Mandala?s co-founder Nicholas Farrelly has noted, since the rise of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, universities in Myanmar have become increasingly valued and able to connect with the world. He notes that ?Many institutions are working hard to re-connect with Myanmar colleagues and support the improvement of local academic conditions?. For university libraries, the new approach is a ray of hope. Myat Sann Nyien notes that ?The years before 2011 were very dark, with all information cut off. Librarians in Myanmar worked in what felt like an enclosed society, and libraries in Myanmar were lacking new and updated materials and facilities?. Connections to the world through university libraries are an important feature of this rebirth of higher education. Libraries in Myanmar institutions have, together with the National Library, collected the memory of the nation, curated through many collections of palm leaf manuscripts and rare historic texts. The University libraries aspire to deliver collections and services that will create greater research and education outcomes..."