About the Library

The Medical Library University Sains Malaysia was incepted in 1979, concurrent with the establishment of the School of Medical Sciences. The Library was officially operational in February 1980 at the Main Campus in Penang. A large number of the collection and staff were transferred from the Penang Campus to the University’s branch in Kubang Kerian in 1984 and was temporarily located at Level 8 of the Hospital building. In November 1985, the collection and staff were subsequently shifted to its permanent building which houses the current Library. In 1990, the remaining collections as well as staff of the Medical Library were completely moved from the main campus to Kubang Kerian. The Kubang Kerian Campus was appropriately renamed as the Health Campus in 2001, thus bringing about the change of the Library’s name to the Health Campus Library. On 2nd October 2005, the Library was given the honour to bear the name Hamdan Tahir Library in memory of the University’s second Vice Chancellor, Tun Dato’ Seri Utama (Dr.) Hj. Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir.