Central Library (UNAM) Central Library (UNAM) The Central Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), is the main library in the Ciudad Universitaria Campus. It holds one of the largest collections in Mexico, with a multidisciplinary approach for all the university courses from the adjacent faculties. The building it's covered with the mural "Historical Representation of Culture," created by the Mexican artist Juan O'Gorman.His unique masterpiece has become the most iconic building from the UNAM and from Mexican culture. In July 2007 the UNESCO proclaimed the Central Library, along with the Central Campus of the University City as World Heritage. The
1999 UNAM strike rector and appointment of a new one. Along the way, bloody conflicts resulted in serious injuries and even fatalities on the unlawfully occupied campus. Eventual action by the recently created federal police finally ended the occupation during February 2000. The third article of the Constitution of Mexico states that all education imparted by the state is free. Whether this includes decentralized, autonomous institutions of higher education like the UNAM is a matter of (often heated) debate. Tuition at the UNAM is not free, and it had last been raised in 1948 to 200 pesos per academic year (tuition became 20