In 1972, Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan was established and the Library became the Library of Institute Teknologi Kebangsaan. The Library first started with a collection of 15,000 titles of books and 80 journal titles. The initial collection consisted of 15,000 titles and 80 periodicals inherited from Maktab Teknik. In April 1976, The Institute was upgraded and known as Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The Library building was renovated and space area was extended to 20,449 sq. feet.
The Library area was extended to 23,781 sq feet by taking over the Finance Office which had move to its new building. Seating capacity was only for 300 readers only. In April 1983, the new 4 storey Library building was completed with an area of 965,650 sq feet it was able to accommodate 1,000 readers.
In May 1985, some of the Library collection particularly in the fields of Architecture were moved to the branch Library in Skudai. This is the initial phase of moving the collection to the newly built main Library in UTM Skudai. By December 1988, most of the Library collections are relocated at the Main Library and the Library in UTM Kuala Lumpur Campus became the branch Library. To date, the Library is servicing some 5,000 users comprising of mostly Diploma students.
The number of collections in UTMKL is approximately 106,000 of printed and non-printed related with engineering, technology and social science field. Currently, the library users are Postgraduate from Azman Hashim International Business School, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), as well as Undergraduate students of UTMSPACE (The School for Professional and Continuing Education). There are also two libraries branches in UTMKL located at Razak Tower Building and MJIIT building. The two library branches specialized on the core business of each faculty.

Menara Razak Library is a specialized library initially focusing on UTM Razak School’s (now Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics) core business activities and postgraduate programmes. However, along with the transformation of UTM Kuala Lumpur, currently the library major collections are on Business, Management, Marketing, Manufacturing and Constructions to also support other faculties located at Menara Razak namely Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics and Azman Hashim International Business School among others. The library is located at Ground Floor Razak Tower that have a total number of 7500 collections consist of monographs and electronic resources. All UTM Postgraduate students in UTM Kuala Lumpur are eligible for Menara Razak Library Membership.

Menara Razak Library is a specialized library initially focusing on UTM Razak School’s (now Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics) core business activities and postgraduate programmes. However, along with the transformation of UTM Kuala Lumpur, currently the library major collections are on Business, Management, Marketing, Manufacturing and Constructions to also support other faculties located at Menara Razak namely Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics and Azman Hashim International Business School among others. The library is located at Ground Floor Razak Tower that have a total number of 7500 collections consist of monographs and electronic resources. All UTM Postgraduate students in UTM Kuala Lumpur are eligible for Menara Razak Library Membership.

The Institute of Bioproduct (IBD) Library supports the research and development activities in the fields of interest to IBD and UTM. Various collection of materials such as books, journals, product information files, digital newspapers etc. are available for reference to IBD/UTM staffs and external members.