Kapasa Makasa University is situated at Mulakupikwa village area along The Great North Road in Chinsali District of Muchinga Province, Zambia.  The library became operational in June 2019 as a branch library of the Copperbelt University.  Effective June 2021, following the delinking of the university from Copperbelt University, it is now an independent University Library headed by the Librarian. 

The library is the center of all academic activities where students, lecturers, researchers and consultants go to find needed information. Libraries are fundamental to developing student's skills needed to follow curiosity and develop habits of reading amongest students. Kapasa Makasa University library provides conducive environment for individual and group study. In addition, the KMU library offers its services to external members at a fee.