Sri Lanka Library Association - Papers presented in ICLIS 2015

Keynote Address:

Next Generation Libraries: changing roles of libraries in promoting research and innovation (PDF)

Jagdish Arora

‘Harnessing information to empower the profession to empower nations’ or ‘the end of libraries?’ (PDF)

Russell Bowden

Libraries for changing lives of the sex workers: a new approach for socially disadvantaged people in Bangladesh (PDF)

Md. Nasiruddin

Factor identification of website usability characteristics to end- user satisfaction: a case study at University of Colombo (PDF)

Anuja Silva

Evaluating outreach activities of the library, University of Moratuwa: perspectives of beneficiaries (PDF)

Upeksha Kodithuwakku & Thushari M. Seneviratne

Experiences in the school library usage as a guideline for planning information literacy programmes: with special reference to the new entrants of LLB programme at University of Peradeniya (PDF)

Pradeepa Wijetunge & Champa N. K. Alahakoon

Expectations from academic libraries among students in an international university institute in Sri Lanka: a case study of American National College (PDF)

Hasitha Koralage

An analytical study on the significance of online newspapers in the life of ordinary cyber age Indian citizen (PDF)

P. Balasubramanian

Prior experiences of the new entrants in using the school library: with special reference to Management students, University of Peradeniya (PDF)

Pradeepa Wijetunge & Chamani Gunasekera

Job satisfaction among the Library and Information Science Professionals in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India: a study (PDF)

A. Baladhandayutham

Prior experiences of library usage of the new entrants: with special reference to Bachelor of Arts undergraduates, University of Peradeniya (PDF)

Pradeepa Wijetunge & B.N.G.S. Premarathne

A study on usage of print and electronic journals among the students of Engineering Colleges in Madurai District (PDF)

K. Chinnasamy

Role of the United Nations (UN) in developing libraries and the library profession in Sri Lanka (PDF)

S.M.V.N.K.S. Wickramasinghe

Challenges of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in university libraries and special libraries in Sri Lanka (PDF)

R. M. Nadeeka Rathnabahu

Assessing critical thinking in media literacy of secondary school students - special focus to Nallur Division of Jaffna District (PDF)

P.Rajeswarn & S. Navaneethakrishnan

Library automation software usage in university libraries in Sri Lanka (PDF)

D.G.A.S Malkanthi & Nimal Hettiarachchi

Usage of library and the social media by new entrants in 2015: a provincial analysis based on Arts, Management and Law streams at University of Peradeniya (PDF)

Pradeepa Wijetunge & Champa N. K. Alahakoon

Conservation and preservation of special collections to sustain the cultural heritage by Eastern University library (PDF)

Gayathiri Navirathan

Challenges of digital scanning of photograph collections in South Africa (PDF)

Nellie Somers

Utilization of library space for research and interactive learning: some reflections of Niigata University Library, Japan (PDF)

Menaka Hindagolla

Value co-creation: empirical evidence from the library sector of Sri Lanka (PDF)

S. Navaneethakrishnan & S. Arulanantham

Promoting book corner at Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDC) at Mihinthale (PDF)

K.R.N. Harshani

A ten year bibliometric analysis of Ceylon Medical Journal (PDF)

Komathy Murugathas & S. Navaneethakrishnan

Health information seeking and information encountering of female undergraduates: a pilot study at University of Moratuwa (PDF)

Thushari M. Seneviratne , Suraj Perera & Sujitha A. Seneviratne

Challenges in school library management: an exploratory study based on Island Zone of Jaffna District (PDF)

Sivamathy Thirumaran & S. Navaneethakrishnan

An assessment of information literacy among school teachers in Nallur division of Jaffna District (PDF)

R. Kupesan & N. Sivathasan

A gender-based analysis of the use of social media and electronic communication methods by new entrants: with special reference to Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya (PDF)

Pradeepa Wijetunge & W. G. A. Dharmarathne

Exploiting ‘library-periods’ in schools to implement information literacy programmes (PDF)

S. Santharooban, T. Ramanan & M.N. Ravikumar

Preliminary pages of ICLIS 2015 proceedings (PDF)