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Item An analytical study on the challenges faced by the library of University of Kelaniya to apply green concept.(4th National Research conference on Applied Social Statistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018) Warnasooriya, Thrishalaශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රථම ජාතික හරිත සරසවිය වශයෙන් 2015.07.10 දින සිට ක්‍රියත්මක වූ පරිදි කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාල පරිශ්‍රය හරිත සංකල්පය අනුව තවදුරටත් ක්‍රියාකරයි. එය ප්‍රවර්ධනය උදෙසා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය "තිරසාර විසදුම් මධ්‍යස්ථානය” (Center for Sustainability Solutions - CSS) වැනි මධ්‍යස්ථාන මෙන්ම (Nature Club) වැනි කණ්ඩායම් ක්‍රියාකිරී ලෙස ජාතික මෙහෙවරක නියැලෙමින් සිටියි. ඒ අනුව මෙම පර්යේෂණයේ අරමුණ වන්නේ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන හරිත සංකල්පය සඳහා යොමු වීමේ දී විශ්වවිද්‍යාල පුස්තකාලය මුහුණ දෙන අභියෝග හඳුනාගැනීම යි. එහිදී හරිත සංකල්පය ක්‍රියාත්මක කළහැකි ප්‍රධාන ක්ෂේත්‍ර 5ක් නිර්වචනය කරගැනිණි. එනම්, පුස්තකාල ගොඩනැගිල්ල, පුස්තකාල එකතුව, පුස්තකාල තොරතුරු පද්ධති, පුස්තකාල ක්‍රියාපටිපාටි හා ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සහ පුස්තකාල වැඩසටහන් හා සේවා වශයෙනි. කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය ප්‍රධාන පුස්තකාලයේ දැනට සේවයට වාර්තා කරන අධ්‍යන කාර්යමණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයින් 8 දෙනා අතරින් අහඹු ලෙස තෝරාගත් 5 දෙනෙකු සමඟ පැවැත් වූ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා හා ස්වයං නිරීක්ෂණ මඟින් රැස්කරගත් දත්ත අනුව නව ගොඩනැගිල්ල ස්වාභාවික වාතාශ්‍රය හා ආලෝකය ලැබෙන පරිදි ගොඩනැගීම, ඉලෙක්ටොනික පුස්තකාල එකතූන් ප්‍රතිග්‍රහණය කිරීම, පුස්තකාල ස්වයංක්‍රීයකරණය, ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික හා වෙනත් අපද්‍රව්‍ය මනාව කළමනාකරණය වැනි හරිත ක්‍රියාකාරකම් කිහිපයක නිරත වුවද හරිත පුස්තකාලයක් වශයෙන් සෘජුවම හඳුන්වාදීමට තරම් ක්‍රියාකාරී දායකත්වයක් හා උනන්දුවක් දැක්වීමට අපොහොසත් වී තිබේ. ඊට හේතු වශයෙන් වාර්ෂික ප්‍රතිග්‍රහණයේ දී මුද්‍රිත පොතපතට ඇති ඉල්ලුමට සාපේක්ෂව ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික මූලාශ්‍රයන්ට ඇති ඉල්ලුම පිටපත් 5ක් වැනි අවම අගයකි. එනිසා වැඩි ඉඩකඩක් මෙන්ම ගෘහභාණ්ඩ ප්‍රමාණයක් ද මුද්‍රිත ද්‍රව්‍ය සඳහා වෙන් කිරීමට සිදුවී ඇත. ස්වයංක්‍රීයකරණය කළ ද කඩදාසි තවමත් භාවිත කිරීමත් විශාල පරිගණක සංඛ්‍යාවක් හා පරිගණක මෙහෙයුම් පද්ධතිය පැය 8කට ආසන්න කාලසීමාවක් පුරා කාබන්ඩයොක්සයිඩ් (CO2) ජනනය කිරීමත් සිදුකරයි. ඒවා ස්ථානගත කිරීමට වැඩි ඉඩකඩක් ද වෙන්කරවා තිබේ. පැය 24ක් පුරාවට සේවා සපයන පුස්තකාලයක් නොවන බැවින් දැරිය හැකි මට්ටමින් සූර්යකෝෂ පද්ධතියක් ස්ථාපනයෙන් විදුලිය ජනනය කිරීමත්, විදුලි අවභාවිතය වැළැක්වීමත්, විශාල පරිගණක මෙහෙයුම් පද්ධති වෙනුවට සයිබර් තාක්ෂණය හා "ක්ලවුඩ්" ක්‍රමවේද (Cloud computing systems) භාවිතයත්, පූර්ණ ස්වයංක්‍රීයකරණයට අවශ්‍ය විද්‍යුත් ආරක්ෂිත දොරටු හා උපාංග (Security systems) සවිකොට සංසරණ රිසිට්පත් වෙනුවට විද්‍යුත් ලිපින (email) වෙත පණිවුඩ යැවීමෙන් කඩදාසි භාවිතය අවම කිරීම මඟින් එම අභියෝග ජයගැනීමට උත්සුක වේ නම් ක්‍රියාකාරී ලෙස හරිත ක්‍රියාන්විතයට දායකවීමට කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය පුස්තකාලයට ද හැකිවනු ඇත.Item Assessing the effectiveness of academic library services: A review on the formulation of a feasible conceptual framework(Information Development, 2023) Ajith, J.; Ramanayaka, K.; Weerasooriya, W. A.With the rapid development of internet technology and the gradually accelerating rate of information technology, library systems are progressively transforming into hybrid library systems that provide services from traditional and electronic means. For insightful planning toward a strong service to the community, there is a need to continuously evaluate the effectiveness of library services. Based on this requirement, the purpose of this study is to determine the criteria and their measuring indicators that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of modern academic library services by reviewing related studies found in the literature, and then build a conceptual framework. A comprehensive literature review related to library service effectiveness was conducted to identify, determine and suggest scientific evaluation criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of academic library services. The study revealed that User Satisfaction, Collection Development, Management and Staff Contributions, Service Efficiency, and Accessibility, were the top key evaluation criteria used or cited in the related works. Three or more indicator categories for each criterion have been identified, and the measurable indicators consisted of Likert-type questions on a five-point rating scale that can be used to measure indicator categories. Finally, the conceptual framework for assessing academic library service effectiveness has been developed based on these criteria and their measurement indicators. The study has presented a framework of service effectiveness, including assessment criteria and measurement indicators that can be used to evaluate modern hybrid academic libraries.Item Behavioral intention to use electronic resources by distance learners: An extension of the technology acceptance model(Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2023) Marasinghe, I. K.; Weerasooriya, W. A.; Rathnabahu, N.This study aimed to discover the factors affecting behavioral intention to use electronic resources by distance learners of the Open University of Sri Lanka, and to develop a model explaining behavioral intention to use such resources. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the theoretical basis, this study explored the effect of five external factors on the behavioral intention of distance learners toward using e-resources. A quantitative research approach was used, and data were collected from a survey of 379 active undergraduates of the Open University of Sri Lanka. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was conducted to obtain the results of the study. The results of PLS-SEM reveal that the distance mode of learning and relevance of information are the two major external factors that affect behavioral intention to use e-resources. Computer self-efficacy and user satisfaction also have a significant influence on the dependent variable. Social influence, on the other hand, shows no significant impact. Of the TAM constructs, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and user attitudes significantly affect e-resource utilization behavior.Item Bibliographic Control of Early Printed Works in Sri Lanka(University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 2007) Ranasinghe, P.Item Breaking the Loop, Finding the Balance: Predictors of Social Media Detox among Graduate Students(ALISE, 2024) Dilinika, J.M.S.; Huanga, Kuo-TingSocial media detox is recognized as an effective strategy for mitigating the negative impacts of excessive social media usage. This study explores the factors influencing graduate students’ decisions to engage in social media detox. Factors related to social media overload and general social media experience were examined as potential predictors. Data were collected using an online survey from 179 graduate students who are active on social media. The results of the study revealed a high prevalence of social media overload among graduate students, with information overload emerging as the strongest predictor of social media detox. This suggests that effectively managing the constant influx of information on social media platforms is crucial for reducing stress and promoting digital well-being among graduate students. The study provides practical implications and further research directions for promoting digital well-being and enhancing information management skills.Item Item A comparative study of the main education centers of Mahayana Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India: Abhayagiriya in Sri Lanka and Nalanda university in India(2012) Ranasinghe, R.H.I.S.Abhayagiri and Nalanda universities were flourished with thousand of students as international Buddhism universities during the 5th-12th centuries. This article reveals the historical sources of the study, origin and development, accommodated students, curricula, education system, scholars and teachers, revenue, administration, the scriptures carried back by students, libraries and destruction of Abhayagiri and Nalanda university.Item Conservation and Preservation challenges of Palm Leaf Manuscripts in the Natinal Library and Documentation Centre of Sri Lanka(02nd International Conference for Academic Discipline, 16th – 20th March 2020, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2020) Weerasinghe, M.K.The concept of the library goes back man began to make and keeP written to the origin of the lluman civilization' When records, library came into existence' .t After the renaissance and reformation in Europe, philosophy of the libraries underwent a change. The libraries wele considered as store houses of knowledge from ancient time to middle ages. A{ter the invention of printing and the dissemination of liberal thoughts, consequently the library became a dissemination centre of human knowledge. The concept of the National Library(Nl) atso emerged against this background. The origin of the NL concept goes back to ancient libraries of the world' According to some librarians and historians, the library of Alexandria was a NL. It performed some functions, which the present NLs are carrying out' However there is no agreement about the origin of the NL concePt' Sri Lanka is an Island situated in the Indian Ocean and is situated about 645 km north of the equator and is separated from india by the Gul{ of Mannar as well as the Palk strait. The total lanc1 area of the country is about 65610 square kilometers' The population of the country is about 20 miilion. The rnajority of Sri Lankans are the Si*halese and other cornmunities are Taurils, Muslims and Burghers. Literacy rate of the countr y is 94%.It is a multilingual and a rnulti cultural country' The main religion of the country is Buddhism.Item Continuous professional Development Programs for the university libraries in Sri Lanka(The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka and the Open University of Sri Lanka, 2010) Weerasooriya, W.A.Item The contributions of Buddhism to the origin of library tradition in Sri Lanka: until the 1st century B.C.(University of Kelaniya, 2006) Ranasinghe, R.H.I.S.In this research special attention is given to Buddhist education, contributions of Buddhist monks and Buddhist kings and written down of Buddhist scriptures and pinpoth.Item Designing and Introducing ‘GREEN’ model to lead Sri Lankan university library system towards green library concept: with special reference to the library, University of Kelaniya.(3rd International Research Symposium on Social Science and Humanities, National Center for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (NCAS), Sri Lanka., 2021) Warnasooriya, ThrishalaAs community centers and knowledge hubs, going green has become a great concern in every field including the libraries. Although some green implementations can be evident in some libraries in Sri Lanka, they are not been systematically functioned. This is an extension of previous researches related to green library concept which followed the research framework with five major areas namely, library building, operations and practices programmes and services, information systems and library collection. Those five areas wer~ covered by 23 indicators. Therefore, designing and introducing a green library model was a current necessity for Sri Lankan library system to regulate their green movements. On the other hand, primitive attention has been given on designing a green library model for universities in many countries including Sri Lanka. Therefore, the sole objective was to design and introduce a green library model for the library, university of Kelaniya which is known as the first state green university in Sri Lanka to go green. After identifying existing green features through self-observation, green implementations which are possible to be practiced in the library were identified and defined through the interviews had with sectional heads of the library. Accordingly, the model was named as 'GREEN' indicating green library practices. The indicators for respective letters depicting G- Gardening, R-Resource sharing, E-Efficiency, E-Environmental friendliness, N-Natural resources. Each factor includes related green implementations which can be practically functioned in the library at present condition. The followings could be identified as the conspicuous, existing green features at present. Indoor and outdoor gardening were concerned in category one. Resource sharing means resource sharing through digital platforms, minimizes physical visits, purchasing, sharing and promoting more e-resources. Efficiency stands for efficient use of office stationery, efficient use of machinery items and equipment, efficient use of telecommunication equipment or having verbal communication and use of cyberspace. Besides energy sources such as water, electricity should be effectively used and a water purifying system as well as a rainwater harvesting facility can be implemented. Under environmental friendliness, Waste management including reduction of plastic, polythene, papers and processes such as composting, recycling papers were highlighted. Natural resources criterium includes the maximum use of natural daylight, air, ventilation to enhance the interior quality and user convenience, local purchasing, energy saving practices, purchasing LCD monitors, LED bulbs etc. in addition to the existing indicators, new possible green implementations could be recommended to be practiced in the library. If this GREEN model was followed and practiced, the green concept can be systemically practiced in the library. As a result, the library can be nominated as a green library in near future.Item Development of competencies among professional staff in university libraries in Sri Lanka(Library and Information Science Alumni Association, University of Kelaniya, 2008) Weerasooriya, W.A.; Deshpande, N.J.Item Evaluation and Assessment of E-Service Quality of University Libraries in Sri Lanka(2017) Si, Li; Wanigasooriya, Priyanwada; Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.This paper aims to evaluate the quality of e-services provided via Sri Lankan University library websites to examine their current status and issues related to services. The study employed web-based survey method to evaluate the quality of e-services. Purposive sampling method was used to select 15 university libraries from the population. We adapted a 62 itemed checklist which was organized into 6 categories; core e-service, e-reference service, facilitating e-service, supportive e-service, currency, accuracy and speed quality, and website features examined by the survey. The study was limited to the 15 university library websites offering e-services in Sri Lanka by the expert judge approach which examined how well they performed during the study period. The data revealed that, although university libraries are offering more e-services via the websites, development of e-services is still in its infancy stage as compared to those of international experience. However, suggestions for future improvements are given. The results of this survey should assist in the evaluation of e-services and promote the services in an attractive way, enabling designers, and policy makers to improve upon future websites. In addition further studies are required to understand the user perception of the e-services to meet the specific needs of different types of users including the faculties and the students utilizing the university libraries.Item An examination of the education system in Anuradhapura period as revealed by the inscriptions(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Ranasinghe, R.H.I.S.According to the literature and archaeological sources there was very developed Buddhist education system during Anuradhapura period in Sri Lanka. The aim of this article is to examine how the inscriptions the facts revealed by other historical sources.Item An examination of the evalution and development of library tradition in Sri Lanka(National Library & Documentation Centre, 1996) Ranasinghe, R.H.I.S.The aim of this article is to review the facts which helped beginning and development of library tradition in Sri Lanka. Writing and depositing of the Buddhist scriptures (Tripitaka and its commentaries), writing series of commentaries on the Pali texts of the Buddhist scriptures and a number of compositions by foreign Buddhist scholars, writers and royal patronage are discussed in the article.Item Examining the relationship between competitive capability and perceived service quality in university libraries(https://jula.sljol.info/static/images/upress.png, 2021) Arachchige, J. J. G.; Singh, Diljit; Weerasooriya, W. A.As modern Information Technology has created a way to a variety of information service opportunities, many options other than the conventional library service are available for users. A stiff competition has emerged among information service providers and therefore university library professionals too have to think of their competitive advantage. Service quality has gained a high concern as a strategy for developing the competitive position of an organization and many studies in different fields have established a strong relationship between service quality and competitive advantage. Viewing inversely, some practitioners contemplate that the competitive position of resource capabilities can influence the improvement of service quality. In order to examine the relationship between competitive position and the service quality in a university library context, an exploratory survey was employed utilizing a VRIO based questionnaire and LibQUAL+ based instrument with 89 library professionals selected from 15 state university libraries in Sri Lanka. The study reveals that there is a moderate positive correlation between two variables (r = .286, n= 66, p = .020). As the relationship is moderate, further studies seem essential to support the hypothesis. The large percentage of residuals indicates that there are more factors contributing to the service quality in university libraries. This studyItem An exploratory overview on Library Professionals’ Training Series (LPTS) of library, University of Kelaniya.(Felicitation Volume - Mr. N.T.S.A. Senadeera. Manuscript submitted for publication. Library, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2020) Munasinghe, M.A.K.S.; Warnasooriya, ThrishalaComputer literacy is essential for library staff to provide a high quality, timely responsive, cost effective library services to its users in a techno-savvy library environment in this digital era. Specially computer literacy is a key requirement for non-academic staff to operate the library technical services. Most of the libraries across the world have taken actions to develop various staff development programmes. Those can be varied based on the type of the library and its users, capacity of the staff, attitude, technology, budget, mother institution, rules and regulations, and country. Therefore, developing a unique Computer literacy enhancement programme for a certain library is ideal. ‘Library Professionals’ Training Series (LPTS) containing 3 levels was developed by Interactive Media Unit (IMU) to enhance the computer literacy of the staff. As level I could be successfully completed, a progress of the staff was noticed. Therefore, this paper presents an exploratory overview on this programme by setting an example for other libraries in Sri Lanka.Item The historical background of library tradition in ancient Sri Lanka(2015) Ranasinghe, R.H.I.S.The aim of the article is to examine the historical background that helped to beginning and development of library tradition in ancient Sri Lanka.Item How Buddhism influenced the origin and development of Sri Lanka (Ceylon): From the Third century BC to the Fifth century AD(Library History, 2008) Ranasinghe, R.H.I.S.Item The impact of Green Information Literacy of library staff to establish green library movements in the library, Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA)(3rd National Library Research Symposium, National Library and Documentation Services Board, Sri Lanka., 2019) Warnasooriya, ThrishalaWith the existence of green library concept, the field of library science could change its Scenario into a different angel. Being a multi -faceted approach, this concept deals also with the green information literacy. Green information literacy is not only gathering literature related to green concept but also enhancing a self – awareness on the concept among the staff and users. As a new trend in Sri Lankan perspective, green concept functions in few libraries. As the heart of the governing institution, SLIDA library is rich with green practices. As a result, SLIDA was rewarded with the green award in 2018. The information literacy and the awareness on green concept is needed for such an achievement. Therefore, the sole objective of this study was to identify the impact of green information literacy of library staff to establish green concept in the library. 5 main fields namely, library building, collection, information systems, practices and programs or services were investigated when interviewing the library staff to measure their green information literacy covering 23 green indicators. The data were collected through the answers given in the interview. Accordingly, green information literacy was evaluated with simple calculation. The collected data revealed that the library staff has a great concern on the concept and what they should do in the library achieve the green goal of the institution. The library adheres to many green practices among which following a green policy has become the most prominent factor which enhance their green enthusiasm and literacy of them. Accordingly, the level of green information literacy among the staff was in a satisfactory level as they follow the green policy while practicing green theories in the library environment and the institutional premises. Hence, all these depict that the green information literacy directly affect the green movements in the library. Keywords: Green information literacy, Green concept, Green award, Libraries
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