Reviewing International Encounters (RIE)
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Item Leadership Role of the National Library and Documentation Centre of Sri Lanka(Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Weerasinghe, M.K.The National Library (NL) is a living organization as well as a social institution in the contemporary society. It is the heart of library system of most of the countries. Therefore, it is a major responsibility of a library to provide its service to all the members of their communities, regardless of age, race, nationality, religion, culture, political affiliation, physical or other disabilities, gender or sexual orientation, and any other status. To fulfill this role the NL/NLs of a particular country perhaps has to play both the collaborative and the leadership role. In analyzing these roles NLs all over the world could be categorized into two as libraries in the developed and the developing countries, while some NLs in the developed countries playing a more collaborative role (CR), some NLs in the developing countries are playing a more leadership role (LR). The history of the origin of the NL of Sri Lanka goes back to 19th century. Government Oriental Library (GOL) in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was established in 1870 and it can be considered as the first setup in establishing a library at national level. The long felt need of a NL for the country was at last fulfilled when the NL of Sri Lanka was declared open in April 1990. Most of the NLs in the developing world play a leadership role in their library communities. The National Library and Documentation Centre (NLDC) of Sri Lanka is playing leadership role in the field of Library and Information Services especially in emergency situations. The NLDC has been playing rebuilding of libraries in Sri Lanka which were devastated due to two disasters namely Tsunami disaster in 2004 and terrorist attacks of Northern and Eastern provinces which were destructed by a terrorist group (LTTE) in last 30 years. The interview method is selected to gather data required for this research. It involves conducting lengthy discussions with selected people. The purpose of the interview is to provide the researcher with a relatively flexible format for gathering data. The form of an interview-questioning by one person, answering by another can be used for variety of purposes (Dillon, 1990). The significant advantage of this method is the possibility and capability of obtaining the most realistic data. Therefore, the author selected an unstructured interview method for data collecting. Interviews are usually thought as structured and unstructured. The outcomes of the research are useful to different groups of people in Sri Lanka, mainly those who are working in managerial positions and members of the Directors of NLs. Secondly, the outcomes of the research useful to academic groups in the Library and Information Science (LIS) segment as well as in the field of Organizational Management. Scholars, researchers and students in these disciplines and related disciplines may also be advantaged. Librarians/ library managers of other types of libraries also will benefit from these research findingsItem A New Model for the Library Science Education and Research in Sri Lanka(Reviewing International Encounters 2018,The Research Center for Social Sciences (RCSS), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Weerasinghe, M.K.Introduction Library education in Sri Lanka was commenced in 1950s. The first library education programme was started at the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1957. The University of Peradeniya started a postgraduate course in Library Science in 1961 and it was abandoned due to lack of trained teachers in 1965. Junior Universities of Ceylon was started a diploma course in Library Science in 1968 and it also ended in 1970 due to lack of lectures. Meantime Library Association started Diploma course in 1960 in English medium. 1973 can be considered as the one of land marked year of the library education in Sri Lanka because the University of Kelaniya started a degree programme in Library Science. In 1993 the University of Colombo started a Master programme in Library and Information Science in English medium. Meantime National Library Services Board also started number of short term training courses and correspondent course in the discipline in 1987. Another land mark of library education of Si Lanka was establishment of National Institute for Library and Information Science in 1999 with the major aim of provide manpower facilities for library sector in the country. In addition to this there are number of governmental bodies in the country organize short term programme in the field of Library and Information Science in time to time. The principal purpose of the paper was to develop a model for the enhancement off library education in Sri Lanka. The paper explores the initiation and gradual development of library education in Sri Lanka. Objectives of the study 1-Investigate historical development of library education in Sri Lanka, 2-Study the land mark of library education in Sri Lanka 3-Study the drawback and impact of library education in the country 4-Suggest a new model for coordination of institutions in library education and research. Methodology in this research the author intended to use qualitative approach to test the outcomes of the research. Outcomes the main drawback found in the study was the lack of effective coordination among sister institutions on library education. It was identified that slow growth of research output. The other principal outcome found in the study were the identification of sister organization devoted to library education along with their contributions, historical development library education in the country, the barriers and obstacles faced related to the enhancement of education and research in Library and Information Science. One of the other main findings in the study was the role of the national library in education and research in Library and Information Science. The researcher suggests that coordination of library education should be performed by the National Library of Sri Lanka through the proposed new National Library model. The outcomes of the research will be useful to different groups of people in Sri Lanka