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Item Information Availability and Evaluation of Websites Related to Asian Elephants in Sri Lanka(Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) de Silva, A.P.U.Sri Lanka is a very small country in the Asian region. However, Sri Lanka is popular for elephants among the world. In the Sri Lankan context, Sri Lankan people have a longstanding relationship as well as a deep connection with elephants. The wild elephant population is approximately 4500-5000 in Sri Lanka. Most people are interested in searching for information on elephants. There are various means of gathering information related to elephants in Sri Lanka. Among them, websites play an important role in delivering information to the public. The main objective of this research is to identify the existing information on the websites related to Asian elephants in Sri Lanka and the other objectives are to categorize the information on the website and to evaluate the websites related to Asian elephants in Sri Lanka. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were applied. This study is primarily a survey research. To collect primary data for the study, desk research and website evaluation tools were used. Desk research was conducted to collect existing information on the websites. Sampled websites were evaluated using WAVE, Google Page Speed and Hubspot Marketing Grader. The population of the study was all websites related to Asian elephants. Two websites were used to identify the existing information on the website and to evaluate websites. Websites of the Biodiversity and Elephant conservation Trust and Elephant Safari Sri Lanka were used as samples for the study. Analyzed data revealed that information approximating background, historical facts, contacts, activities, publications, safari details, accommodation are available on websites related to Asian elephants. According to the results of evaluation tools, websites of the Biodiversity and Elephant conservation Trust and Elephant Safari Sri Lanka get acceptable marks. However, more upgrades are required to improve the quality of websites. In order to address these discrepancies, some major moves are suggested to upgrade the rank of websites related to Asian elephants which include following WCAG and proprietary accessibility guidelines, establishing formal web accessibility lows and guidelines, upgrading online services and providing training to web masters. Additionally information about Asian elephants should be contained within a website and websites should be more accurate and up to date.Item Asian Elephants in Sri Lanka: A Selective Annotated Bibliography(Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) de Silva, A.P.U.The Asian or Asiatic elephants called as Elephas maximus are distributed in South- East Asia from India in the West to Borneo in the East. Normally the Asian elephant is smaller than the African elephant. As such Asian elephants are often exaggerated. Asian Elephants in Sri Lanka is very popular and very important topic at present. Besides there is a gigantic connection between elephants and Sri Lankan society. Elephants are connected with various aspects such as zoological aspects, ecological and environmental aspects, historical aspects, art and religious aspects, literature and folklore aspects and sociological aspects. However there is limited literature related to Asian elephants in Sri Lanka. This research attention has been paid to collect all literature like books, journals, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper articles, non-book materials, websites and internet sources related to Asian elephants. The main objective of this study is to identify all the literature related to Asian elephants in Sri Lanka. Other objectives are to categorize the literature about Asian elephants and to create a selective annotated bibliography of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka. Mainly this research is based on the secondary data. Secondary data is gathered from dictionary, encyclopedia, periodicals, text books, web sites, etc. The main tool of the study was the National Bibliography of Sri Lanka. The study was conducted within a limited period; since 2000-2015. According to the National Bibliographies, bibliography data was collected related to Asian elephants. There are 12 National Bibliographies per year and nearly 200 National Bibliographies were studied. But number of publication were several. So that study was conducted back till 1990. This study tries to collect 100 or more entries of bibliography related to the Asian elephants. This selective annotated bibliography of print books and web sources is meant to provide guidance to academic libraries to build a collection of all the resources related to Asian elephants.