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In 1974 British architect, Michael Brawne (1925-2003) [2] was commissioned by UNESCO to assist the National Library Services Board in preparing a design for the national library. [3] A 1.11 ha (2.75 acres) site, adjoining the National Archives , on Independence Avenue, was identified and secured on 13 January 1976.
Colombo Public Library Galle Library in Galle fort was established in 1832 Jaffna Public Library was established in 1933. Colombo Public Library, Colombo Municipal Council; Kumarathunga Munidasa Library, Matara Municipal Council; Moratuwa Public Library, Moratuwa Municipal Council; Kotte Public Library, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council
In 2016, the ibrary was fully automated with Koha FOSS Library Management Library System with the advice of the Open University of Sri Lanka. In 2017, the Digital Libraries Project was launched at the library by the Information Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) in collaboration with National Library and Documentation Services Board. [4]
The National Library and Documentation Services Board was established under the act No: 51 of 1998 [1] succeeding the Sri Lanka National Library Services Board which was established in 1970. The board is placed under the Ministry of Education .
National Science Library and Resource Centre (NSLRC) (Sinhala: ජාතික විද්යා පුස්තකාලය හා සම්පත් මධ්යස්ථානය -ශ්රී ලංකාව, jātika vidyā pustakālaya hā sampat madhyasthānaya -śrī laṁkāva) of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka is a library, the National Focal Point for the ...
The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second most important public Library, after only the Colombo Public Library [2] During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. [3] [4] In 1981, it was burned down in a deliberate mob attack]]. [5]
^ "The oldest academic library in Sri Lanka, founded in 1921 as the university College Library became the University of Ceylon Library in 1942 and was moved to Peradeniya in 1952. Currently it has one of the largest collections in the country, numbering more than 500,000 in volume" – International dictionary of library histories, Volume 1.
The National Museum Library is a division of the Department of National Museum in Sri Lanka functioning as its library and archive for its collection of books and documents. Established on 1 January 1877 as the Colombo National Museum Library when the Colombo National Museum was established, it incorporated the Government Oriental Library that ...