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Journal articles on the topic "Libraries Sri Lanka History"

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Greppin, John A. C., and T. G. Piyadasa. "Libraries in Sri Lanka: Their Origin and History from Ancient Times to the Present Time." Journal of the American Oriental Society 112, no. 1 (January 1992): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/604631.

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Gunawardana, S. L. A., and W. J. A. B. N. Jayasuriya. "Medicinally Important Herbal Flowers in Sri Lanka." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 (May 27, 2019): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2321961.

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Background. The plant kingdom is rich with a numerous number of plants with various medical properties which can be used to treat various medical issues. Sri Lanka is a country full of biodiversity which is gifted with many plant resources. It has a rich history of traditional medicine systems consisting of Ayurveda, Unani, and Deshiya Chikitsa, where these plant resources are used as remedies for the diseases. In the traditional medicine system, various plant parts such as leaves, roots, fruits, flowers, and bark are used to treat disease conditions. Although less attention is paid to the medicinal importance of the flowers, some of them have been used to treat many diseases from the ancient time. Some properties of the flowers may differ from the properties of the other plant parts. For example, Sesbania grandiflora (Katuru murunga) flowers have shown anticancer properties against various cell models whereas some flowers have shown antispermatogenic properties. Flowers of Woodfordia floribunda (Militta) are added as fermenting agents in the preparation of Arishtas in Ayurveda. Also the most popular Clove oil is obtained from the flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum (Karabu-neti) which is used to treat toothaches since it has antibiotic and antiseptic properties. This article gives an overview of herbal flowers used in the traditional medicine system of Sri Lanka and their pharmacological importance. Method. A comprehensive literature survey was done on the medicinally important flowers in Sri Lanka. Data was collected from Libraries of Ayurveda in Sri Lanka and from scientific databases. Results. According to the survey many flowers are used as astringent, cardiac tonic, and febrifuge. Also some flowers are used to treat dysentery, diarrhoea, and indigestion. Some flowers are useful in the treatment of bleeding piles while some are useful in the treatment of asthma and bronchitis. Conclusion. It was revealed that there are many flowers with valuable therapeutic effects. Traditional medicine systems prevailing in Sri Lanka have made use of these flowers with therapeutic effects to cure so many diseases. The review of medicinally important herbal flowers provides knowledge and pharmacological leads which will help for the wellbeing of the human beings. Although there are phytochemical studies done to identify the chemical compounds on some flowers, chemical composition of many flowers remains unrevealed. So further studies need to be done to identify the chemical composition of these flowers.
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Navirathan, Gayathiri, and Oshanithi Sivarasa. "Identifying Challenges and Barriers in Collecting, Documenting and Digitizing Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Eastern Sri Lanka." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 8, no. 4 (April 1, 2021): 13–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v8i4.3798.

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The palm leaf manuscripts are the sources of the cultural heritage of our ancestors. It is a very crucial part of the librarians or archivists or curators to conserve and preserve them from passing the information and knowledge to successive generations. Palm leaf manuscripts indicate previous documentary heritage and conservation, preservation and made them available shortly is a challenging and demanding task at present. Sri Lanka has a rich history of documentary heritage comprised of valuable palm-leaf collections. In eastern Sri Lanka, the palm leaf manuscripts are spread everywhere as personal holdings.There are many countries all over the world that put much effort into preserving them for the future. One of the potent methods of preserving those endangered documents like manuscripts is digitization. At this point, there is an urgent need to find the suitability of preserving those palm leaf manuscripts in the facets of digitization techniques.As the palm leaf manuscripts are shown as endangered through ages while tackling them to collecting and documenting them, several challenges were faced. Therefore identifying the solutions to overcome those challenges and barriers is important to further the documentation and digitization process of palm leaf manuscripts. The study aims to find the challenges and barriers in collecting, documenting and digitizing those palm leaf collections in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Veidlinger, Daniel. "When a Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Mahāyāna Influence on Theravāda Attitudes Towards Writing." Numen 53, no. 4 (2006): 405–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852706778942012.

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AbstractThis article argues that Buddhist attitudes towards the written word in major Theravāda regions of Southeast Asia were strongly influenced by Mahāyāna Buddhism. Writing is not mentioned in the Pāli canon of the Theravāda Buddhists, and no emphasis was put on the idea of worshipping books in authoritative Theravāda literature, save a few words in an eleventh-century sub-commentarial text. The early generations of Theravāda Buddhists, not surprisingly, had an ambivalent relationship to writing and there is little evidence to suggest that they revered it. On the other hand, from the earliest times, seminal Mahāyāna texts have reserved their highest praise for the Dharma-bearing written word, and archeological and iconographic evidence as well as accounts of Chinese travelers suggest that stūpas were indeed made to enshrine texts and that books were the subject of votive cults. From the end of the first millennium CE, however, some Theravāda communities in Southeast Asia did begin to revere the written word in a Buddhist context by constructing beautiful libraries to house the texts, making texts out of gold, enshrining them in stūpas, and even worshipping them outright. In places such as Burma, Sri Lanka and central Thailand, this change of attitude coincided with the height of Mahāyāna influence. Moreover, in the northern Thai kingdom of Lan Na, there does not appear ever to have been any significant Mahāyāna presence and consequently, the more reverential Mahāyāna attitudes towards writing do not seem to have been imbibed by the culture, even though writing was well-known and fairly widely utilized.
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Fernando, Tissa, and Chandra Richard De Silva. "Sri Lanka: A History." Pacific Affairs 61, no. 1 (1988): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2758116.

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Wickramanayake, Lalith. "Where to from here? Current status of school libraries in Sri Lanka: a survey." New Library World 117, no. 3/4 (March 14, 2016): 214–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-10-2015-0073.

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine the present status of the school libraries in Sri Lanka that were not developed under the General Education Project 2 implemented during 1997-2005. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 135 school libraries drawn at random from two educational zones in Sri Lanka. The instrument included objective-oriented close-ended questions to be answered appropriately and analysis was done accordingly. Findings – The majority of school libraries in Sri Lanka are run by less qualified school librarians with no professional librarianship qualification. Scarcity of appropriate library buildings, inadequate funding and lack of reading materials and other physical resources were common among the studied school libraries. Unavailability of dedicated timeslots within the school timetable for library and information skills sessions had significantly decreased the library usage by students. It was also found that school librarians had rather negative attitudes concerning their job. Research limitations/implications – Neglecting other stakeholders and taking samples only from school librarians for the study and selecting only government schools by excluding private/international schools and monasteries (Pirivenas) created considerable limitation for the study. Originality/value – This study derived significant findings which could be used to understand the reality of school libraries in Sri Lanka, and these findings could be used to overcome practical issues which may negatively affect school library development.
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Wickramanayake, Lalith. "An assessment of academic librarians’ instructional performance in Sri Lanka." Reference Services Review 42, no. 2 (June 3, 2014): 364–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-03-2013-0018.

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Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to look at the overall instructional performance of academic librarians in Sri Lanka and shed light on the challenges and potential problems facing the implementation of quality information literacy (IL) in university libraries. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected by means of a questionnaire, which was sent to all professional academic librarians working in Sri Lankan university libraries. The results were analyzed using frequency and percentage distributions. Findings – The results reveal that the organizational structures of academic libraries do not clearly acknowledge the academic librarians’ role in library instruction. Though most academic libraries had formal instruction policies, the majority had not appointed instruction coordinators. Academic librarians were not satisfied with the assessment of their teaching by library administrators, even though most of them had teaching experience. Most of the user education programs which they practiced were not up-to-date. Academic librarians’ interest and positive attitudes with regard to library instruction, particularly for IL was the other significant factor explored by the study. Research limitations/implications – The study focuses only on academic librarians. The exclusion of other university stakeholders such as teaching staff, students, administrators and others from the study poses a significant limitation. Originality/value – The results of this study can be generalized to academic libraries in Sri Lanka and to academic libraries in other developing countries.
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Shanmugathasan, S., and A. Thirunavukkarasu. "Study on Human Resource Management Practices on Job Performance: With Special Reference to University Libraries in Sri Lanka." Asian Journal of Managerial Science 11, no. 1 (April 25, 2022): 45–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2022.11.1.3159.

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Human resources are the important assets of the organization to achieve its goals and objectives. To achieve overall operations, Human Resource Management Practices have become major role in the working area. The objective of the study is to identify the impact of human resource management practices on employees’ job performance in university libraries. The population of this study is all the Library Information Assistants of the all-state universities in Sri Lanka. Out of seventeen universities, only four state universities in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka were selected as sample for this study by the adoption of convenient sampling method. The questionnaire was administered to collect the data. The response rate was about 94% of total questionnaires distributed. SPSS was used for the data analysis. It was found that human resource management practices indicate significantly positive relationship between employees’ job performance in the university libraries in Sri Lanka. Each variables obtained this correlation scale such as Recruitment and selection (r = 0.496, p =0.000), Compensation (r=0.683, p=0.000), Training (r=0.690, p=0.000). In the regression analysis, it was revealed that there seems a significant impact between human resource management practices and employees’ job performance. Recruitment and selection (fi=0.267, p=0.022), compensation (fi =0.410, p =0.000), Training (fi=0.683, p = 0.000). There was a strong positive relationship obtained employees’ job performance and training (r = 0.690, p = 0.000) and minimum relationship obtained recruitment and selection (r = 0.496, p= 0.000). It can be concluded that recruitment and selection, compensation, and training impact on employees’ job performance of library information assistants of the university libraries in Sri Lanka. University libraries in Sri Lanka can improve whole universities’ performance, students’ satisfaction, and achieve the targeted performance.
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Williams, Gerald, and P. N. Sajeewani. "Critical Care Nursing in Sri Lanka: Brief History and Recent Advances." Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing 13, no. 3 (September 1, 2019): 110–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/wfccn-d-20-00003.

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This article summarizes the development of critical care nursing in Sri Lanka. After years of development, Sri Lanka steadily progresses to establish critical care medicine as a separate specialty with fully trained Intensivists and nurses playing pivotal roles. However, courses of critical care nurse training are still lacking. Other barriers in developing critical care nursing in Sri Lanka include lacking career development plan, financial and policy support. The formulation of the Sri Lanka Society of Critical Care Nurses is helpful to fill this gap and to build up a local critical care nursing community in Sri Lanka.
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Oberst, Robert C. "Political Decay in Sri Lanka." Current History 88, no. 542 (December 1, 1989): 425–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/curh.1989.88.542.425.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Libraries Sri Lanka History"

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Ratnayaka, R. M. H. Sujeeva. "Nationalism in Sri Lanka and Malaysia : comparative history and historiography /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arr234.pdf.

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Wijesundera, Subhashinie D. K. "Students' experiences of learning in undergraduate education in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12177/.

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This thesis argues that to better understand student learning in undergraduate education, it is useful to focus not only on how students are affected by the context of learning but also how they act on the context to achieve their own valued outcomes. The thesis specifically explored the question of ‘how do students regulate their learning in relation to the contextual demands and their own valued outcomes?’ This longitudinal qualitative study has focused on a group of undergraduates following a four year degree course in Psychology in a Sri Lankan university. I have used an analytical framework informed by Engeström’s version of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) for data analysis. Accordingly, I have conceptualised student learning in the undergraduate course as a network of activity systems that weaves together people and cultural tools to transform the collective purpose of learning. It emerged in the analysis of the activity system that students’ learning is affected mainly by tensions or dilemmas arising from the collective purpose and the institutional assessment practices. The collaborative attempt to change the purpose and the context of learning by students’ and their lecturers has mutually transformed both the collective purpose (object) and the students’ identities and increased their action possibilities. This dialectical process is mediated by the cultural tools which included curriculum, teaching and assessment as well as social relationships. In the analysis of individual differences in achieving expansive learning there emerged five interacting factors which included; a student’s past history of education; goal setting; motivation for transforming identity; mobilising resources and views on the object and tools used on the course. These factors do not operate in isolation and they interact within an individual’s socio-cultural context of learning, which simultaneously operates with the collaborative activity of student learning in the undergraduate course. The above findings are synthesised into a model for understanding student learning in undergraduate education and the implications for policy, practice and further research are presented at the end of the thesis. The thesis also addresses the issue of striking a balance between enhancing employability skills and providing a broad higher education based on liberal values. This arises directly from my research and is a part of current academic debates within higher education. It is argued that conceptualising student learning in undergraduate education as a dialectical change process of identity transformation of students, which is mediated by social relationships and cultural tools, may be helpful in resolving this issue. The thesis also suggests ways to conceptualise student learning in undergraduate courses, as a network of activity systems, which weaves together people and cultural tools to transform the collective purpose of learning. Such an approach can transform students’ identities and increase their possibilities for actions in intellectual, cultural, economic, social and moral spheres of life.
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Abeyaratne, Harsha. "Folk music of Sri Lanka : ten piano pieces." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1213149.

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The purpose of the present research was to provide ideas for positive stress management in the orchestra world to help achieve high-level performances. The author developed the Orchestral Performance and Stress Survey and distributed it to 230 musicians of three orchestras that comprised full-time and part-time professional as well as community orchestra musicians. The survey sought to identify stress-causing and performance-enhancing factors in the orchestra environment. Questions on the musicians' background allowed for comparisons to identify groups with particular needs. Results show that musical training often does not include stress management training. Playing-related injuries are common. Two-thirds of full-time musicians who responded have suffered injuries that forced them to stop playing for more than one week. On average, musicians reported that stress neither detracts from, nor enhances performances. The most stressful concert types were classical concerts. Highly critical audiences are the most stressful.
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Jackson, Kelly London. "Paleotsunami History Recorded in Holocene Coastal Lagoon Sediments, Southeastern Sri Lanka." Scholarly Repository, 2008. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/171.

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Tsunamis are low amplitude, large wavelength waves that can significantly impact coastal regions. Although their destructive impacts are clear from recent events, the frequency with which tsunamis occur is less well constrained. To better understand the tsunami history and coastal impacts in Sri Lanka, this study compares sediments deposited by the December 26, 2004, tsunami to older lagoon sediments in search of evidence for paleotsunami deposits. Results from this study illustrate that the coastal lagoons in Sri Lanka preserve tsunami deposits and can provide the first steps towards constraining the paleotsunami history of the Indian Ocean. Because Sri Lanka is a far field location relative to the Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone, the preserved tsunami deposits are likely mega-tsunami events similar in size and destruction to the December 26, 2004, tsunami. The December 26, 2004, M 9.1?9.3 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake generated a massive tsunami that propagated throughout the Indian Ocean, causing extreme coastal inundation and destruction. The southeastern coastline of Sri Lanka was impacted by the 2004 tsunami where between one and three waves inundated coastal villages, lagoons, and lowlands, killing more than 35,000 people. Karagan Lagoon, located on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka, was impacted by two waves from this tsunami. Although the lagoon commonly is dominated by organic-rich, siliciclastic clays, silts, and fine sands, the 2004 tsunami deposited a distinct layer of coarse quartz-dominated sand between 1 and 22 cm thick. The base of the 2004 deposit is sharp and erosional and some layers feature faint subparallel laminations. The 2004 tsunami deposit is generally continuous, fines landward, and is confined to the eastern portion of Karagan Lagoon, in the direction from which the tsunami arrived. Sri Lankan lore, in conjunction with reconstructed historical earthquake data, suggests that other tsunamis likely affected Sri Lanka in the past. To test this, twenty-two 1?4 m sediment cores were collected from Karagan Lagoon, providing key information for unraveling the pre-2004 tsunami history of southeastern Sri Lanka. At depth, sixteen cores from Karagan Lagoon contain as many as ten distinct sand layers, including the deposit from the 2004 tsunami. These cores feature siliciclastic clays, silts, and fine sands that dominate the background lagoonal sedimentation that are punctuated by coarse sand layers. These sand-rich layers feature sharp, erosional bases, coarsen and fine upwards, vary in thickness from 1 to 22 cm, and include varying percentages of fine to very coarse sand, with a low-abundance of silt and clay. In the best constrained interval, three coarse sand layers include composition, grain size, grading, and sedimentary structures similar to the sediments deposited by the December 26, 2004, tsunami. The layers are identified in five of the twenty-two cores, although the thicknesses vary. Six additional less well constrained sand layers are present in four of the twenty-two cores. Cores located closer to the lagoon mouth and the eastern coastline (the direction from which the 2004 tsunami arrived) contain more sand layers than cores farther away from the tsunami wave entry point. On the basis of their sedimentary structures, geometry, and extent, these sandy layers are interpreted to represent paleotsunami deposits. AMS radiocarbon dating was used to date the bulk organic sediment from above, between, and below the ten paleotsunami layers in sediment cores from Karagan Lagoon to constrain the timing of events in southeastern Sri Lanka. Material from within the deposit was not dated because it was likely transported from various sources during the event and thus does not represent the age of the tsunami. AMS radiocarbon dates from above and below the paleotsunami layers were calibrated from radiocarbon years before present to calendar years before present (Cal YBP) using OxCal v. 4.0 (Bronk Ramsey, 1995; Bronk Ramsey, 2001) with calibration curve IntCal04 (Reimer et al., 2004). The constraining time intervals of tsunami deposits II?VI were averaged to yield deposits of ages 226, 1641, 4198, 4457, 4924 Cal YBP. Tsunamis VII?X only had sediment dated immediately below the deposit and therefore were deposited prior to 6249, 6455, 6665, and 6840 Cal YBP. In total, ten tsunami deposits, including the 2004 event, are preserved in Karagan Lagoon on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. The Karagan Lagoon paleotsunami deposits provide constraints on the recurrence interval of tsunamis similar in magnitude to the 2004 event. The uppermost paleotsunami units were deposited 226, 1641, 4198, 4457, and 4924 Cal YBP, based on AMS radiocarbon dating. Thus, including the 2004 event, six tsunamis affected Karagan Lagoon in the past 5500 years, yielding a recurrence interval of approximately 916 years. Three of the six events, however, occur between ~4000 and 5500 years yielding a recurrence interval of approximately 500 years for this 1500 year period. Four additional older paleotsunami deposits occur in the deeper sections of the cores and were deposited prior to 6249, 6455, 6665, and 6840 Cal YBP, yielding a recurrence interval of approximately 200 years for this time period. Assuming that Karagan Lagoon contains a complete record of tsunami events, the recurrence of tsunamis similar in magnitude to the December 26, 2004, event can occur as often as 200 years. This ?recurrence interval? is illustrated by our data for the time period with increased tsunami activity from ~4000 to 7000 Cal YBP. Tsunamis may potentially affect Sri Lanka at relatively high frequency during certain time intervals though the overall recurrence pattern of these events displays a highly irregular distribution. This extreme variability needs to be taken into consideration when such events are related to earthquake recurrence intervals. Prior to the December 26, 2004, tsunami, paleotsunami deposits in the Indian Ocean were largely unstudied and consequently, Holocene tsunami chronology was incompletely understood for the Indian Ocean. The results from this study represents the first geologic evidence of paleotsunami deposits in Sri Lanka generated by tsunamis during the past 7000 years. The identification of these paleotsunami deposits illustrates that the 2004 tsunami was not a ?one-time event,? but in fact has ancient counterparts.
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Somasunderam, Ramesh. "British infiltration of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in the nineteenth century : a study of the D'Oyly papers between 1805 and 1818." University of Western Australia. History Discipline Group, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0229.

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The proposed study is to examine the contribution made by John D'Oyly, a British Civil Servant, to the British acquisition and control of the whole of Ceylon. It is also aimed to examine the history of this period (between 1805-1818) in Ceylon as a part of British colonial expansion in South Asia focusing on the policy of infiltration which was used by the British as a method of expanding and consolidating their power and influence. In The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, published in 1996, P.J. Marshall submitted that the British had become a major political force on the south east coast of the Indian subcontinent, and had become the real rulers of the wealthy province of Bengal by the end of the eighteenth century. He further submits that the success of the British was mainly due to their ability to infiltrate into the internal politics of local states and kingdoms, and thereby dominate some of these political entities rather than overcome and destroy them by the use of military force. This process of infiltration will be examined in detail in the study of British relations with the Kandyan Kingdom, which was situated in the centre of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and was the only local kingdom then in existence as an independent political entity. The primary documents to be studied are those that relate to the British relations with the Kandyan Kingdom between 1805 and 1818, which covers the career of John D'Oyly as a civil servant working in Ceylon. He was the principal figure used by the British in their dealings with the Kandyan Kingdom, due mainly to his proficiency in the Sinhalese language and his knowledge of the customs and manners of the local people. His official diary, covering between the periods of 1810 and 1815, is one of the major sources of this study, examining the methods of infiltration. What is attempted in this Thesis is to examine this new theoretical approach of infiltration (submitted by P.J. Marshall) to the history of British relations with the Kandyan Kingdom between the periods of 1805 to 1818. This study is associated therefore with giving a new dimension to D'Oyly's work as a civil servant, and also to give a deeper reason for British expansion in Ceylon (as much as in Asia) in the context of the broader British strategic objectives. It strives to give a new meaning to the primary documents available in studying British Kandyan relations, as a part of the successful political expansion of the British in India and Asia.
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Wickramanayaka, Sarath Sisara Kumara. "The management of official records in public institutions in Sri Lanka 1802-1990." Thesis, University of London, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283192.

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This study examines the management patterns of public records in Sri Lanka and their impact on administration during the period 1802 to 1990. This covers the period of British colonial administration and four decades of the post independence era. The study shows that during British colonial administration the administrators did not have an adequate understanding of the necessity of developing a proper record-keeping system to support the efficiency of the administration. The failure of repeated attempts at improving the management of current records testifies to the shortfalls entrenched in the system such as the inadequacy of suitable training for the subordinate staff and the lack of attention to the semi-current phase of records. These were not properly detected by the authorities even up to the date of independence. A significant drawback of the system was that its scope was not extended to cover the entire life cycle of the records. It was assumed that semi-current and non-current records would not be useful to the administration. This situation led to the accumulation of records in the creating agencies which in turn caused long term problems in terms of retrieval and dissemination of information. The necessity of an archives was recognised in the beginning of the twentieth century. However, once established the aim of the Archives was to retain records of the Dutch administration for current administrative requirements. Therefore, the records of the British colonial administration were not transferred to the Archives until the last decade of the colonial rule. Even after independence the Archives staff were primarily concerned with the appraisal, accessioning and disposal of non-current records; insufficient attention was paid to semi-current records. The lack of trained professionals, inadequate funding and narrowly defined work programmes hindered the development of a comprehensive archives. Since independence, changes in the country's major political, constitutional, social and administrative systems have not been paralleled by the development of systems to manage public records. An examination of the record-keeping practices in the public administration has revealed the fact that the bureaucrats have not yet grasped the necessity of proper management of records and their immediate contribution to the efficiency of the administration. They have still not considered the consequence of the lack of an integrated policy for the management of records. The study concludes by stressing the necessity for new legislation, the creation of a separate record service, reorganisation of the Archives and training for public administration personnel. It is suggested that records managers be recruited to the public administration in order to bridge the prevailing gap between the archivists and the administrators. They should be trained and placed at the public institutions as officers responsible for managing records at the current and semi-current phases. On the whole, it is argued that improvement in all phases of the life cycle of records is vital for the efficiency of the public administration and for the advancement of the country.
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Weddikkara, Lalani. "The role of Buddhism in the changing life of rural women in Sri Lanka since independence." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/746.

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This research focuses on the role of Buddhism in the changing lives of rural women in Sri Lanka since Independence from the British in 1948 up to the present time. In this thesis I pose two questions: firstly, how important is Buddhism in the everyday lives of rural women and secondly, what impact has changes in Buddhism since Independence had upon laywomen and renunciants. I have chosen the rural village Athale, in the dry zone of southeast Sri Lanka as my area of investigation. The history of the village dates back to the times of the great hero King Dutugemunu (I61-137BCE) and it is part of a complex of villages that form a socioeconomic unit. This research investigates the lives of the rural women who belong to this village and whose religious background is Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism, a way of life embedded in their culture. The thesis examines cultural, political, educational and religious changes since Independence, especially changes in Buddhism. The socioeconomic problems of contemporary Sri Lanka resulted in the changes adapted to the spirit religion. The meditative tradition of Buddhism still flourishes under lay as well as the renunciants, in Sri Lanka. Fieldwork in Sri Lanka took place in December 1997- February 1998 and in July 2000- September 2000. The Non Government Organisations have been active in the village since 1988. The data collection method used for this research was qualitative: personal interviews, participant observation, direct observation, informal conversations and surveys were used to gather personal and demographic details and how women practise Buddhism. The findings indicate that women have incorporated different methods of practising Buddhism to suit their needs at a particular time of their lives.
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Kamil, Asad M. N. M. "Some aspects of the political and commercial history of the Muslims of Sri Lanka, with special reference to the British period." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19003.

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Samaranayake, S. V. D. Gamini. "Political violence in the Third World : a case study of Sri Lanka, 1971-1987." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2732.

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Political violence in Sri Lanka is not a unique phenomenon. It is a prevalent tendency in many countries of the Third World. Sri Lanka, since 1971, has experienced a sharp escalation of political violence which renders it suitable as a case study of insurgency and guerrilla warfare in developing countries. The author's major thrust is a comparative review the causes, patterns, and implications of the leftwing Insurrection of 1971 and the Tamil guerrilla warfare up to the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in June 1987. This thesis highlights the salient socio-economic and political factors, underscoring the view that ethnicity is the impetus behind the continuing turmoil in Sri Lankan society. The author's main hypotheses are that the Insurrection of 1971 as well as the subsequent Tamil guerrilla warfare were pre-planned and well-organised, and that the politically violent organisations in Sri Lanka were mainly a result of the emergence of new social forces which came about due to socio-economic and political transformations. The analysis begins with a review of the theories of political violence. Of these theories Huntington's theory of modernisation relates more closely to the origin of the political violence movement in Sri Lanka. The awakening of the earliest guerrilla group, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (J. V. P. ), in 1971 lay deeply rooted in socio-economic and political factors. The emergence of the Tamil guerrilla organisations stemmed from the long-standing competition between the Sinhala majority and the minority Tamils for limited socio-economic resources and exclusive political powers. The study shows that the socio-economic background of the leaders and members were diverse and often paradoxical, if not at odds to the groups' goals. The ethno-nationalist ideologies, strategies and tactics of the guerrilla organisations, instiled group consciousness and goaded otherwise ordinary citizens to commit political violence. The pattern of political violence in Sri Lanka was a highly emotive expression of anti-establishment and secessionist convictions on the part of the guerrillas. Finally, the study proposes politico-economic reforms rather than military options to cope with the problem of political violence in Sri Lanka.
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Gornall, Alastair Malcolm. "Buddhism and grammar : the scholarly cultivation of Pāli in Medieval Laṅkā." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608160.

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Libraries in Sri Lanka: Their origin and history from ancient times to the present time. Delhi, India: Sri Satguru Publications, 1985.

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M, De Silva K., and University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies., eds. Sri Lanka. London: The Stationery Office, 1997.

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Sri Lanka. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.

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Silva, Chandra Richard De. Sri Lanka, a history. New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House, 1987.

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Sri Lanka, a history. 2nd ed. New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House, 1997.

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Silva, Chandra Richard De. Sri Lanka: A history. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House PVT Ltd., 1994.

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Silva, Chandra Richard De. Sri Lanka: A history. New Delhi: Vikas, 1991.

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Sri Lanka: A history. London: Sangam, 1987.

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Music of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2008.

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Dian, Gomes, ed. Costumes of Sri Lanka. [S.l: s.n., 2001.

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Mason, Colin. "Sri Lanka." In A Short History of Asia, 208–12. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-34061-0_24.

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Siriwardana, Yamuna Deepani. "History and Onset of the Epidemic." In Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka, 1–8. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003281801-1.

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Rajah, A. R. Sriskanda. "Foucault and Counter-History." In Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka, 21–40. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003301677-2.

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Mapa, Ranjith B. "Soil Research and Soil Mapping History." In The Soils of Sri Lanka, 1–11. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44144-9_1.

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Maitra Bajpai, Lopamudra. "Time, Palate and History." In India, Sri Lanka and the SAARC Region, 24–27. 1 Edition. | New York : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.: Routledge India, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429320514-5.

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Hewa, Soma. "Medicine and Colonialism in Sri Lanka." In Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 1–10. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_8760-2.

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Alvares, Claude. "Irrigation in India and Sri Lanka." In Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2361–65. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_8663.

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Hewa, Soma. "Medicine and Colonialism in Sri Lanka." In Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2929–37. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_8760.

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Wickramagamage, P. "Geographical Knowledge in Ancient Sri Lanka." In Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 1974–80. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_9019.

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Ananthavinayagan, Thamil Venthan. "Sri Lanka’s History: Colonialism, Independence and Conflict." In Sri Lanka, Human Rights and the United Nations, 17–67. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7350-3_2.

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Conference papers on the topic "Libraries Sri Lanka History"

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Gamage, Premila. "Skills Online Sri Lanka - Employed for the Unemployed: Libraries Reskilling Citizens to Enter the Labour Market During Covid-19 Pandemic." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.4936.

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Skills Online Sri Lanka: Libraries Reskilling Citizens to Enter the Labour Market During Covid-19 Pandemic // The economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic has led to a sharp decrease in jobs worldwide – Sri Lanka is no exception. On the one hand, Sri Lanka's labor market skills mismatch has been recognized for many years, especially in the context of high levels of unemployment among educated youth. On the other hand, the pandemic also taught us the lesson that there is a need for re-skilling people who loose employment due to the new nature of jobs and workplace environment. In response, the National Library of Sri Lanka (NLSL) decided to invest in education and training programmes to reskill and upskill job seekers entering the workforce. Together with Commonwealth of Learning and its partners the national library launched the ‘Skills Online Sri Lanka Programme – Employed for the Unemployed’ which gave the unemployed and displaced workers free access to over 10,000 short courses and certificate programs. The program indeed helped to address the impacts of COVID-19 and helped unemployed workers re-skill and re-enter the workforce. This poster shall help us to walk the audience through the journey of implementing the COL-Skills Online Sri Lanka Program, including challenges, accomplishments and achievements to date. /
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Manthilake, ID. "THE “DEVANAPIYA” KINGS AS TRACED FROM LITHIC ‘BRAHMI’ INSCRIPTIONS OF SRI LANKA." In The International Conference on Archaeology, History and Heritage. The International Institute of Knowledge Management, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/26510243.2021.2101.

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Rathnabahu, R. M. Nadeeka. "Digitization of Theses and Dissertations in Academic Libraries of Sri Lanka: A Current Statues." In 2nd International Conference on Research in Humanities and Social Sciences. Acavent, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/2nd.icrhs.2019.09.523.

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Dasandara, S. P. M., U. Kulatunga, M. J. B. Ingirige, and T. Fernando. "CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES FACING SRI LANKA: A LITERATURE REVIEW." In The 9th World Construction Symposium 2021. The Ceylon Institute of Builders - Sri Lanka, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/wcs.2021.16.

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The earth’s climate has changed throughout history and climate change can be identified as an inevitable phenomenon which is being experienced by the whole world. When considering the Sri Lankan context, it is no different to the global context in that the country’s climate has already changed. Sri Lanka, being an island state, is vulnerable to many climate change impacts including high-temperature levels, adverse weather events, sea level rising, and changes in precipitation patterns. The many challenges that arise from these climate-related issues are projected to continue through this century and beyond. Thus, climate change mitigation and adaptation have become the most appropriate ways to restrain these climate change challenges in Sri Lanka. It is paramount to get a broad understanding of how disastrous these climate change challenges are, prior to implementing appropriate responses to overcome them. This urges the need for conducting an in-depth investigation of prevailing climate change challenges in Sri Lanka. Thus, this study presents the prevailing climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka through a conceptual framework, that has been developed based on the existing literature. The developed framework reveals how these prevailing climate changes can lead to a number of challenges. These challenges were identified under three main categories as economic, social, and environmental challenges. The knowledge generated through this literature review will be the focus of future research.
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Ukwattage, Hiruni Kanchana, and Thankavadivel Ramanan. "Importance and usage of electronic information resources at the library of Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka." In 2015 4th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ettlis.2015.7048166.

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Chandrasena, Amila, Kesara Weerasekara, and Nihal Somaratna. "Structural Behavior of Two Major Concrete Dams in Sri Lanka Under Earthquake Loads." In The SLIIT International Conference on Engineering and Technology 2022. Faculty of Engineering, SLIIT, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54389/uljj1902.

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Dams are built for a variety of purposes including hydropower generation, irrigation, water supply, and flood mitigation. Concrete and earth dams are common types of dams in Sri Lanka. Concrete dams can be categorized as Gravity dams and Arch dams. Gravity dams are most common in Sri Lanka. Dams can also pose safety hazards. Failure of a dam can cause serious damages to both people and property downstream. One of the major threats to dams is earthquakes. They can have significant impacts on the stresses within the dams. In extreme cases this can cause even failures of dams. These possibilities can be investigated using finite element analysis. In this study Rantambe and Moragahakanda concrete gravity dams were selected for 2-D finite element analysis under the action of suitable earthquakes. For each case linear time history analysis was performed using SAP2000 software. The stresses were examined for potential failures. Important considerations in this process were selection of dams, selection of suitable earthquake records, and identification of an appropriate failure criterion. The selection of earthquake records was based on proximity and geological conditions. Koyna earthquake was used to develop suitable earthquake loadings. Peak ground acceleration was varied from 0.05g to 0.15g. Westergaard method was used to assign hydrodynamic loads. Coulomb-Mohr criterion was employed to investigate potential failures in concrete. Stresses in dam models during the earthquakes was scrutinized for potential failures. Significant stress increases were observed in some areas of the dams. These critical areas and corresponding values of earthquake parameters were identified. It was concluded that the dams were unlikely to suffer material failures under earthquake loads even with a peak ground acceleration of 0.1g (which is the value recommended for use for critical structures in the areas concerned). KEYWORDS: Concrete gravity dams, Finite element model, Coulomb-Mohr criterion, Time history analysis, Westergaard method
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Ramanayaka, Kokila Harshan, Xianqiao Chen, and Bing Shi. "Preference of Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) for assessing web presence: An assessment of websites of university libraries of Sri Lanka." In 2016 International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pic.2016.7949598.

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Ariyawansa, D. N., and N. G. R. Perera. "The Role of biophilic design in hotel architecture: a case study of Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka." In Independence and interdependence of sustainable spaces. Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/faru.2022.24.

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Humans have a natural affiliation with nature which can even be genetically traced back into history. Biophilia is the inherent human inclination to affiliate with nature, that even in the modern world, continues to be critical to people’s physical and mental health, and well-being. The Hospitality Industry is a sector that can get the maximum benefit from this affiliation. Guests' opinions and feedback are highly valid, as they are the real users of hotel spaces. The primary aim of the research is to correlate the user experience to the role of biophilic designs in hotel spaces. This qualitative study is based on the twenty-five-point biophilic design framework by Kellert and utilises user surveys to collect and collate relationships. Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka is analysed as a case study. Results show that users associate biophilic design elements as essential generators of their spatial experience and that the guest experience of study-identified hotel spaces varies according to different biophilic triggers. Further, spaces created within a conceptually cohesive whole can hold a varied experience. In conclusion, the application of the biophilic framework as a guide for architectural meaning and spatial variance of experience is deemed effective.
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Karunaratne, M. D. A. I., and S. N. Silva. "Awareness on family history of Non Communicable Diseases and practice of preventive methods; among Advanced Level students in Gampaha, Sri Lanka." In Annual Global Healthcare Conference. Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF), 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5176/2251-3833_ghc14.44.

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