Sinhala books11/11/2022 Library and Information Science CollectionĪs the leading institution in the field of Library and Information Science, National Library maintains a comprehensive and an up-to-date collection of materials on Library and Information Science. Other than general reference material, the National Library is interested in acquiring books published in Sri Lanka, books published on Sri Lanka in foreign countries and books by Sri Lankan authors. Other methods of publications acquired to enrich the Sri Lanka Collection include purchasing, exchange of publications, gifts and donations. However the building of the Sri Lanka Collection commenced since the establishment of the Sri Lanka National Library Services Board in 1970. The National Library of Sri Lanka is a deposit library since 1976 and receives copies of Sri Lankan Publications under the Printers and Publishers Ordinance of 1885. Although the majority of the reference sources are of international level, a complete basic reference collection relevant to Sri Lanka is also available. In addition this collection consists of Secondary Sources such as National, Subject and Trade Bibliographies, Indexes, Indexing Journals namely, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, Abstracting Journals such as Library and Information Science Abstract plus Current Research (LISA) and Current Content. The main reference collection contains Tertiary Sources such as general and subject Encyclopedias, Dictionaries of English Language, other languages, Bilingual Dictionaries and Subject Dictionaries, Composite and Subject Glossaries, Year Books, Almanacs, Directories, International, National and Subject Biographies, Maps, Atlases, Gazetteers, Guide Books, Hand Books, Manuals and Thesaurus, CD ROMs including Encyclopedia Britannica, Encarta, etc.
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