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The sixth International Conference of ULA was successfully held on 14th & 15th of July 2010 at Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo. |
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The third Achievers Colloquium of ULA was held on Friday, 12th of February 2010 displaying valuable achievements experiences and researches obtained by 11 ULA members. It was a revelation of great commitments and contribution to the librarianship of ULA members. Dr. (Mrs.) W. Seneviratne, President ULA inaugurated the ceremony with a brief introduction of the program. Prof. Rohan Rajapakse, Chairman/SCOLIS the Chief Guest mentioned that the university librarians are to be harnessed by education qualification, professional standing and by research to cater the upcoming demand from the academia and to face challenges that prop-up from the ICT based technological changes. Further he emphasized that the librarian of a university has to play different roles as a teacher, lecturer, mediator, technologist, interior planner, entertainer, marketer, counselor, mentor etc?and these multiple roles should be inculcated within a university librarian to a run this important learning support resource, the library, in an effective manner. Dr. Janaka Liyanagama, Open University of Sri Lanka, the Guest of Honor of the event stressed the importance of acquiring and getting acquaintance with new technology for improving library services; therefore planning of such service is the prime duty of the University Librarians and the dynamism of such service is always depend upon the dynamic attitudes of the custodians, that is librarians. Further he brought in the university librarians as innovators, knowledge sharers as well as researchers and he stated that he is very happy to see their enthusiasm to serve the users with newly projected ideas. Presentations were ordered in three sessions as Projects of success (Achievements), Experiences gained and Research and Review papers. Rapporteurs of the three presentation sessions were Dr. (Mrs.) P.Wijetunga, Acting Librarian, University of Colombo, Mrs. C. M. Abegunasekara, Senior Assistant Librarian, University of Kelaniya and Mrs. T. Arulnandhy, Librarian, Eastern University of Sri Lanka. Third Achievers Colloquium was ended up by declaring the Best Achiever 2009/2010 Award to Mrs Sajeewani Somaratne, Assistant Librarian, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
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International Conference on
University Librarianship: an academic challenge and opportunity Organized by University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka Theme of the conference The theme of the conference is ?University librarianship: an academic challenge and opportunity. It is comprised of the following sub-themes: * Recruitment, training and retention in university librarianship Call for papers We invite the submission of high-quality and original papers that have not been published earlier. The submitted papers will be reviewed by a panel of experts on the basis of the originality of the work, the validity of the results, chosen methodology etc. on the themes proposed. The papers outside the suggested sub-themes will be accepted if it is related to the conference theme. Please send your abstracts and full papers to co-chairs of the conference Dr. Wathmanel Seneviratne, Librarian, Open University of Sri Lanka ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Mr. Chaminda Jayasundara, Senior Asst. Librarian, University of Colombo( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) Important Dates Deadline for Abstract Submission 30th March 2010 Notification of Acceptance 05th April 2010 Submission of full paper 15th May 2010 Last date for Registration 01st July 2010 Registration fee Sri Lankan participants Rs. 3000.00 SAARC countries USD 100.00 Other countries USD 150.00 Travel arrangements and accommodation Luxury, semi-luxury and budget hotels are available in Colombo and accommodation will be organized by the Conference Organization Committee on your request.
Further information please contact the Secretary Mrs. Ramani Amarasekara ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or visit www.ulasl.org/ICULA 2010.
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Proceedings of the ICULA 2010
Contact:
Dr. Wathmanel Seneviratne
Librarian
Open University of Sri Lanka
E-Mail: wsene@ou.ac.lk