Browsing by Author "De Silva, A.P.U."

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A content audit of Transport related government websites in Sri Lanka
(The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017) De Silva, A.P.U.
Today there is a new trend to develop websites for government institutes to distribute information to the general public. Besides, the concept of e-government and e- governance have become popular at present. But many cases, the websites have a lot of weaknesses. The aim of the content audit is to perform a qualitative analysis of the content of a website and to find out its relative strengths and weakness. The main objective of the study was to find out whether the government websites provide historical information to the public throughout their websites. On the other hand, weaknesses of the website were identified. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were applied. Mainly this is a survey research. By using desk research and website evaluation tools, primary data were collected. WAVE, Google Page Speed and Hubspot Marketing Grader used as evaluation tools for the study. There are 72 ministries under Sri Lankan government and four transport related ministries were used for evaluation. After analyzing the data and evaluating websites, it was realized that most of the transport related government websites have given less priority to publish historical information regarding those institutes. As well as there is a high demand for online services on government websites. But a very few government websites provided online services for the users. Evaluation tools are given low marks for sampled websites. In order to overcome this situation, some major moves are suggested to upgrade the rank of government websites which are, introducing a basic format for a website, following WCAG and proprietary accessibility guidelines, establishing formal web accessibility laws and guidelines, upgrading online services, recruiting a centralized post called web manager for all government institutes.
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Library Resources and Services: with Special Reference to Galle Richard Pathirana, Matara Kumarathunga Munidasa and Tangalle Public Libraries
(3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Chandrawansa, M.P.S.; De Silva, A.P.U.; Weerasooriya, W.A.
Basically, public libraries that are situated in Sri Lanka mostly have been faced with lots of disasters that occurred in natural ways as well as manmade actions. This research was conducted, based on the research questions on how public libraries face any disasters and how they conserve and preserve their collections and do they have proper disaster management plan for their libraries, Throughout the research findings, it is crystal clear that any library does not have such kind of disaster plan, and lack of knowledge and weakness in management mainly caused the extinguishment of the libraries. This research has presented a proper disaster management plan based on the research results
Research productivity and research growth at the university of kelaniya: a study based on the postgraduate theses collection
(The Library, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2023) Wimalasiri, B.G.S.P.; De Silva, A.P.U.
This study focused on a comprehensive review of postgraduate theses spanning the period from 1960 to 2023, drawing primarily from the repository of postgraduate theses in the main library, University of Kelaniya. The primary objective of this study is to find out the research productivity and growth of the postgraduate degree program offered by the University of Kelaniya. At the same time, this study tried to find research trends in all subject disciplines covered by the University of Kelaniya and identify popular subject areas among postgraduate students. By using the content analysis method, details related to the theses submitted for the degree program Ph.D., M.Phil. M.S.Sc., M.Com. and M.A. collected for this study. Microsoft Excel was used to analyze 2000 theses from the library collection. This study has been done in two stages. Firstly, data was collected from theses, and data was described by using literature from secondary sources to make a clear analysis of the literature. The research findings indicated that most of the studies focused on the Social Sciences and Humanities, particularly at the M.S.Sc. level. However, there were fewer theses submitted for Master of Science (M.Sc) and Master of Art (M.A.) degree programs. The popular fields in the Faculty of Social Sciences were Mass Communication, Library, and Information Science, and the fields of Human Resource Management, Commerce, and Financial Management were the popular fields in the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies. As recommendations, faculty of Postgraduate studies, the University of Kelaniya should give more attention to other fields rather than Arts and Human Resource Management. Developing new programs in these areas is crucial to enhance research effectiveness. This responsibility extends to both the Faculty of postgraduate studies and other faculties of the university.