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Item User survey on online library resources and services during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case of University of Kelaniya.(University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, 2021) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.; de Silva, A.P.U.; Rubasinghe, A.S.Covid-19 is one of the tragic outbreaks of the world. Emergence of Covid-19 has become a global crisis and has created a massive impact on the day today lives of people including business, education, health, transportation and careers. Temporary closures and social distancing were introduced to limit the spread of the virus in the society. Education was drastically affected by these restrictions and preventive measures. Universities were physically closed but methods were devised to continue their educational process. Online teaching and e-learning technologies were applied in university education. Along with that, university libraries round the globe also shifted their services more towards to digital and virtual environments. In Sri Lanka too, university libraries also shifted their formal services to digital platforms as much as possible to cater to the academic community who study and work from home. This study reflects on the user’s opinion on the library resources and services rendered to them by the library, university of Kelaniya during the outbreak of Covid-19. It also investigated the challenges and barriers faced by the users using library facilities in this period. There were 264 undergraduates from the faculties of Commerce and Management Studies, Computing and Technology and Humanities participated in this survey. Adhering to the health guidelines, an online questionnaire was distributed among the study sample using the Google online form to collect data for this study. Study findings confirm that the 59% of the users were satisfied with the online library services and facilities offered by the library. Past papers repository (74.6%) was the most frequently used online library resource Technical issues and lack of awareness prevented the undergraduates from fully utilizing the online resources and services offered by the library during the pandemic.Item The Impact of the Performance Appraisal Process on Job Satisfaction of the Academic Staff in Higher Educational Institutions(Educ. Sci. 2021, 2021) Dasanayaka, C.H.; Abeykoon, C.; Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.; Koswatte, I.Performance appraisal is one of the key management tools which identifies employees’ strengths and weaknesses. Usually, this is the major mechanism of gathering information for rewarding/training employees based on their performance, and hence a key to achieve organisational goals by creating a satisfied workforce. Therefore, this study was aimed at examining the effects of the Performance Appraisal Process on job satisfaction of the university academic staff. The information collected within one of the largest universities in the UK via questionnaires and semi-structured interviews showed that the existing appraisal process majorly aligned with the requirements of the research-excellence-framework of the UK, which is greatly concerned with research rather than teaching. Furthermore, it was found that there is no clear link between promotions, salary increments, and rewards, etc. with staff performance within the current appraisal process. Eventually, it was realised that the majority of the academic staff of the source university were dissatisfied with the current performance appraisal process, and this could be the situation in the majority of universities in the UK. Therefore, further research in this area is highly recommended to explore extensive information to create a favourable work/study environment for both staff and students within the universities.Item Web based library services of university libraries in Sri Lanka: A content analysis(Shanghai Scientific and Technological Literature press, 2016) Si, Li; Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.The library website symbolizes the library as well as the opulence of the parent organization to the world via World Wide Web (WWW). Hence the library website should be systematically developed with accurate and up to date information to fulfill the information requirements of the clients. Sri Lanka, as a developing country, successfully adopts modern Information Communication Technology trends to higher education as well as libraries. The main objective of this study is to investigate the web based library services of university libraries in Sri Lanka. Further it would give suggestions and recommendations to develop a better library service to the users in the academic communities of the surveyed universities. There were fifteen government university libraries which are included in University Grants Commission, selected as the study sample using purposive sampling technique based on research objectives. A web-based survey was conducted to collect the data. Library websites were analyzed by a check-list of 55 items covered topics of site description, currency, website aids and tools, library general information, library resources, library services, links to E-resources and Value added services. This particular check-list was developed by the researchers, based on literature reviews and previous studies related to the topic. Findings of the study shows that surveyed universities identified library website as an important element in the university. None of the libraries had all the items in the check-list and library websites of university of Colombo (39), University of Ruhuna (35) and University of Peradeniya (34) consisted the maximum number of items in the check-list. This study recommended that university library websites in Sri Lanka should be more focused on adding new web based library services to be more compatible with constantly changing technology and ever growing demands of the users than uploading much information on library administration.Item ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මහජන පුස්තකාල සේවාව: ඉතිහාසය හා විකාශනය(Prof. Piyadasa Ranasighe Foundation, 2014) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.Item Usage of printed journals of undergraduates in Faculty of Social Sciences: an analysis based on user statistics of the periodicals section, University of Kelaniya(Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2014) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.Item Libraries in Sri Lanka in the Ancient Anuradhapura period: a historical account (250 B.C.-1017 A.D.)(Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, 2013) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.; Ranasinghe, PiyadasaItem Empowerment of Women through education: the role of public libraries in Sri Lanka(ASAIHL International Conference, 2013, 2013) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.Item Public libraries in Sri Lanka during the British period(Sri Lanka Library Review, 2012) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.Item Reading habits and study behaviors of female undergraduates(Library & Information Sciences Research Symposium, 2008, 2008) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.; Weligamage, S.S.Item Libraries in Sri Lanka in the Ancient Anuradhapura period (250 BC- 1017 AD)(International Conference on Asian Art, Cultural and Heritage, 2013, 2013) Ranaweera, R.A.A.S.; Ranasinghe, Piyadasa