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Item Information seeking behavior of medical undergraduates, Sri Lanka. Annual scientific meeting,(Association for the study of medical education (ASME, 2019), 2019-07) Marasinghe, M. P. L. R.; Chandratilake, M. N.; Kasturiratne, K. T. A. A.The themes identified varied from conceptualization of information seeking behaviours to needs, strategies, barriers and facilitators. Students use limited sources of information in classroom-based learning and they confine mainly to material provided by teachers, i.e. teacher-directed behaviour (“Lecturers guide us and give reference materials to refer. We tend to seek information based on their recommendations.”). This was primarily driven by exam-orientation and the belief of learning (“We seek information to target our exams and we do not go beyond that.”). They seek information external sources, e.g. web, while they learn in clinical environment, i.e. self-directed behaviour, as they face with more uncertainty in learning. Web sources used ranged from informal sources (“Most instances I use Wikipedia for convenience sake.”) to standard sources (“We find information from Medscape, otherwise we refer Radiopaedia or Up To Date.”). Although the participants were millennials some tend to prefer printed material which gives them a higher sense of ‘confidence’ (“Personally I prefer to have printed materials and use textbooks because I can understand better from textbooks.”). The role of a traditional library seems to be weaning-off with smart phones and tablets gaining popularity (“We normally use mobile phones and tablets for seeking information, not the library.”)Item The Impact of Gender Differences on Job Satisfaction of University Library Professionals.(Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka,, 2018) Marasinghe, M.P.L.R.; Wijayaratne, A.This study examined the influence of gender on job satisfaction among university library professionals in Sri Lanka. The survey design was adopted for the study. The general objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of gender differences on the level of job satisfaction among the professional staff of the university libraries in Sri Lanka. Five parameters were considered, namely; work, co-workers, compensation, promotion and supervision. The population of the current study consisted of 125 library professionals of 15 universities under the University Grants Commission in Sri Lanka. All members of the population were given the opportunity to participate in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used as the main data collection instrument. The response rate was 64%. Cronbach's alpha values of all variables are above 0.6 (work: 0.764, co-workers: 0.864, compensation: 0.661, promotion: 0.614 and supervision: 0.963). The instrument used to measure each variable in the current study is reliable and all the items are positively correlated to one another. the mean of job satisfaction of all aspects; work, co-workers, compensation, promotion and supervision is higher in Females (0.9200, 0.8021, 0.6521, 0.6667, 0.7243) than males (0.7277, 0.6406, 0.5250, 0.3854, -0.0052). The results indicated that there is a significant difference of job satisfaction between male and female university library professionals only in the "supervision" parameter. The overall job satisfaction of both male and female (3.77) university library professionals is equal. However, equal treatment to both genders will help to achieve higher satisfaction levels. The findings of the study will be helpful for librarians and administrators to develop a motivated and productive workforce for organizational success.Item Generational differences and job satisfaction in university library professionals(Universal Journal of Managemant,, 2016) Marasinghe, M. P. L. R.; Wijayaratne, A.This paper discusses findings of a study that has been launched to identify the level of job satisfaction of library professionals by generational cohorts. The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of job satisfaction among three generations (i.e. Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y) of the professional staff of the university libraries of Sri Lanka in terms of five job satisfaction parameters namely; work, coworkers, compensation, promotion and supervision. The population of the current study consisted of 125 library professionals of 15 universities under University Grants Commission in Sri Lanka. A semi structured questionnaire was used as the main data collection instrument. The results of the study indicated that there are some differences and similarities of job satisfaction of university library professionals in perceptions associated with three generations. There is a significant difference of job satisfaction in perception of both "work" and "supervision" among three generations. Guidelines have been developed to enhance the level of job satisfaction of university library professionals. Job satisfaction of library professionals is essential and a fundamental determinant of the development and organization of the service.Item Gender differences in job satisfaction among University library professionals in Sri Lanka(International Conference in Information Science (ICIS 2015)., 2015-11-13) Marasinghe, M. P. L. R.; Wijayaratne, A.This paper examined the influence of gender on job satisfaction among university library professionals in Sri Lanka. Survey design was adopted for the study. The general objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of gender differences on the level of job satisfaction among the professional staff of the University libraries in Sri Lanka. Five parameters were considered, namely; work, co-workers, compensation, promotion and supervision.Item A. Job satisfaction among the multigenerational professional librarian workforce of Sri Lankan Universities(Proceedings of the NILIS Research Symposium 2014 (NILIS14)., 2014-11-21) Marasinghe, M. P. L. R.; Wijayaratne, A..Item Providing access to public health information via the institutional repository, Faculty of Medicine: A feasibility study based on medical undergraduates.(University of Kelaniya, 2013) Abeygunasekera, C.M.; Marasinghe, M.P.L.R.Community Medicine Clerkship and Community Attachment programs provide opportunity for medical undergraduates to learn how public health services are provided to the community. Their knowledge on health promotion, disease prevention, healthcare planning and management, demography and understanding epidemiology of diseases in the Sri Lankan context are very important. They are expected to read from diverse information sources to gain this knowledge, in addition to field based learning. As most of the recommended reading materials are considered grey literature sources, students are in a difficulty to access those resources within the library. Students face difficulties in accessing available online materials too, as some of the websites do not provide the information in a user friendly manner. With the understanding of possible barriers to access information, the Medical Library, University of Kelaniya, has developed a repository collection on ‘Public Health Information Resources,’ which are recommended as student reading materials for Community Medicine Clerkship and Attachment programs. This is under its online Institutional Repository (IR), developed using DSpace Software. This repository provides links to access a collection of resources published by different institutes. This is in addition to university libraries, which develop online digital repositories to preserve and distribute the intellectual scholarly information of the parent institute. A questionnaire and the User Guide to access the repository were given to a sample of fifty (50) students from Batch 21, who completed the Clerkship programme. Response rate to the questionnaire was 82% and more than 80% of students who were among the respondents ranked the collection as a useful resource which fulfilled their public health information needs. Barriers to information access were also assessed. Respondents have identified a list of difficulties they had in the past. Based on the feedback received, a resource collection inclusive of students’ suggestions is being planned to be introduced to the next batch of students.Item User satisfaction of library services: A case study of undergradustes in Speech and Hearing Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine(. 14th Annual Research symposium. Faculty of Graduate Studies., 2013) Marasinghe, M. P. L. R.Item Study on Webometric Ranks of Sri Lankan State Universities(IEEE Potentials, 2014) Edirimanna, C; Jayasundara, C.C.Globalization has made a remarkable impact on the university education system, and the Internet has become the core resource for universities to make their facilities and opportunities available globally. University Web sites are increasingly used for a wide variety of purposes. The evaluation of universities based on their Web performance was introduced by Cybermetrics Lab as the "Webometric Ranking of World Universities" (WRWU), and this ranking system has become a popular way of measuring university excellence.Item Communication and Employee Relations in the University Libraries of Sri Lanka: Perception of Staff Members(The Journal of Library and Information Management, 2011) Jayasundara, C.C.Communication is a medium used by people to interact and relate with each other. The purpose of this paper is to identify the management styles in relation to communication and employee relations, barriers to open communication and the factors that impede effective employee relations in Sri Lankan university libraries. The research study was based on two universities in the Colombo area. The sample data was collected by interviewing eight para-professionals and four minor staff members from each university library. The study found that the autocratic management styles of the majority of the management in both libraries adversely affected the morale of the employees when performing their duty in the library. The study further revealed that conflict situations between management and employees are common in both universities. Finally, the respondents stated that both libraries predominantly use interpersonal or informal communication methods to transmit messages to the employees in comparison to formal and technological methods.Item Business Domains for Boosting Customer Satisfaction in Academic Libraries(The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2015) Jayasundara, C.C.University library administrators in Sri Lanka, realising the necessity of complying with customer perception of high quality service, have begun to search for alternative ways to satisfy their clientele on the basis of service quality. This study therefore aims to meet this need by identifying business domains in the university library setting to assess the extent to which service quality domains may be used to predict customer satisfaction, from a service quality perspective. Domain identification of service quality was carried out with a sample of 262 subjects. Accordingly, seven domains–affect of service personnel, building environment, collection and access, furniture and facilities, technology, service delivery and web services–were statistically tested to be confirmed as potential business domains of service quality. Whilst not detracting from preceding research studies conducted in the field, this study has demonstrated significant implications for researchers and library administrators in understanding the importance of individual business domains within the specific service spectrum of university libraries, in order to provide ultimate satisfaction for customers with a quality library service.