A Critical Review on the Organization of Knowledge Contained in the Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Sri Lanka: a Study based on Librarian’s Perspectives
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2019
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3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Abstract
Organization of knowledge has a long history. Bibliographers were the early organizers of knowledge.
From ordinary books to modern day e books are also belong to various types of knowledge organization
tools and techniques. These tools and techniques can be named as the knowledge containers too. While
authors claim the very content of such knowledge organization tools and techniques, the librarians,
documentarists are the expert who compile information guides like bibliographies, catalogs, indexes,
and directories etc. which are categorized as secondary to tertiary sources. The objectives of the paper
is to make a critical review the organization of knowledge contained in the Palm Leaf Manuscripts in
Sri Lanka in the bibliographers or librarian’s perspectives
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Organization of knowledge, Information organization, Bibliographic control, Indigenous knowledge, Palm leaf manuscripts
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Piyarathana, Rev. L. (2019). A Critical Review on the Organization of Knowledge Contained in the Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Sri Lanka: a Study based on Librarian’s Perspectives. 3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p216