Abstract:
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
