Aim
By increasing the knowledge of library staff working in the library sector, the gap in knowledge level of officers of each grade will be minimized and thus a high-quality service with proper management will be brought closer to the reading community.

Targeted Group
Librarians and other staff working in public libraries

Duration: 03 Days

Contents:

• Professional skills that a public librarian should possess to provide quality reader service
• Identifying sources of information and providing information through reference sources
• Selection, acquisition and technical work of resources for the public library
• Organization of reading promotion programs and reading camps
• Preparation of relevant reports
• Knowledge Organization
• Cataloguing and Classification (Theory and Practice)
• Legal framework for survey activities in a public library and the process of
  surveying for discard and inventory (Circular on loss of library materials)
• Sustainable Development Goals in reporting public library progress
• Using objectives and indicators
• Criteria and standards for grading public libraries
• Library organization and institutional administration
• Identifying factors that damage public library materials and preserving library materials
• Developing the soft skills and attitudes that public library staff should possess
• Public relations that public library staff should have to provide satisfactory reader service
• Using new technology to promote library services

Aim
To minimize the knowledge gap between officers of each grade by increasing the knowledge of library staff working in the library sector and thereby provide a properly managed school library service.

Targeted Group
Staff including teacher librarians working in school libraries

Duration: 02 Days

Contents:

• Using the school library as a learning resource center for the teaching and learning process
  (using information such as the Internet and print media and artificial intelligence)
• The acquisition process in a school library (resource selection, acquisition and technical work) -
  School library instructions based on the new circular
• Knowledge Organization, Classification and Cataloguing (Theory and Practice)
• Developing the soft skills that school library staff need to provide satisfactory service
• Reading promotion programs that can be implemented by school libraries
• Stock verification and disposal process in a school library
  (based on the new circular on school library instructions)
• Applying practical methods in a school library and
  school library development activities (based on the new circular on school library instructions)
• Maintaining an activity-based school library for the
  personality development of school students through reading (based on practical activities)
• School library material conservation, decoration and library facility management activities
  (based on the new circular on school library instructions)

Aim
Maintaining the University Library Service optimally, developing the University Library System and providing the necessary guidance for that purpose.

Targeted Group
Non- academic staff of university libraries.

Duration: 01 Day

Aim
Providing the necessary guidance to maintain an effective formal library system through providing formal training for religious libraries.

Targeted Group
Religious Library Staff (Officers)

Duration: 02 Days

Aim
Providing the necessary guidance to maintain an effective and efficient library system through providing formal training for libraries.

Targeted Group
Special Library Staff (Officers)

Duration: 02 Days

Aim
To improve professional knowledge about basic library management and giving practical experiences for skills development.

Targeted Group
Those who working in libraries and interested in the field

Duration: 05 Days (Weekdays)

Course Fee: Rs. 10000.00

Contents:

• Introduction to Library service and the functions of various libraries.
• Librarian and library assistant professional role, responsibility and library services
• Use of Information Technology for libraries and exploring the authority information using the internet
• Library organization and institutional administration
• Maintaining permanent and temporary records for library administration
• Legal framework for granting library membership and its updating
• Library plan, features that should be included in the library building and its internal plan.
• Introduction to acquisition process and processing work.
• Bibliography and Controlling. Cataloguing Principles.
• Reference Service
• Conservation and preservation methodologies for libraries
• Discarding
• Stock verification and legal framework for lost library items
• Library Grading and standards
• Importance of using sustainable development goals for library progress reports.
• Public relations and soft skills of library staff
• Introduction to library extension services and management of extension services
• Introducing digital library of National library of Sri Lanka and its services
• Introduction to indexing and the indexing process
• National library resources and services
• Field observation and model library field observation

Aim
Providing knowledge on the conservation and preservation of library materials.

Targeted Group
Library Science Professionals, researchers , Students who studies Library Science , Private Library Owners

Duration: 02 Days (Weekdays)

Course Fee: Rs. 10000.00

Contents:

• Methods for using library materials safely.
• Identifying factors that affect the destruction of library materials
• Methods to be followed to preserve library materials for a long time.
• Pre-conservation methods and practices
• Simple conservation methods for libraries
• Protecting library collection from pests
• Conservation of water- damaged documents.
• Disaster management for libraries.

Aim
To enhance the skills required to manage court records through improving knowledge and proper maintenance of records.

Targeted Group
Those engaged in court archive related jobs and those who interested in the field.

Duration: 02 Days (Weekdays)

Course Fee: Rs. 7500.00

Contents:

• File handling methods by court and case type
• Information sources available at the National Library for the courts and archives
• Factors that damage documents and basic conservation methods.
• Theory of books and document materials binding and introduction of Equipment
• Sewing a single stich book (Practical)
• Setting up a closed bookcase (Practical)
• Setting up an office file cover

Aim
To enhance the skills required to manage court records through improving knowledge and proper maintenance of records.

Targeted Group
Those engaged in court archive related jobs and those who interested in the field.

Duration: 02 Days (Weekdays)

Course Fee: Rs. 7500.00

Contents:

• Document management in a court.
• Conservation of documents subject to emergencies.
• Thaimol / Posphin fumigation (practical).
• Sewing a book with several parts.
• Conservation of documents infected by fungus.
• Binding multiple documents into a file.

Aim
Improving knowledge of document preservation, managing government documents through document preservation and proper maintenance.

Targeted Group
Those engaged in office archive-related jobs and those who interested in the field.

Duration: 02 Days (Weekdays)

Course Fee: Rs. 7500.00

Contents:

• Public/ Government document management .
• Important information sources held by the National Library for archives and offices.
• Factors that damage documents and basic conservation methods.
• Introduction to bookbinding theory and equipment .
• Single-stitch bookbinding (practical).
• Making a closed bookcase (practical).
• Making a office file cover (practical).

Aim
Improving knowledge about data analysis.

Targeted Group
Graduates, postgraduates, librarians, researchers, managers, and those working in the public and private sectors with an interest in the field.

Duration: 04 Months

Course Fee: Rs. 30000.00

Contents:

• Introduction to data analysis.
• Data processing.
• Quantitative data analysis using SPSS.
• Qualitative data analysis using Nvivo.
• Data visualization and report preparation.

Aim
Improving knowledge about Research Methodology.

Targeted Group
Graduates, postgraduates, librarians, researchers, managers, and those working in the public and private sectors with an interest in the field.

Duration: 04 Months

Course Fee: Rs. 30000.00

Contents:

• Introduction to research and the research process.
• Data collection methods.
• Survey and Sampling Methods.
• Preparing a research proposal.

Aim
Improve the knowledge regarding Creative Writing and Communication.

Targeted Group
Those engaged in book publishing, print and electronic media, and those wishing to enter the media field. (It is essential to have passed the G.C.E. Ordinary Level or to have at least two years of experience in the relevant subject area. An interview will be conducted for selection.)

Duration: 01 Year

Course Fee: Rs. 40000.00

Contents:

• Language and language practice for communication.
• Design methods.
• Editing.
• Publishing and Printing.
• Classical literary practice and translation methods
• Printed communication
• Electronic communication and Musical Forms

Aim
Improve the knowledge regarding Creativity Writing and Communication.

Targeted Group
Those engaged in book publishing, print and electronic media, and those wishing to enter the media field.

Duration: 01 Year

Course Fee: Rs. 40000.00

Contents:

• Language for Communication and Language Proficiency .
• Form of Creativity 1: Novel and Short Story.
• Form of Creativity 2: Modern Sinhala Poetry .
• Dramatic Texts and Film Scripts .
• Editing .
• Literary Criticism .
• Classical Sinhalese Literature and Translation
• Print Media Communication
• Radio and Television Broadcasting and Musical Forms

Aim
Use of the Koha database system for public library management (providing knowledge on theoretical and practical use), Providing the necessary guidance to maintain a quality, efficient and attractive reader service by updating the knowledge of the public library staff and resolving problems.

Targeted Group
Library staff, public librarians, professionals and those interested in the field who are engaged in library automation activities

Duration: 03 Days

Course Fee: RS. 12000.00

Contents:

• Change Management for Library Automation.
• Marc 21/National Library MARC21 Framework (Practical).
• Introduction to Koha ILMS.
• Cataloguing Module (Practical & Theory) .
• Circulation Module (Practical & Theory).
• Basic Cataloguing Knowledge Enhancement According to AACR II .
• Basic Classification Theory according to DDC23
• Koha Implementation requirements and Definitions
• Patron Module (Practical & Theory)
• Report Module (Practical & Theory)
• Tools and Administration Module (Practical & Theory)