Dr. W.W.K. Lalith Librarian +94112 892 331 Ext:2313 +9477 121 6621 librarian@bpu.ac.lk/ wickramanayakel@gmail.com

Academic Qualification 

• BA (Hons) in Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• MLS in Library and Information Science, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Ph.D. in Library and information Science, School of Information Management, Wuhan University, China

Academic Experience

• Librarian, The Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (hither to)
• Deputy Librarian, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lnka (February 2016 to February 2023)
• Deputy Librarian, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria (2014 to 2016)
• Senior Assistant Librarian Grade I, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (2009 to 2014)
• Senior Assistant Librarian Grade II, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (2003 to 2009)
• Assistant Librarian (probationary) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (1996 to 2003)

Administration

• Senior Consultant, Information Studies Unit, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka.
• Academic coordinator, Information Studies Unit, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka.

Research Interests

Reference services, social media, user education, information literacy, indigenous knowledge

Research & Publications

International/ National Seminar Presentations

• Wickramanayake, L., 2006, ‘Library use by the academic staff of five universities in Sri Lanka: a comparative study’, presented at 10th anniversary international symposium,  Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Jully 2006.
• Wickramanayakw, L., 2010, ‘Instruction and Help Services in the Academic Library Websites and Web Pages in Sri Lanka: a content analysis’, presented at Third International Symposium, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, August 2010.
• Wickramanayake, L., ‘Social media use by undergraduate students of education in Nigeria: a survey’, presented at 2nd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya, 26th-27th October 2017.

Journal articles  

• Wickramanayake, L., 2010, ‘Information-seeking behavior of management and commerce faculty in Sri Lankan Universities: An evaluation’, Library Review, 59(8), 624-636.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2012, ‘A Content Analysis of Instruction and Help Services Available via University Library Web Cites and Web Pages in Sri Lanka’, The Electronic Library, 30(03), 377-389.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2014, ‘An Assessment of Academic Librarians’ Instructional Performance in Sri Lanka: a Survey’, Reference Services Review, 42(.2), 364-383.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2015, ‘User Education - Its Present Situation in University Libraries in Sri Lanka: An Overview’, Journal of University Librarians Association, 19(1), 92-114.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2016, ‘Where to from Here? Current status of School Libraries in Sri Lanka: a Survey’, New Library World, 117(3/4), 214-228. 
• Wickramanayake, L. Jika, S.M., 2018, ‘Social media use by undergraduate students of education in Nigeria: a survey’, The Electronic Library, 36(1), 21-37.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2022, ‘Social media use by adolescent students of Sri Lanka: Impact on learning and behavior’. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 71(1/2), 70-85.
• වික්‍රමනායක,එල්.,2013,‘තොරතුරු සාක්ෂරතාව, එහි ‍‍ඓතිහාසික වර්ධනය සහ තත් විෂයෙහි ජාතික අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්තියක අවශ්‍යතාව:    ශ්‍රී ලංකා අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේත්‍රයට අදාල විමසුමක් සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය ශාසත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය. 7, 136-154.
• වික්‍රමනායක, එල්., 2020, ‘සංවෘත හා විවෘත ප්‍රවේශයීය ශාස්ත්‍රීය සඟරා ප්‍රකාශනය හා තත් විශයෙහි කූට ප්‍රකාශකයින්ගේ සම්ප්‍රාත්තිය: ශාස්ත්‍රීය සමාලෝචනයක්’, ජාතික පුස්තකාල විමර්ශන,  4(1/2).

Conference papers

• Wickramanayake, L., 2006, ‘’Library use by the academic staff of five universities in Sri Lanka: a comparative study’, The Issues and Challenges of the 21st Century: 10th Anniversary International Symposium 2006, Proceedings of the International Symposium at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, 211-217.

Book chapters

• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘History and introduction to the records management., In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp.1 – 13.  Wickramanayake, L.,  2019, ‘Principles and basic concepts of records management’, In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp.14 – 29.  
• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘Records management process in organizations’, In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp. 30 – 41.  
• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘Records registration and classification’, In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp.42 – 54.   
• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘Alphabetic filing system’, In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp. 84 – 108.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘Electronic records management’, In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp. 109 – 120.
• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘Establishment of records management program for your institution’, In, HSU6305: Records Management, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, 121 – 130.   
• Wickramanayake, L., 2018, ‘Abstracting services’, In, HSU5304: Indexing and Abstracting, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp. 86 – 94.   
• Wickramanayake, L., 2019, ‘Fair use and library practices’, In, HSU5305: Intellectual property law, Nawala: The Open University of Sri Lanka, pp. 46 – 54.  

Books 

• Wickramanayake, L., 2016, A Guide to Library and Information Skills, Godage, Colombo.

Bibliographies

• Wickramanayake, L., 2006, ‘Bibliography of indigenous people in Sri Lanka’, In, Somasundara, D. (Ed.), Indigenous people of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Godage.
• Wickramanayake, L. and Karunarathne, S., 2012, ‘Selected Bibliography on Primitive and Indigenous Communities in Sri Lanka’, In, Somasundara, D. (Ed.), Indigenous People and Primitive Communities in Sri Lanka, Colombo: Godage.
• වික්‍රමනායක, එල්. සහ කරුණාරත්න, එස්., 2012, ‘සබරගමුව පිළිබඳව පලවී ඇති පොත්, ඇතුලත, සෝමසුන්දර, ඩී. (සංස්.), රත්නපුරයේ යටගියාව’, කොළඹ, ගොඩගේ.