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Electronic Information Resources Utilization by Medical Students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2016)This study evaluated the utilization of electronic information resources in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Library by Medical students by addressing four objectives namely; identifying the awareness of ... -
Awareness of Information Retrieval in Online Environment: A Study on Newcomers to the Faculty of Engineering of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2017-06)Undergraduates, in their first year, usually perform poorly in their studies and it has been attributed to the inability of students to effectively retrieve information for academic work. At present, there are many problems ... -
Identification of Requirement for a University Library Building
(2016)The central library is the main focal point of a university. Most universities may have developed from campuses that had functioned as technical or affiliated colleges or may be in the planning stage of an entirely new ... -
Use and User Satisfaction with Library Services and Resources at the Main Library of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
(2017-07)The main library of the General Sir John Kotelawela Defence University conducted a survey of the first and third-year undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, ... -
An Introduction to a Library material management and security control system - Radio Frequency ldentification (RFID) technology
(2006)Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) allows an item, (i.e. library book) to be tracked and communicated with by using radio waves. There are several methods of identification, but the most common is to store a serial number ... -
Research Ethics and anti-plagiarism software. A study on turnitin users of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU)
(2017)After the influence of digitization of reading materials and web usage plagiarism became a destructive academic phenomenon. It is a serious negative effect on intellectual capital and a threat to genuine academic work. As ... -
A Case Study to Identify Factors Affected the Optimal Utilization of Library at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Sri Lanka
(2015)This study focuses on investigatingfactors which affect optimal utilization of library facilities by the under-trainees of the Navel and MaritimeAcademy (NMA), Sri Lanka and it proposes suitable recommendations to Commandant ... -
Information Sources Used by Postgraduate Students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University: A Citation Analysis of Theses
(2014-11)This study is based on 2627 citations, appended in sixty five M.Sc. theses submitted to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) during the time period from 2008 to 2013. The objectives of the study ... -
Drivers of customer satisfaction in libraries: a case study of the FNU Libraries
(2013-12)Although the provision of facilities and staffing at Fiji National University (FNU) Libraries appear to be adequate, there seems to be less emphasis on quality service delivery in the customers’ eyes. This study therefore ... -
Promotional avenues for university librarians in Sri Lanka
(2011-06)The paper identifies the existing promotional avenues for university librarians in Sri Lanka, the basic requirements needed for these avenues, the obstacles and obstacle mitigating strategies. The research design of the ... -
Knowledge Management in Banking Industries: uses and opportunities
(2008)This paper reviews the prevailing literature on Knowledge Management in banking industries. The purpose of KM is to value to information resides in organizations resulting value addition to their tasks and ultimately to ... -
A model beyond generic quality models for academic libraries
(2016)A compelling argument raised by Bolton and Oliver, states that only customers’ assessment of continuously provided services, which may depend on performance-only evaluation, deserves attention. As libraries are services ... -
User Perceptions and Expectations on E-Information Literacy Development Programmes: A Gap Analysis
(2008)Abstract This paper discuses the user perceptions and expectations of postgraduate students of the University of Colombo towards the e-information literacy skills development programme conducted by the library. Data was ... -
A gap analysis to measure service quality of university libraries through user perspectives: a case study at the university of Colombo
(2010-01)User expectations and perceptions are important measures of service quality in academic libraries and service quality is frequently defined in terms of reducing the gap between user expectations and the service provided. ...