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Dr. Pradeepa Wijetunge, currently Librarian, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the Co-ordinator of the Consortium of Sri Lankan Academic Libraries has 32 years of experience in the university library sector. From 2002 to 2008 she also served as the Founder Director of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo.<\/p>\n
Dr. Wijetunge obtained B.A. Special (Honours) degree in Philosophy from the University of Peradeniya, Diploma in Library & Information Science from University of Colombo, Master of Librarianship (in Library Automation) from University College of Wales, Aberystwyth UK, Doctor of Philosophy from University of Colombo,\u00a0 Master\u2019s in Information Studies (Knowledge Management) from the University of Canberra, Australia and Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies from University of Colombo.<\/p>\n
She is a Fellow of the Sri Lanka Library Association and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) of the UK and a member of the Sri Lanka Library Association, University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Association for the Improvement of Higher Education Effectiveness (SLAIHEE). She has contributed over 75<\/strong> publications in LIS education, Knowledge Management, Information Literacy and several other LIS related themes and held the esteemed position of President of the Sri Lanka Library Association and the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″] BA (Hons) in Philosophy<\/p> University of Peradeniya<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Dip. Lib. & Inf. Sc. <\/p> University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t MLib<\/p> University of Wales, UK<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t PhD in LIS <\/p> University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t MIS in Knowledge Management<\/p> University of Canberra<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t MA in Buddhist Studies<\/p> University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t ASLLA<\/p> Sri Lanka Library Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t ALA<\/p> The Library Association, UK (Now CILIP)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t FSLLA<\/p> Sri Lanka Library Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t CTHE<\/p> University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t SEDA Accreditation<\/p> Staff Education & Development Association, UK <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t FCILIP<\/p> Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP), UK<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″] National Institute of Library & Information Science, University of Colombo <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Main Library, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t National Institute of Library & Information Science, University of Colombo <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t University of Peradeniya<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t University Librarians'Association of Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Sri Lanka Library Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Sri Lanka Library Association<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”196″ img_size=”225*300″ alignment=”center”][vc_btn title=”Google Scholar” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” el_class=”research-btn” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DFNLLH0kAAAAJ%26hl%3Den%26oi%3Dao|||”][vc_btn title=”ResearchGate” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/library\/wijetunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications<\/h3>\n
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Librarian<\/h4>
Director<\/h4>
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President <\/h4>
Council Member<\/h4>