Prof. Ruwan Gamage is currently a Professor in Library and Information Science at the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has over 24 years of experience as a University academic.
Prof. Gamage obtained BSc. degree from the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Masters in Library & Information Science from the University of Colombo, and Doctor of Philosophy from Wuhan University, P.R. China.
He is a Fellow of the Sri Lanka Library Association and a member of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka. He was the Chair of the South Asia Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). He has contributed over 30 publications in Library Science, Information Management, IT Literacy, and several other LIS-related themes. He also held the esteemed position of President of the Sri Lanka Library Association during 2020/2021.
He was jointly awarded the Innovator of the Year title of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka in November 2024 for introducing an automated catalog creation application using an artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
Personal Goal of Dr. Ruwan Gamage:
…People struggle to search for the right information at the right time. Finding information is not easy, because the world is full of fake, inaccurate, and inappropriate information. Therefore my goal is to make these functions easier where people find the theories I express, techniques I innovate, things I teach, and the way I guide helps them to ‘find’ what they ‘need’…