Kamani Perera
Kamani Perera has gained 30+ years professional experience as a Librarian and obtained merit pass for master degree in information management (MIM) from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is a visiting lecturer to Sri Lankan universities in the field of information science and research methodology and published over 100 research papers nationally and internationally; travelled extensively in Asia, America and Europe.
She was a member of many cultural organizations in the world and contributed in International Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards and Review Committees.
She is presently working as Manager – Research and Development in Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Sri Lanka.
Phone: +94775965252
She was a member of many cultural organizations in the world and contributed in International Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards and Review Committees.
She is presently working as Manager – Research and Development in Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Sri Lanka.
Phone: +94775965252
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access. It can be built up browsing deep web and according to the subject interest of particular scholarly community. Undergraduates and other researchers can go through ETD repository of the institute before undertaking any new research study. It eventually becomes a part of the institutional repository. It helps them immensely to produce a valuable scholarly piece to the scholarly community in the world.
ETDs expand the creative possibilities that are open to users. It empowers them to convey a richer message by permitting video, sound, and color images to be integrated into their work. Submitting and archiving ETDs help users to understand e-publishing issues and provides greater access to their research. When ETDs replace bound volumes, libraries can save shelf space and also serve more users without increasing staff whether addressing new issues or mapping traditional services and resources to digital resources and electronic services, libraries are in a position to more fully participate in the full cycle of information from creation to access. This has been proved in the library of Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka and it maintains a rich collection of MA/MSc and PhD theses related to South Asian security studies and international relations.
The research survey in 2015 has proved that the scholarly community of the RCSS has used ETD collection mainly for research and development and education purposes. Most of the users are coming under faculty members and research scholars whom they have used ETDs for research and development while others are postgraduates and undergraduates who used ETDs for educational purposes.