This guide to research libraries in Sri Lanka is designed for students and scholars in the humanities, social sciences and related fields. Each entry provides information on contact information, location and access, the scope of the library’s holdings, and facilities. The guide is not comprehensive, and we expect to add more libraries in the future. Comments on these entries and suggestions for libraries to cover are welcome — please email ramlaw.ails at gmail.com.
The library hours given in this guide may have been affected by the 2022 economic crisis. Readers planning to visit a library should check to see whether or not it has new opening times.
Click on the name of the library in the index to go to the relevant entry.
LIBRARY INDEX AND COLLECTION STRENGTHS
American Institute for Lankan Studies
Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
Centre for Society and Religion (CSR)
Centre for Women’s Research [CENWOR]
Father Paul Caspersz Memorial Library (Satyodaya Library)
Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI)
International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Moors Islamic Cultural Home (MICH)
Movement for Land and Agrarian Reform (MONLAR)
Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR), University of Kelaniya
