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In the Central Library there are about 92,886 books. The collection is divided in to three sections and housed separately. The Central Library organized their collection using by Dewey Decimal Classification system and the publications were catalogued according to the Anglo American Cataloguing Rules & Regulations 2nd edition and the Library used The Library of Congress Subject Headings for information retrieval .

The lending section

The books in this section are issued on 14 days loan system. Most common books, text books, fiction and general reading materials are shelved in this section.

The reference section

The books in this section can be borrowed only for overnight references. Most course related, expensive and rare materials are stocked in this section.

Permanent reference section

Contains most expensive and rare items as well as precious donations. Users are allowed in-house references only.

Readers are provided with all leading newspapers, and the library maintains a paper clipping collection for series of subjects.

In case of any printed material is accompanied with CDs or Audio cassettes the library collects them separately. Users are invited to use these materials with the relevant text.

Substantial collection of undergraduate project reports are available at the periodicals section for in-house references.

All the past papers are available to the students and located at the periodicals collection.

Prof. I Balasooriya
Dr. S Deraniyagala
Prof. D Somasundara
Mr. J G R Sugatadasa
Mr. Oliver de Soyza
P Wattegama
Prof. R Wijesinha

The rare publications relevant to Sabaragamuwa Province and publications from Sabaragamuwa University can be found under “SABARAGAMUWA COLLECTION”. A collection for staff development centre can be obtained such as publications relevant to teaching staff including teaching methodology, etc. Moreover regular government publications such as Acts, Gazettes, Bills, Parliamentary publications, Circulars, etc. can also be acquired.

Photocopying and binding
Black and white photocopiers are located between the Reference I and Reference II halls. The following is the charges for photocopying. A receipt will be issued for every payments and every body should examine the receipt carefully and make sure that entries made herein are correct.


PAPER SIZE	CHARGES
PAPER SIZE	ONE SIDE	BOTH SIDES
A4	Rs. 2.50	Rs. 3.00
A3	Rs. 4.00	Rs. 4.50
B5	Rs. 2.00	Rs. 2.50
Legal	Rs. 3.00	Rs. 3.50

Binding

The Central Library established a book binding section for the purpose of internal use. This section serves in fulfilling the administrative purposes, as well. The section, with a person that holds the post of a machine operator, is still to be developed into a full-fledged one. Even so, the University has an economical advantage through this service. During this year, 197 damaged books have been repaired by this section. Thus, it has given a good service for the requested Faculties / Departments of the University too.

The following shows a table with charges for spiral binding


SPIRAL SIZE		PRICES
	8mm		Rs. 35.00
	10mm		Rs. 40.00
	12mm		Rs. 50.00
	14mm		Rs. 55.00
	16mm		Rs. 65.00
	18mm		Rs. 75.00
	20mm		Rs. 85.00

Price List of Spiral Book Binding with Colour Boards & Transparency sheets


MATERIAL		PRICES
	Plastic Colour Board		Rs. 35.00
	Card Board		Rs. 40.00
	Transparent Sheet No. 01		Rs. 50.00
	Transparent Sheet No. 02		Rs. 55.00

Computers

From the proposed project, a computer network with 41 computers will be arranged with the Internet Facility. Administration staff members are given computers with the Internet facility

Reading room

Just after the Reference Hall II, a Reading Room with 100 tables is located where the students have the possibility to conduct group discussions. The seating capacity is available with study carrels.