Mr. B.N.G.S. Premarathne

Educational /professional Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts Special Degree in Geography (Second Class Upper Division)-1996, University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka.
• Masters Degree in Arts (Geography) - 2000 University of Peradeniya/Sri Lanka.
• Masters Degree in Library and Information Science -2009 University of Colombo/Sri Lanka.
• Diploma in e-government – Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, 2011

Positions held (Selected)

• Assistant Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, 1998.
• Assistant Librarian, National Library of Sri Lanka, 1998-2004.
• Acting Librarian, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo / Peradeniya Branch.
• Senior Assistant Librarian, University of Peradeniya, 2004 to date

Professional Membership

• Fellow member of Sri Lanka Library Association (FSLLA)
• Member of University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka.
• Member of the Arts Faculty of Teachers Association, University of Peradeniya.
• Life membership of Library & Information Science Academy(LIS Academy) Bangalore-INDIA
• Life membership of the Sri Lanka Library Association
• Life membership of the Alumni Association of University of Peradeniya (AAUP)Membership

Research Interests (Research Fields/ Projects)

• Library Management

Referred Journal Articles

• Premarathne, Sunil, (2014) Formulation of a training policy for the Library Assistants in Sri Lankan University libraries: A case study of the University of Peradeniya library network, Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka , Vol.18 Issue (1),2014,pp. 19-34. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jula.v18i1.7859
• Premarathne, BNGS (2015) User delinquency in Main library University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka : perceptions of the students, Sri Lanka Library Review 2015, Vol.29 Special Issue.pp.05-16
• Premarathne, S. (2017) Use of electronic information resources by Arts undergraduates during the preparation of final year dissertations: a study at University of Peradeniya. Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka. 20(2), pp.59–69. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jula.v20i2.7901
• Premarathne, BNG S.and Bandara, B.E.S.(2019) Current status of Green library concept in public libraries of Central Province in Sri Lanka. Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka , Vol.22 Issue (2),2019,pp. 119-128 DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jula.v18i1.7859
• Premarathne,BNG S. and , Bandara, B.E.S.(2019).Reading habits and information expectations of orphan children at Child Protection Centers in Central Province, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Academic Library and Information Sciences (IJALIS), 7(3): pp.62-65. DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2019.007, (2 issues per year, LISA indexed)
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Research Paper Presentations at National and International Research Conferences

• Premarathne, B.N.G.S.( 2014). Abuse of library materials in the main library at University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka: An overview of the library staff, 5th International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society (ICOLIS-2014), held on 4-5 November 2014 in Malaysia. Pp. 429-438pp. (http://eprints.um.edu.my/11331/1/ICOLIS-2014-Proceedings.pdf).
• Wijetunga, Pradeepa and Premarathne, Sunil. 2014. Peer Assisted Research Culture of the Undergraduate Students: a case study at University of Peradeniya. Proceedings of 11th National Conference in Library and Information Science held on 19th June 2014(NACLIS-2014). pp.30-35.
• Wijetunge, Pradeepa and Premarathne,BNGS(2015) Prior experiences of library usage of the new entrants: with special reference to Bachelor of Arts undergraduates, University of Peradeniya, Proceedings of International Conference on Library and Information Science (ICLIS-2015) held on 17-18 Sep.2015, .pp. 98-99. http://www.slla.lk/index.php/slla-publications/conference-proceedings/42-publications/proceedings/205-papers-presented-in-iclis-2015.
• Premarathne, B. N. G. S, and Bandara. B. E.S. (2017) A study on current status and reading habits of children at the child protection centers in central province in Sri Lanka, proceedings of 7th International symposium, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, (Intsym-2017) held on 7-8 December 2017, pp.186-189. http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2944?show=.
• Bandara,B.E.S.,Rifaudeen,M.M.,Kumara,A.D.B.,Premarathne,B.N.G.S.(2019).Current status of the institutional repository at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Proceedings of 9th International Symposium , South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, on 27th – 28th November 2019.pp.
• Premarathne, B. N. G. S. and Bandara. B. E.S. (2013) Obstacle encountered by authors during the publication process of books: An investigative study of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, proceedings of 5th International conference on Library and Information Management (ICLIM-2023) held on 29-30 November 2023, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, pp.158-164.

Publications in Conference Proceedings

• Premarathne, B.N.G.S.( 2011). Training needs of the University library Assistants: Perspective of the Librarians. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions (PURSE), Sri Lanka, Vol. 16, 24th November 2011, p.204. http://www.pdn.ac.lk/purse/Proceedings/2011/hch/hch12.pdf
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. (2013). Training needs of the University library Assistants of the University of Peradeniya Library Network, Proceedings of the Annual Sessions-2013 of the University Librarians Association (ULA), Sri Lanka held on 07 August 2013, p.33.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. 2014. Abuse of library materials in main library University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Perceptions of the final year students. International Research Session in University of Peradeniya. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka (IPURSE), Vol.18, 4th & 5th July, 2014, p.676. http://www.pdn.ac.lk/ipurse/2014/proceeding_book/SH/676.pdf
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. 2014. Development of a training policy for the Library Assistants of the University of Peradeniya Library Network. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions - IPURSE, Sri Lanka, Vol. 18, 4th & 5th July, 2014, p.670. http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/bitstream/1/5211/1/670.pdf
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. and Bandara, B.E.S. (2015) Usage of electronic information resources during preparation of final year dissertations by undergraduates of the Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya: A case study. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions - IPURSE, Sri Lanka, 5-6 Nov. 2015, Vol. 19, p.444. http://www.pdn.ac.lk/ipurse/2015/Proceedings.php
• Bandara, B.E.S., De Silva, D.A.M. and Premarathne, B.N.G.S. (2015) Perspectives of undergraduates on library use: A case of undergraduates of agricultural sciences. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions - IPURSE, Sri Lanka, 5-6 Nov. 2015, Vol. 19, p.80. http://www.pdn.ac.lk/ipurse/2015/Proceedings.php
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. and Bandara, B.E.S. (2016) Leisure reading habits of the Dental Sciences undergraduates at the University of Peradeniya: A pilot Study. International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS), 27-28 July 2016.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. and Bandara, B.E.S. (2016) An Examination of bibliographical standards followed by Sri Lankan Authors: A case study of the subject related books acquired by the Main library, University of Peradeniya. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions – IPURSE, 4-5 Nov. 2016, Sri Lanka.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. (2016) An investigation on the use of bibliographic information in publishing by authors in Sri Lanka: a survey of subject related books acquired by the Main library, University of Peradeniya in 2016. Proceedings of the Annual Research Sessions of the University Librarians Association (ARSULA), 02nd Sep. 2016 at the University of Jaffna.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. (2016) Bibliotherapy as a tool for reducing the study behavior issues among Undergraduates: A case study at the University of Peradeniya. Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Library and Information Management (ICLIM-2016) held on 21-22 October 2016, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, p.86.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. (2014) Protection of the library materials: suggestions from the library staff of University of Peradeniya. Proceedings of the University Librarian’s Association - ULA, 02nd Feb. 2015 at the University of Ruhuna, p.37.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. and Bandara, B.E.S. (2024) Information retrieval practices in dissertation writing: A study among postgraduate diploma students in the Department of Education, University of Peradeniya. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium at South Eastern University on 29th Feb. 2024, p.190.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S. and Senevirathne, W. (2021) Factors and challenges affecting the information-seeking behavior of postgraduate diploma students of the Department of Education, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Virtual Conference on Library and Information Science (VICLIS-2021) held on 23 August 2021. Paper I.D 1619. https://viclis2021.sltc.ac.lk/
• Weerasekara, W.B.M.C.R.D., Gunasekara, C., Premarathne, B.N.G.S. and Bandara, B.E.S. (2021) Use of E-Learning resources by Dental Undergraduates of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions – IPURSE 2021, Vol. 23, 11th–12th November 2021, p.66.
• Abeyrathne, W.H.D.K. and Premarathne, S. (2021) Familiarity with and Usage of Reference Management in the Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions – IPURSE 2021, Vol. 23, 11th–12th November 2021, p.68.
• Premarathne, B. N. G. S. (2025) Enhancing library facilities in child care institutions: Insights from the Central province Sri Lanka, proceedings of the international conference on “Building sustainable libraries in connecting communities: Librarianship, technology, and collaboration-ICBSL-2025, held on Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India and 08th February 2025, pp.236-239.
• Illangsingha, I.P.D., Premarathne, B.N.G.S. (2025), A study on the use of group teaching methods and utilization of Library resources for the success of the learning and teaching process of junior secondary schools students, Accepted this abstract to the International Conference on Library & Information Sciences(ICLIS-2025) to be held on 26June 2025.

Articles published in Periodicals/ Magazines

• ප්‍රේමරත්න, සුනිල්(2022), ශාස්ත්‍රිය නිර්මාණකරයෙදි වැදගත්වන ප්‍රකාශන හිමිකම් නීතියේ සඳහන් සාධාරණ භාවිතය, Library newsletter ,University of Peradeniya Library, Volume -02(1) 2022.pp.4-9
• Premarathne,Sunil (2022) , පුස්තකාල පාඨක සේවාවේදී වැදගත්වන යහපත් සන්නිවේදන කුසලතා සහ ඒ සඳහා විශ්වවිද්‍යාල පුස්තකාල තොරතුරු සහකාර නිලධාරීන්ගේ දායකත්වය. VIPUNISA(Special issue 1992-2022) Vol.22, 2022, pp. 4-8. ISSN 1391-5002.
• Premarathne, B.N.G.S.(2024) ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිවාසිකම් පනත පිළිබඳව පාඨක ප්‍රජාව බලගැන්වීම උදෙසා පුස්තාකාලයේ දායකත්වය. (Library Contribution to aware the readers community of the Right to Information Act in Sri Lanka), Library Newsletter , University of Peradeniya, Vol: 04(2)pp………. (Sinhala)

Reviewer for Refereed Journals and Conference proceedings

• Editorial Board member of the Sri Lanka Library Review journal and member of the Publication Committee, Sri Lanka Library Association 2020/21.
• Review Panel member – Sri Lanka Library Review Vol. 35, Issue I & II 2020/21
• Review Panel member – Sri Lanka Library Review Vol. 36, Issue I 2022/23
• Review Panel member – Sri Lanka Library Review Vol. 37, Issue II 2022/23
• Review panel member of the Centenary Volume of Peradeniya Library Collection - 1921–2021, University of Peradeniya.
• Review panel member of the National Conference on Library & Information Science (NACLIS-2021) organized by Sri Lanka Library Association.
• Review panel member of the International Conference on Library & Information Science (ICLIS-2023) organized by Sri Lanka Library Association.
• Review panel member of International Symposium INTSYM-2015, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
• Review panel member of 6th International Symposium INTSYM-2023, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
• Review panel member for the publication on “Essays and Reminiscences: A Felicitation in Honour of NTSA Senadeera” published by the University of Peradeniya Library Network.
• Review panel member of the Library Newsletter, University of Peradeniya Library.
• Review panel member of the Centenary Volume of Peradeniya Library Collection - 1921–2021, University of Peradeniya. Annexure: Appreciation letter issued by co-editor on 20-09-2024.
• Review panel member of the Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Library and Information Science (ICLIS-2025) organized by the Sri Lanka Library Association in collaboration with the Library, University of Peradeniya to be held on 26 & 27 June 2025.