Senior Assistant Librarian
Allied Health Sciences Library
Contacts
kanchanad@pdn.ac.lk
+94 81 2392139
Allied Health Sciences Library
University of Peradeniya
Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Educational /professional Qualifications
MSc (Library and Information Science) (2008)- University of Kelaniya / Sri Lanka
MAIS, NISCAIR, New Delhi, India (2006) - Postgraduate Diploma (Archaeology)
Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology (1998)- University of Kelaniya /Sri Lanka
B.A. (Hons.) (Archaeology) (1997) - University of Peradeniya /Sri Lanka
Positions held (Selected)
Branch Librarian - Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya , Sri Lanka.
Branch Librarian - Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Peadeniya, Sri Lanka.
Visiting Lecturer (2007) - Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka.
Editor/ Coordinating Editor and Annotator - ABIA Art and Archaeology Index for South and Southeast Asia Project in collaboration with Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, Central Cultural Fund and International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Netherlands.
Membership & Awards (Selected)
SAARC Scholarship Awarded to follow Associateship in Library and Information Science in NISCAIR, New Delhi- 2004
Prof. P.Leelananda Prematillake and Dr. Nanda Prematillake award for best student of Archaeology- awarded at the Convocation Holden in Peradeniya - 1997
Research Interests (Research Fields/ Projects)
Library Automation
Digital Libraries
Conservation and Preservation of cultural heritage
Research Publications (Selected)
M.P. Satija and Kanchana Dehigama, Role of Consortia in Library Cooperation, Journal of The M. P. Young ,Librarian Association 2008, 1(1).
K. Dehigama, (Annotator), (2002), in Raven, Ellen and Lasschuijt, Helga, (eds.) ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index; Volume Two Part II, Brill , Leiden.
K. Dehigama (Annotator) (2002) in Raven, Ellen and Lasschuijt, Helga, (eds.) ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index; Volume Two Part I, Brill , Leiden.
K. Dehigama, (2001),Jetavana Kautukagaraye Pabalu, (Beads of Jetavana Museum), Sanskrutika Puranaya, p. 27-30.
K.Dehigama, (2001), Limits of Interpretation of Art and Archaeology, Paper presented at the International Seminar Limits of Interpretation of Art and Archaeology, Yogjakarta, Indonesia 2001 August.