Abstract

Buddhist temples were the foundations of Sri Lankan old education system. The education of Sri Lanka which commenced at “Kalapprasada Pirivena” in Anuradhapura first, Developed as “Pirivena” subsequently. Piriven Library is the main information center for the Pirivena education process. The Piriven Libraries, which represent the academic libraries, are increasing the knowledge and skills of the students in various subjects and languages, and fulfill the teacher's academic information requirements. Accordingly, the problem of the research was, "Does the teachers use the Pirivena libraries effectively to explore the information need in order to make their teacing process a success?”.  The main objective of the study was to identify the use and usage patterns of pirivena library among teachers and other objectives was identifying the problems in relation with the usage of libraries.

The study based on the survey method and population of the study were all pirivena teachers in the western province. Stratified sample method was used to select the sample for the study. Primary data was collected by distribution of questionnaires under the stratified random sampling system among the respective teachrs. MS excel software was used to analyse the primary data obtained through the questionnaires.

It was revealed that, most of the teachers from the sample do not use libraries during their teacing process. The teacher who is maintaining Pirivene library had Lack of proper understanding of the library and the information services it provides. Suggestions were made to organize programs that positively influence the teachers about the importance of library use and by implementing, these can provide sustainable solutions for these issues. The institutions responsible for the library sector, including the Ministry of Education, the National Library must come forward for that.

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