
Madhushan Asanka LankathilakeUniversity of Colombo · Library
Madhushan Asanka Lankathilake
Masters in Library na Information Science and Bachelor of Science
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My current research focus is on investigating the library user requirements special reference to the visually impaired undergraduates.
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Higher Education sector all over the world. However, there is a gap in research in the Sri Lankan context. Therefore, this study aims to identify the types and purposes of using AI tools; perception of the use of AI tools. Data were purposively collected from 137 undergraduates in the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo who are using AI tools...
In this digital era, libraries use many new technologies for their functions and to cater library users. This study aimed to analyze the publications on emerging technologies in academic the co-authorship pattern of those publications and the co-occurrence of keywords used by the applying appropriate Boolean operators to the search string and limit...
Visual impaired undergraduates (VIUs) mostly rely on digital information resources (DIR) for accomplishing academic tasks with the help of assistive devices and technologies (ADT). Despite the availability of latest technologies and devices, accessing such DIR by the VIUs was affected by many other factors. Technological improvements make digital d...
This paper offers invaluable guidelines for individuals engaged in shaping AI strategies across a spectrum of stakeholders, including government entities, educational institutions such as schools and universities, as well as students, teachers, AI developers, and researchers.
Specifically, natural language models like ChatGPT present numerous advantages and disadvantages for higher education. It was trained on a massive dataset of text from the internet, allowing it to respond to a broad range of prompts. This article covers the use and potential implications of ChatGPT since its release in November 2022. One of the mai...
Libraries in the present era are no longer limited to printed materials. There are different online information resources of the libraries which could be accessed by the users even without visiting the libraries. This study was conducted at the library, University of Colombo with the objectives to identify the online library information sources use...
During the pandemic period, undergraduates were not able to access library resources physically; therefore, they were heavily depending on online resources. All students faced challenges to access online resources provided by Library. Students with visual impairment were not exception facing these challenges. This study was conducted with the objec...
Factors affecting the Use of Information by Visually Impaired Students: With Special reference to the Library, University of Colombo
M. A. Lankathilake1, T. Ramanan2
1 Assistant Librarian, Library, University of Colombo, 2 Senior Assistant Librarian, Library, Faculty of Technology, University of Colombo
Abstract
Visually-impaired (VI) students...
The study of ecosystem services (ES) is becoming increasingly popular, as it plays an important role in human wellbeing, economic growth, and livelihoods. The primary goal of this research is to investigate the global trend in ES research using a rigorous systematic review of highly cited articles. The articles for this study were extracted from Sc...
Access to information has more value for university undergraduates while they are pursuing their academic activities. All the students should have equal access to the information. However, visually impaired undergraduates face several issues when accessing information and related services. Even though there are several assistive technologies and de...
This study was conducted to find out the use of information sources by the visually impaired undergraduates and the issues faced by them in accessing information. The target population was 43 undergraduates with visual impairment. Out of them, 42 (98%) were interviewed. The interview schedule covered demographic details, main sources of information...
Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) in Sri Lanka are increasing but most related articles are published in local journals in English, Sinhala and Tamil languages in print mode. Therefore researchers do not have an opportunity to be included in reputed indexing/abstracting services and they do not have an opportunity to conduct comprehe...
The study of ecosystem services (ES) is becoming increasingly popular, as it plays an important role in human wellbeing, economic growth, and livelihoods. The primary goal of this research is to investigate the global trend in ES research using a rigorous systematic review of highly cited articles. The articles for this study were extracted from Sc...
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