N. AMARASINGHE

Background

AMARASINGHE, N. was born on July 4, 1935.

Education

Nugawela Ceil. College, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and School of Librarianship and Archives, University College London.

Career

Assistant Government Archivist, Department, of National Archives 1961-1963. Assistant Librarian (Research), University of Ceylon, Peradeniya 1969-1973. Head of Department, of Library Science, University of Ceylon, Vidyalankara 1973-1976.

Education Officer, Sri Lanka Library Association 1975-1979.

Director National Library" of Sri Lanka since 1976, Secretary Ceylon National Library Services Board since 1976. Administration ISBN Agency, Sri Lanka since 1984.

Senior Lecturer Department, of Library and Information Studies, University of Papua New Guinea since 1989. Visiting Lecturer in Library and Information Science, Colombo University since 1984.

Chairman 3rd Institute Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania 1985-1987.

Connections

Married Padma Edirisinghe in 1970.

Spouse:

Padma Edirisinghe