Contact Person: Director, M. S. U. Amarasiri Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] Activities: Publishes the Sri Lanka National Bibliography and Library News (both quarterly) and bibliographies and directories; holds seminars and workshops and conducts a correspondence course on library and information science. Resources available to scholars: Reference Library of 250,000 books and 700 periodical titles. Special collections include palm leaf manuscripts (167 items), newspapers, and the Martin Wickremasinghe collection, manuscript drama series, and a folk culture collection. Microfiche readers and printers, video monitors and recorders, computers, and slide projectors are available. Photocopying service, CD ROM searches for a fee. Charges: Registration fee of Rs. 100 a year, Rs. 50 for 6 months, Rs. 25 for 3 months and Rs. 15 for a shorter period.