University of Peradeniya Library | |
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7°15′18″N 80°35′48″E / 7.254902°N 80.596576°E | |
Location | Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
Type | Academic library |
Established | 1921 |
Branches | 8 |
Collection | |
Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
Size | 815,000 (approx.)[a] |
Legal deposit | 357,699 (as of 2008) |
Access and use | |
Circulation | 256,000 (approx.) |
Population served | University of Peradeniya and worldwide |
Members | University of Peradeniya (and some other groups on application) |
Other information | |
Director | P.E. Harrison Perera |
Employees | 18 |
Website | http://www.lib.pdn.ac.lk/ |
The University of Peradeniya library is a centrally administered network of libraries in the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. It is considered the oldest academic library in Sri Lanka and one of the largest libraries in Sri Lanka today.[b]