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Dr. (Mrs). M. P. L. R. Marasinghe

Senior Assistant Librarian (Grade I)
Science Faculty Librarian, University of Kelaniya

B.Sc. (Sp.)(First Class Honors)Molecular Biology & Plant Biotechnology (Kel’ya), MLS(Colombo), PhD.(Kel’ya), SLLA (CM)

  
Email : lakmini@kln.ac.lk
Contact : +94 11 2961000; Ext: 145

Trainee researcher at Molecular Medicine Unit (MMU), Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (March 2006 to February 2007)

Demonstrator at Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. (15.05.2007 to 05.04.2008 & 18.08.2008 to 14.01.2009)

Temporary Assistant Lecturer at Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (15.01.2009 to 26.09.2009)

Assistant Librarian, Medical Library, University of Kelaniya (20.03.2011 to 20.03.2016)

Senior   Assistant Librarian (II), Medical Library, University of Kelaniya (21.03.2016 to Present)

2003 – 2007 : BSc. (Special in Molecular Biology & Plant Biotechnology)

2014 – 2016 : Masters in Library & Information Sciences, National Institute in Library & Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo

2017 to Present : Reading PhD. in Medical Education, University of Kelaniya

First Class Honors in BSc. (Special) in Molecular Biology & Plant Biotechnology, 2007

Best research paper award:

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. & Wijayaratne, A. Job satisfaction among the multigenerational    professional librarian workforce of Sri Lankan Universities. Proceedings of the NILIS Research Symposium 2014 (NILIS14). 21st November 2014. Colombo. Sri Lanka. pp. 62-70.

Research Grant from Research Council, University of Kelaniya, 2019

  • Information Literacy
  • Digital Information
  • Information Seeking Behavior

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R., Chandratilake, M. N.  and K. T. A. A. Kasturiratne, Information seeking behavioral expressions of medical undergraduates in Sri Lanka. 2019 Proceedings of 10th International Conference of University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka. 18th September 2019. Colombo. Sri Lanka. 48-55p.

Marasinghe, M.P.L.R.,  de Silva, A.P.U. and R.A.A.S. Ranaweera, Occupational stress among library employees of the University of Kelaniya. Proceedings of 12th International Conference of University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka - 2022. University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka. 27th October 2022, Sri Lanka. 125-135p.

Marasinghe, M.P.L.R. and S. Santharooban, Copyright Literacy of Library & Information Science Professionals in Sri Lankan Universities. The Virtual International Conference on Library & Information Science. The SLTC Research University. 25th October 2022, Sri Lanka, 45p.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R., Kasturiratne, K. T. A. A., & Chandratilake, M. N. (2023). Information seeking behavior of medical students in Sri Lanka. Information Development, 1-13p. DOI: 10.1177/02666669231179398.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R., Sirisena, D.M., Bandara, K.B.A.T., Hapuarachchi, H.A.C. & Abeyewickreme, W. Potential use of blood-fed mosquitoes as evidence in forensic casework. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual sessions. Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. 3-8 December 2007. Sri Lanka. pp.4-5.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. Information seeking behavior of the students of the Medical Faculty, University of Kelaniya.13th Annual Research Symposium. Faculty of Graduate Studies. 22nd - 23rd November 2012.  University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka. pp. 115.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. User satisfaction of library services: A case study of undergradustes in Speech and Hearing Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. 14th Annual Research symposium. Faculty of Graduate Studies. 28th - 29th November 2013. University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka. pp. 78.

Abeygunasekara, C. M. & Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. Providing access to public health information via the institutional repository, Faculty of Medicine: A feasibility study based on medical undergraduates. 14th Annual Reasearch Symposium. Faculty of Graduate Studies. 28th - 29th November 2013. University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka. pp. 67.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. & Wijayaratne, A. Job satisfaction among the multigenerational professional librarian workforce of Sri Lankan Universities. Proceedings of the NILIS Research Symposium 2014 (NILIS14). 21st November 2014. Colombo. Sri Lanka. pp. 62-70.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. & Wijayaratne, A. Gender differences in job satisfaction among University library professionals in Sri Lanka. International Conference in Information Science (ICIS 2015). 13th November 2015. Colombo. Sri Lanka. pp. 28-29.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R. and Wijayaratne, A. (2016) Generational differences and job satisfaction in university library professionals, Sri Lanka, Universal Journal of Managemant, 4(9), 500-507p.

Solangaarachchi, D. I. K., Marasinghe, M. P. L. R., Abeygunasekera, C. M., Hewage, S. N. and Thulani, U. B. Use of Library and Internet Facilities for Seeking Information among Medical Students at Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computing and Technology (KICACT-2016). 25th November 2016. Colombo. Sri Lanka. 62-63p.

Marasinghe, M.P.L.R. and Wijayaratne, A. (2018) The Impact of Gender Differences on Job Satisfaction of University Library Professionals. Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, 21(2), 1–20p. DOI:http://doi.org/10.4038/jula.v21i2.7905

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R., Chandratilake, M. N.  and K. T. A. A. Kasturiratne, Information seeking behavior of medical undergraduates, Sri Lanka. Annual scientific meeting, Association for the study of medical education (ASME, 2019). 3rd-5th July 2019. Glasgow. UK. 153p.

Marasinghe, M. P. L. R.,Chandratilake, M. N.  and K. T. A. A. Kasturiratne, Development and validation of a tool to predict information seeking behavior of medical undergraduates, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 11th International Conference of University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka- 2021. University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka. 22nd September 2021. Virtual Conference. Sri Lanka. 17-21p.