• Community empowerment activities of public libraries in Jaffna District 

  Sritharan, T.; Balakumaran, L.; Chandrasekar, K. (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2025)

  Public libraries are community hubs that host a variety of programmes for all ages in the community. Outreach activities in public libraries are an important aspect of their goals to support the community. Therefore, the ...
• Reading habits of children using public libraries in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka 

  Sandaresee, S.; Chandrasekar, K. (South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, 2024)

  Reading habit is one of the most essential elements of an individual's personal and intellectual development. If the habit of reading is inculcated in the childhood, it would help in enhancing knowledge, skills, imagination ...
• Media coverage of water security issues in the water-stressed Northern Province of Sri Lanka: An explorative study of three Tamil dailies before and during the pandemic 

  Rubini, S.; Chandrasekar, K.; Kumarendran, B.; Raguram, S.; Sriskandarajah, N. (WASPAR Team, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna., 2023)

  Media's role in influencing and reflecting public opinion, providing environmental awareness, and stimulating public participation is on the increase as environmental information becomes widely acknowledged and protection ...
• Water quality in Northern Province of Sri Lanka: Bibliometric analysis of Scholarly publications 1960-2021 

  Rubini, S.; Chandrasekar, K.; Sriskandarajah, N. (WASPAR Team, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna., 2023)

  This study aimed to assess the research output focusing on water quality in Northern Province, Sri Lanka and identify the bibliometric indicators to study the direction of water quality research. A literature search was ...
• Preservation and Conservation of Palm Leaf Manuscripts at the University of Jaffna Library: Fungal Deterioration, Treatment Strategies, and Digitization 

  Kupeshan, R.; Chandrasekar, K.; Janen, J. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2026)

  Library university of Jaffna palm leaves manuscripts despite challenges such as limited resources, inadequate infrastructure, and periods of civil unrest. The palm leaf manuscript collection preserved in the Archives of ...
• Health information needs and information seeking behavior of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics of Jaffna Teaching Hospital 

  Murugathas, K.; Sritharan, T.; Santharooban, S. (University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, 2020)

  Pregnant women face many challenges during the pregnancy period. They need quality, reliable and easily accessible information in order to face the challenges. The aim of this study was to identify the information needs ...
• Students' perspectives on plagiarism detection 

  Murugathas, K.; Santharooban, S. (University of Jaffna, 2022)

  Plagiarism is a common problem, especially in the electronic information world. It has an adverse impact on academic integrity. Plagiarism has drawn the attention of many academic institutions to implement actions to ...
• Bibliometric analysis of the most cited articles in urolithiasis 

  Murugathas, K.; Navaneethakrishnan, S. (Sri Lanka Library Association, 2020)

  Urolithiasis is a common kidney disease affecting people in the world. The study aimed to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the most cited articles in urolithiasis and to identify the impact of research, active journals, ...
• Awareness of predatory open access journals among academics of the Faculty of Management and Business Studies at the University of Jaffna 

  Janen, T.; Murugathas, K.; Kupeshan, R. (Library University of Jaffna, 2022)

  Open Access (OA) is a model for publishing scholarly peer-reviewed journals, and articles can be freely read, as the publishing is funded through the Article Pro-cessing Charges (APC) other than subscription. The development ...
• A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Scientific Literature on Substance Abuse among School Students Based on PubMed Database (1991-2021) 

  Murugathas, K. (University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, 2024)

  The purpose of the study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the global scientific literature on substance abuse among school children to understand the global research trend on the subject. Bibliographic data of ...
• யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழக நூலகத்திலுள்ள கிரந்த வரிவடிவத்திலுள்ள வடமொழி நூல்களை (குறிப்பாக இந்துசமய நூல்களை) ஆவணப்படுத்தல் 

  Umashankar, L. (Noolaham Foundation, 2013)
• Improving the Reader Services of Libraries Using Quality Function Deployment - An Overview 

  Umashankar, L.; Janen, T. (Jaffna Science Association, 2015)

  At present, research has been directed towards identifying suitable quality management tool to improve service quality in organizations. In libraries, quality of services is measured in terms of reader's satisfaction. ...
• An Appraisal of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing GCE Ordinary Level Performance of Children belonging to the Peasant Community in Jaffna Peninsula 

  Umashankar, L. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  Agriculture is the mainstay of a significant section of the populace in the Jaffna peninsula. Consequently, any progress in the welfare in the lives of those involved in agriculture, certainly would result in the progress ...
• வடமொழி நூல்களில் கிரந்த வரிவடிவத்திலுள்ள நூல்களை ஆவணப்படுத்துதல் - யாழ் பல்கலைக்கழக நூலகத்தை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட ஆய்வு 

  Umashankar, L. (Noolaham Foundation, 2013)
• Research to Discover What Factors Influence the Regular Newspaper Reading Habits of the Public Servants Serving in the Metro Jaffna Region 

  Umashankar, L. (University Librarians' Association of Sri Lanka, 2016)

  Endeavour to promote and popularize the newspaper reading habit, among public servants, by researching talents, individually and collectively. Reading is a basic human skill involving the reader's eyes, his mind and the ...
• Influence of Media Exposure in Relation to Capital Access Among Peninsula Female Headed Households Pursuing Agriculture 

  Umashankar, L. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2018)

  The civil unrest that ended in Sri Lanka destroyed infrastructure at grassroots levels. Man power was lost and family life disrupted, in some instances, so totally that reconstruction and restoration was impossible. After ...
• Bibliometric analysis of research output by the academics of the Faculty of Agriculture,University of Jaffna 

  Umashankar, L.; Ambihai, S. (National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo, 2015)

  This study has tried to quantify the research output of the academics of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna during the period of 2003 to 2012. Bibliometric tools were used to analyze data. The results revealed ...
• The Evolution of Research Culture at the University of Jaffna 

  Janen, T. (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2025)
• Measuring the Multidimensional Impact of University of Jaffna Research: An Altmetric-Based Evaluation 

  Janen, T. (Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2025)

  This study aims to measure the overall social media visibility, societal impact and analyze the policy influence in national and international policy documents of research publications of University of Jaffna (UoJ) using ...
• Beyond Citation Rates: A Real-Time Impact Analysis of University of Jaffna Research Publications Using Altmetrics 

  Janen, T. (University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka, 2025)

  Citation based indices are mostly accepted and important indicators for assessing academic performance and research excellence. Citation based evaluation metrics are evaluating the long term effect of a research output. ...

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