Abstract:
The main objective of this study is to identify the library services provided by the Medical
Faculty libraries. Other objective of this study are to examin the collection of books in libraries
to check the quality and quantity of resources necessersities of the students who are using
libraries, to identify the way of providing information regarding newly introduced books, to
indentify the mutual understanding between students and officers at libraries, to study the
service in the magazine section, and to examin the readers’ attitudes. The samples consisted of
the medical students of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and University of
Kelaniya.Questionnaiers were distributed as a main part of data collection method.Secondary
data were gathered by using of internet resources, books, magazines and articles and data were
analyzed using Excel. It was revealed that a large amount of students of the medical faculties
are using faculty libraries to gain the information. Also it was recorded that students are highly
referring the. Printed media to obtain the knowledge than the electronic media. Moreover, the
capacity and fastness of lending sections of said libraries are not sufficient to fulfill the students’
requirements. The Magazine section was used by less number of students. However, it was also
it was revealed that the students had satisfied attitudes towards the libraries. This study made
recommendations as; expanding the opening hours to create an effective information services,
increasing the quantity of books at lending sections, implementing the consultations
programmes for readers, and improving the internet facilities.
