Madawala Ulpatha Public Library

01.Number of members – 2070

02.Number of books – 12524

03.Number of daily readers – about 100

04.Date of establishment of the library – 1999.07.09

05.Class of the library – Class

06.Name of the library – Madawala Ulpatha Public Library

01) Exclusion Section

Books are filed under ten main classes under the first summary.

• 000 – General Works
• 100 – Philosophy and Psychology
• 200 – Religion
• 300 – Social Sciences
• 400 – Language
• 500 – Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• 600 – Technology
• 700 – Art
• 800 – Literature
• 900 – Geography and History
• Novels
• Short Stories
• Translations are separated.

02) Reading Section

• Daily Newspapers
• Weekly Newspapers
• Free Newspapers
• Magazines and Special Newspapers
• Weekend Newspapers
• Magazines and Youth Newspapers

Types of Newspapers Available to the Library

• Sinhala Newspapers
• Tamil Newspapers
• English Newspapers
• Daily Newspapers
• Weekend Newspapers
• Monthly Newspapers

03) Magazine Section

• Periodicals
• Collection of bound magazines
• Collection of newspaper clippings

04) Research section

• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Rare books of high price and value

• Gazette Notices
• Budget Reports
• Central Bank Reports
• Constituency Information
• Housing and Community Development Committee Reports
• Nutrition Information

• Organizing commemorative programs for special days.
• Conducting educational seminars for school children.
• Implementing library development programs.
• Conducting religious programs.
• Conducting speeches/debates/drawings/competitions.

• Organizing commemorative programs for special days.
• Conducting educational seminars for school children.
• Implementing library development programs.
• Conducting religious programs.
• Conducting speeches/debates/drawings/competitions.

• Conducting alms, rituals, and meditation programs for Vesak / Poson / Esala / Poya.
• Lighting Vesak lanterns.
• Conducting Shramadana programs.
• Conducting Dansala.

• Carrying out environmental programs.
• Carrying out library grounds cleaning programs.
• Carrying out tree planting and crop cultivation programs.
• Carrying out literary programs.

• Conducting competitions under the library development program.
• Launching new books for readers.
• Launching periodicals containing library reader creations.
• Conducting self-employment training programs to create new entrepreneurs.
• Evaluating talented reader activists.
• Conducting programs in conjunction with the Literature and Reading Month.
• Purchasing books annually under council allocations. (Example: Nearly four hundred thousand in the year 2023)

• Rajjammana Vishwa Children’s Preschool Mobile Service
• Samurdhi Bank Mobile Service
• Masa Preschool Mobile Service
• Ketawala Children’s Club

• Housing and Community Development Committee of the Pradeshiya Sabha.
• Madawala Library Advisory Committee.
• Madawala Library Readers’ Club.

• To create a group of intelligent and moral people for the society.
• To provide opportunities for the development of the innate talents of readers.
• To provide opportunities for the improvement of the mental and physical well-being of children, youth and adults.
• To create support and friendship among readers.
• To accustom them to time management.
• To provide an understanding of law and responsibility.
• To collect information.
• To store, analyze and differentiate.
• To create self-esteem in readers.
• To accustom readers to reading from an early age.
• To provide services to beneficiaries who have difficulties and cannot come to the library through mobile services.
• To obtain services that are not available in their library through other libraries through interlibrary services.
• To create a disciplined society by building the future.