Palapathwala Public Library

• Junk books
• Using covers to preserve books
• Using camphor balls to protect books
• Remove books from shelves once a week and wipe them down
• Using a book holder to protect books
• Community Information Section

• Sinhala
• Tamil
• English
• Subject-related books

Types of newspapers borrowed from the library

• Sinhala newspapers
• Tamil newspapers
• English newspapers
• Daily newspapers
• Weekly newspapers
• Monthly newspapers

Magazines

• Periodic magazines

Newspaper cuttings

• Alphabetical filing of subject-related newspaper cuttings

• Preparing serials by subject
• Providing free and purchase magazines
• Special supplements
• Filing newspaper clippings by subject
• Booklets containing maps, price lists
• Providing community information services
• Providing investigative service information
• Providing regional information

• Gazette Notifications
• Budget Reports
• Assembly Reports
• Constituency Information
• Resource Profile

Academic Section

• Self-study is available.

Audiovisual Section

• Providing photocopies in an affordable manner
• Providing internet facilities

• Membership can be obtained within 10 minutes.

• Book Classification
• Color Coding
• Alphabetically Arranging Fiction by Author
• Subject Classification and Color Coding for Subject-Based Books
• The index is prepared for use.

• All new purchases are bound under book preservation.

• Celebrating special days
• Conducting seminars for education

• Annual January Milk Spilt
• Dana Shila Meditation Programs for Vesak Poson
• Conducting Shramadana
• Conducting Vesak Lantern Competitions
• Conducting Bely Mal Dansala
• Conducting Annual Festival

• Environmental programs
• Literary programs
• Reading month programs
• Conducting educational, cultural and religious programs during Local Government Week
• Public awareness programs under health programs
• Programs on child safety
• Drug prevention lectures
• Scholarship seminars
• Public awareness about the library and its services
• Ayurvedic clinics and awareness

• Conducting library development competitions
• Launching new books by readers
• Launching a library reader’s creation and a library reader’s magazine
• Conducting training programs to create self-employment and new entrepreneurs
• Evaluating talented activists from among readers
• Conducting competitions and programs in conjunction with the Literary Month and Reading Month

• Padivita Mobile Service
• Biridewala Mobile Service
• Thotagamuwa Mobile Service
• Udugama Mobile Service
• Vawinna Little Kids Preschool Mobile Service
• Imbulandanda Namagal Tamil Preschool Mobile Service
• Makulgaharuppa High Hopes Preschool Mobile Service

• Temple Garden Alindayata Library
• Thotagamuwa Alindayata Library

• Palapathwala Pradeshiya Sabha Meeting
• Palapathwala Public Library Advisory Committee
• Palapathwala Public Library Readers’ Club

Prizes and certificates awarded to evaluate all competitions and programs held at the end of the year

• Creating an intelligent and moral society
• Developing innate skills in the reader
• Providing mental and physical well-being to a group of children, youth and adults
• Establishing cooperation and friendship among readers
• Inculcating time management
• Providing understanding of law and responsibility
• Collecting information
• Storing, analyzing and distributing it
• Instilling self-esteem in readers
• Inculcating the reader to read
• Conducting mobile services (through which they provide service to those who are very difficult and unable to come to the library)
• Conducting inter-library services (here, services that are not available in their own library are provided in inter-libraries)
• Upgrading