Kirialla, KGAP

Teaching and Administrative Activities

• Resource person in conducting Information Literacy, Information Seeking Behavior and Information Sources sessions for UG and PG Students which are organized by User Education Unit of the Library, University of Moratuwa.
• Head Reader Services Division (January 2006 – December 2014) 
• Head Acquisitions division (January 2015 – up to now)
• Acting Librarian (July 2016 – December 2016)

Research Interests

• Library Management & Marketing
• Library Automation
• Information Services
• Digital Library
• School Library

• Master in Social Sciences in Library & Information Science: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2010)
• Bachelor of Arts Special in Criminology and Criminal Justice System: University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka (1996)
• Diploma in Library and Information science in Sri Lanka Library Association (2000)

Professional Memberships

• University Librarians’ Association of Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Library Association

Theses and Monographs:

• Kirialla, KGAP, (2010) The impact of marketing on university library services – a case study on the library of the University of Moratuwa, MSSc. Thesis, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• Kirialla, KGAP, (1996) The criminological investigation of the role of police investigation officer in an investigation of murder cases, BA. Dissertation, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. 

Journals and Conferences:

• Kodithuwakku, AKUN, Kiriella, KGAP, (2018) The Research pattern in the discipline of engineering: Bibliometric analysis of engineering research unit (ERU) publication of University of Moratuwa: 2001 - 2017, National library review 3 (01/02), 77 – 92.
• CND Punchihewa, Kiriella, KGAP, Kumara, ADB, Kodokara, RC, (2018) Students’ perception towards the library user education programmes of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka: A Case Study, Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka 21 (2),  106-122.
• Punchihewa, CND, Kirialla, KGAP, Kumara, ADB, (2017) Beyond the Boundaries: Remote Access to Online Resources at the University of Moratuwa Library, Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka 17 (2), 76-87.
• Seneviratne, TM, Kodithuwakku, AKUN, Kirialla, KGAP, (2015) Reaching technical students to enhance information skills as an outreach activity of library, University of Moratuwa, International Conference in Information Science, 4-5.
• CND Punchihewa, Kiriella, KGAP, Kumara, ADB, Kodokara, RC, (2014) Students' attitudes and perceptions on library user education programmes: A case study Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Proceedings of the NILIS Research symposium, National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), 71-79.
• Kirialla, KGAP, (2014) Perception of undergraduates on Libraries before entering to the University, Proceedings of the NILIS Research symposium - Information literacy: Global challenges, local solutions 71-75.
• Punchihewa, CND, Kirialla, KGAP, Kumara, ADB, (2013) Remote access to online resources at University of Moratuwa, Proceedings in annual research and achievers colloquium, University of Jaffa, 4-5.
• Kirialla, KGAP, (2012) The impact of marketing on university library services – a case study on the library of the University of Moratuwa, 3rd LIS research symposium, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 134 - 135.
• Kirialla, KGAP, (2012) Level of user satisfaction in an academic library, Proceedings of the 9th National conference on library and information science, Sri Lanka library association, 30 – 43.