Colombo Public Library
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Colombo Public Library
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
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| Type | Public library |
| Established | August 10, 1925[1] |
| Location | 15, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7 |
| Branches | 11[2] |
| Collection | |
| Size | nearly one million books, 57 newspapers & 111 periodical titles[2] |
| Website | www.colombopubliclibrary.org |
Colombo Public Library is the largest public library in Sri Lanka, located in Colombo 07, Sri Lanka.
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History
The Colombo Library was established in 1925 merging the two libraries; Colombo Library and the Pettah Library.[1] At the beginning the library had 3 departments, The Reading Room, the Lending Room & the Reference Library. It had seven members on the staff, with late Mr. S.C Blok as the Librarian.[2]
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