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SLLA Act & Rules

These Rules were adopted at the 54^th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA), held on 20^th June 2014 at Sri Lanka Foundation, as amended at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the SLLA on 12^th October 2013 at Information Technology Institute in accordance to the Sri Lanka Library Association (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2004 and Sri Lanka Library Association (Incorporation) Law No.20 of 1974. 

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• SLLA Act 1974
• SLLA (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2004
• SLLA rules (updated 2021) 
• Rules of the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA)

Retrospective Reflections of SLLA

About SLLA

The Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) was incorporated by Law No.20 of 1974 of the National State Assembly and amended by act. no. 7 of 2004. The SLLA is a founding and executive member of the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) of Sri Lanka. It holds membership of the Regional Federation of South Asian Library Associations (REFSALA), Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). SLLA President is the current chair person of REFSALA.

Professional qualifications and training obtained through the SLLA are recognised by the Government of Sri Lanka as the basic requirements for entry to careers in library and information science. As SLLA is the only professional body representing all library professionals in Sri Lanka, its professional courses are accepted on par with those of leading international professional associations.