The SLLA Golden Jubilee Colombo Regional Seminar will be held on the 28th August 2010 at the auditorium of the Industrial Technology Institute, Colombo 07. The SLLA (then Ceylon Library Association - CLA) was formed on 28th August 1960 at the same venue (then CISIR auditorium) and the seminar will mark the 50th birth anniversary of the association.
H.E. the Ambassador for United States for Sri Lanka Ms Patricia Butenis will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest of the inauguration ceremony which commences at 9.00 a.m. She will deliver the keynote address titled 'Empowering People through Access to Information.
Distinguished founder members of SLLA Ms Ishwari Corea, Ms Vijitha De Silva and the President Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association, Mr Ariyadasa Weeraman will be the Guests of Honour.
At the technical session, senior LIS professionals - Ms Kamalika Pieris and Prof. Russell Bowden - will make presentations on the shape and role of the SLLA in the coming decade. The programme is co-sponsored by the Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka.
