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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, ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.
• 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ: 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ 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, ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, 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.