Role of the professional librarian in the intellectual life of the universities

Here’s A speech by Minister of Higher Education Prof. Wiswa Waranapala at the third annual conference of the University Librarians’ Association held at Galadari Hotel on June 8 in Sri Lanka.

“Universities, like all institutions in the field of education, must be prepared to make use of the opportunities available in the knowledge economy to formulate new policies to make the Universities more meaningful and relevant. In other words, it means that meaningful reforms are necessary in the Higher Education sector to make this sector more relevant to the process of social and economic transformation.”