History of the Library

Jaffna Public Library / Department of Library and Documentation Services · jaffna.dlp.gov.lk (Sri Lanka Government), updated post-2003

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The Sri Lanka government's own institutional record of the library acknowledges the 1981 destruction, confirms the library's founding in 1934 from a collection of 844 books and its growth to one of Asia's largest public libraries, and documents the post-2003 reconstruction. As an official state source it is authoritative for pre-destruction size and post-reconstruction status, though it naturally minimises political accountability.

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