probed the challenges encountered by the librarians of developing world in providing
library services to support open and distance learning. It was concluded that the attitude of the government towards
libraries in Sri Lanka has been changed during the last few years and the government has made several approaches
to develop the libraries particularly University libraries. Government also identified the capacity of distance education
to accommodate the huge number of A/L completers who cannot gain admission to learn. It was found very important
for the OUSL to boost the process of achieving its development goals to upgrade the quality and maintain the
standards of distance education in Sri Lanka.