Colombo Public Library

Colombo Public Library

Colombo Public Library
Country	Sri Lanka
Type	Public library
Established	August 10, 1925
Location	15, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7
Branches	11
Collection
Size	nearly one million books, 57 newspapers & 111 periodical titles
Website	www.colombopubliclibrary.org

Colombo Public Library is the largest public library in Sri Lanka, located in Colombo 07, Sri Lanka.

The Colombo Library was established in 1925 merging the two libraries; Colombo Library and the Pettah Library. At the beginning the library had 3 departments, The Reading Room, the Lending Room & the Reference Library. It had seven members on the staff, with late Mr. S.C Blok as the Librarian.