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 Colombo Area Office 
  :: Information Centre/Library
   
 
  • Collection/Resources
  • ILO publications (monographs, periodicals, working papers, project reports, workshop reports, statistical tables, training materials)
  • ILO Videos and CD-ROMS
  • LABORDOC :
    Contains the whole database of ILO Geneva library from 1965 to date, and is updated quarterly. Users can search by author, title, subject, country or region, by language and by year of publication.
  • ILOLEX :
    Contains the full-text database of ILO Conventions and Recommendations and texts of reports on their ratification and application in ILO member states.


In addition to all ILO publications, the library's collection contains books, journals, reports, documents, pamphlets on development and labour-related issues, including national legislation and labour statistics. The library also has publications of the UN, UN specialized agencies, and other inter-governmental, non-governmental and regional Organisations on labour and employment issues, education and training, development issues, labour economics, labour relations, labour legislation, enterprise and management development, rural development, working conditions and technological change, social security, worker and employer organisations.

ILO subject related articles from the local newspapers are collected and compiled.

  • Information Retrieval Facilities
The library maintains a fully computerized catalogue using WINISIS in order to provide an effective and efficient information service.

Library Catalogue (The library collection of the ILO Office Colombo is searchable online through the bibliographic database.)

  • Services
    The library provides:

    Reference facilities
    Current awareness services
    Photocopy services
    Document delivery services
    Database search facilities
  • Publications
The information centre also handles the promotion and sale of ILO priced publications.
Ordering ILO publications can be done through the ILO Colombo Office. The order will take about 3-4 weeks to arrive in Colombo from ILO Geneva. Payment could be made to the Colombo Office by cash/cheque.

ILO publications catalogue offers listings of publications available to order at www.ilo.org/publns

For further information, please contact the library/information centre at Tel: 2592525 Ext.294, Fax: 500865 and e-mail: sandra@ilo.org

For more information about ILO information resources and publications, please visit our ILO Headquarter website ILO-INFORM and our Regional office website ILO RO