Sri Lanka Standards Institution

Documentation and Information Division (D&I Division) of the SLSI is a one-stop information center for disseminating latest, unique information to the community/any interested party in a wider scope of local and International standards, technical regulations, standardization and quality management. D&I Division facilitates stakeholders with ISO standards, engage with formulation of International standards through International Organization for Standardization’s Technical committees (ISO/TC).

Further, the D&I Division fulfills the national obligation under the World Trade Organization /Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO/TBT) agreement and serving as the WTO enquiry point to facilitate stakeholders in International trading. WTO notifications are distributed to stakeholders in Sri Lanka on monthly basis and uploaded to www.slsi.lk as the responsible information center.

SLSI Library Information

National Sri Lanka Standards (digitalized/hard document) are available for purchasing and reference needs of any interested party in local or foreign.
International Standards ( ISO, IEC, Codex) are available for purchasing and reference needs of any interested party in local or foreign.
Foreign National Standards of any country and regional standrds are available for purchasing and reference needs of any interested party in local or foreign.
Other Standards (AOAC, APHA )are available for reference needs of any interested party in local or foreign
Q-Flags/ quality flags are available in demarcated sizes for purchasing needs of any interested party to commemorate world standards day and quality week in October in every year
Posters – Any tailor made poster on quality related aspects are available for purchasing eg. 5 S concept, Quality Management System, Environmental Management System, Food Safety Management System, Occupational Health and Safety etc.

Normal Membership

Annual subscription for Institutional membership is LKR 5000.00 + VAT , facilitated with 08 Books & 02 Journals. Individual membership is LKR 1000.00 + VAT, facilitated with 02 Books & 01 Journal

A refundable deposit of LKR 1500.00 is required for individual membership for lending facilities for a period of one (01) Month

Membership is valid for one year (12 months) from the date of registration

Application for Membership

E -Library Membership

Lending Service

Internal staff ( books, journals, standards and other publications)
Registered Members ( Books & Journals )

E-bulletins provide information on latest emerging technology as monthly disseminations via email to internal & external clients interested parties. Each E-bulletin provides a brief introduction on a title of emerging technology with a brief introduction and references for related literature, research articles and other publications

Library News provides newly published list of national standards, adoptions, revisions, translations, amendments and withdrawn standards
E-news magazines and journals of other local and foreign stakeholder entities who maintains membership with SLSI. These information are available with the monthly/quarterly/bi-annual/annual highlights of the entity
Standards Alert – New arrivals of ISO, IEC, BS, EN Standards
WSSN – Newsletter comprising of World Standards News
Lib Alert – Compiled on information on global interests and newly emerging trends in the field of quality and related aspects
WTO/TBT – Report of Monty summery Notifications provide to interested stakeholders
News Clippings – Paper advertisements, articles and promotional information related to Sri Lanka Standards Institution

In fulfilling Sri Lanka’s obligations under WTO agreement , the WTO enquiry point offers the following services to interested parties.

a) Issuing Notifications - The National Enquiry point issues notifications to the WTO secretariat concerning

Impending implementation of new or revised technical regulations in the country.
Code of good practice on the preparation and application of standards & conformity assessment procedures.

b) Handing Enquires

Responds to enquires on Standards, technical regulations & conformity assessments procedures. The enquires may come from the local industry or from foreign investors based in other WTO member states.

c) Handling of comments on notifications

NEP handles comments received from foreign countries on Sri Lankan notification.

d) Provisions of documents related to notifications

NEP facilitates the provisions of full regulatory text of notification upon request.

e) Disseminations of monthly WTO summery notifications to Sri Lanka stakeholders via email alert

1) ISO /TC Committee – Handling of Observer / Participatory Memberships

Documentation and Information Division facilitates the members who handle the activities concerned with ISO technical committees of which SLSI holds either the participatory (“P”) or observer (“O”) membership to convey national interests in ISO standards. Any interested party in Sri Lanka could send comments on ISO technical fields during draft stage of such documents invites for comments. https://www.iso.org/get-involved.html

2) Access to ISO publications and ISO news https://www.iso.org/news.html

Documentation, Information & Library Services

Documentation, Information & Library Services

Information Inquiry Services

Sales of Standards

SLSI Library Membership

e-Bulletins Service

Reference/Reader/Referral Information Services

WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point

ISO Activities

ISO list of Newly Published Standards