Library Opening Hours over Christmas and New Year

This week the Library opens as usual from 8.30am to 9.00pm Monday to Thursday and from 8.30am to 5.00pm on Friday. We are closed on Saturday.

Next week, from Monday 19th December, the Library opens from 9.00am to 5.00pm, and closes at 12 noon on Friday 23rd for the Christmas break.

We reopen on Wednesday 4th January, when normal opening hours resume (ie 8.30am to 9.00pm Monday to Thursday etc as above, and on Saturday from 10.00am to 4.00pm) until after exams finish.

We wish all our readers a happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

We want your input

You may have noticed our new feedback forms at the Issue and Information Desks in the library. They are waiting for your comments, views and suggestions.  Help us improve our customer service; let us know what you think of our e-books and other resources.  Do we have enough books in your subject area?  Or indeed anything else you want to let us know about.

If something has happened to you in the library, or there’s something you think we could do better, we want to know about it.  You have the option to enter your details if you want the librarian to get back to you, or you can leave that section blank. Drop the form back to us at one of the library desks, or into one of the suggestion boxes.


Keep an eye out on Facebook for changes based on your suggestions.

Over to you…

BSOL now up and running again

British Standards Online is accessible again:-)

Congratulations to all the graduates this weekend

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

BSOL down

The database British Standards Online is down at the moment. We're working on the problem and will let you know when it's up again. Don't forget you can also access standards through the database IHS.

October Bank Holiday Weekend

The Library is closed on Saturday 29th and Monday 31st October for the bank holiday weekend. Items issued from our Short Loan Collection from Friday onwards will be issued until Wednesday October 2nd.

You have to cite for your right to party!

For your assignments you may get quotes and ideas from sources such as books and journals.  It's important to acknowledge where you got this material from.  This is called referencing and is a fundamental part of academic writing.

DkIT Library has created a booklet 'Credit where credit is due' which shows you how to reference sources for your assignment and avoid plagiarism.

To make things easier for you when referencing, the library has drop in sessions for EndNoteWeb.  EndNoteWeb is an online tool which allows you to save and store references and add them to your bibliography.  Click here to view details of upcoming drop in sessions.

New Adventures in Wi-Fi

There’s a new wireless network on campus. Students and staff should choose wireless.dkit.ie from the list of networks available. You’ll need your DkIT username and password to log in. Computer Services provide instructions on how to connect the different operating systems (Windows 7, XP, Linux etc) to the network.The good news is that you only have to go through the process once – after that it should be a single sign on, and it’s a more secure wireless connection than before. If you have any problems you can contact the Computer Services helpdesk online, ring them at 042 93 70300 (extension 2300), or go to their office at room E122, past the Coffee Dock in the North Building.

Is it about a centenary? 100 Years of Flann O'Brien

October 5th marks 100 years since the birth of Irish writer Flann O’Brien.  His novel At Swim Two Birds won James Joyce’s praise (“a really funny book”), while The Third Policeman made an appearance on the TV show Lost. Celebrations are planned over the next few days, including readings and performances tomorrow in Bewley’s Café Theatre in Dublin at 7pm and 9pm. Trinity College is to host a conference weekend, Flann100, from October 14th to 15th. And look out for the film version of At Swim Two Birds, Brendan Gleeson’s directorial debut, which is due to appear next year. Find out about more events on Facebook.
If you haven’t read his books yet, or would like to know more about the author(s) and his work, have a look here at the library catalogue.

Library e-changes

You've probably noticed by now that there have been some changes to online library services, so this is a quick run-through of the new features. As always, if you need help using these or any other library resources, come to us at the Issue or Information Desk, and you'll hopefully go away feeling a lot more informed.

First of all the Library Catalogue has a new look. It’s simpler to use and you can try it out here: http://dkitlibs.dkit.ie/.

We are launching our new unified search discovery service called
Summon, which is basically a one-search option for (almost) all our resources. Summon searches the Library Catalogue, our e-book collection, and most of our online journal articles. You can search Summon at http://dkit.summon.serialssolutions.com/.

To keep up with all our news join our new Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/dkitlib or follow us on twitter @DkITLibrary Let us know what you think.

Welcome

Welcome to the first years starting at DkIT today.

We look forward to seeing you in the Library. You can use the online catalogue to search for library books, journals etc.

As well as text books, the Library has a wide variety of DVDs, CDs and fiction books.  If you need any assistance now or over the coming weeks ask a member of staff and we will be happy to help you.