December 5th 2013

CHRISTMAS LOAN PERIODS

Material borrowed from the General Collection on or after Friday, December 6th will not be due for return until 06/01/14. Items borrowed from the Short Loan Collection on or after Wednesday, December 11th will not be due for return until 06/01/14.

December 3rd 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING NOVEMBER

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during November are listed here.

November 13th 2013

INSTITUTE CLOSED THIS SATURDAY

Due to major essential electrical maintenance work on campus, the Institute will be closed this Saturday.

November 13th 2013

LIBRARY SERVICE DURING OPEN DAY

During the Institute's Open Day on Friday this week, the library will operate normal hours and will remain open until 10.00 pm. on Friday evening.

November 5th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING OCTOBER

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during October are listed here.

October 29th 2013

LIBRARY SERVICE DURING CONFERRING

During the Institute's conferring ceremonies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week, the library will operate normal hours and will remain open until 10.00 pm. on the Thursday and Friday evenings and until 5.00pm. on Saturday.

October 22nd 2013

OCTOBER BANK HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS

For the forthcoming OCTOBER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will close at 5.00 pm on Friday, 25th October and will re-open at 8.45 am on Tuesday, 29th October.

October 11th 2013

HIGHLY CITED MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES ARTICLES DATABASE TRIAL

The publisher, Routledge, has made available a collection of highly popular Media & Cultural Studies articles. Explore key publishing on these topics with this selection of content from their Media Studies Journals. IT Carlow has trial access to this database until December 31st. Access Highly Cited Media & Cultural Studies Articles here.

October 2nd 2013

RESEARCH MONITOR BUSINESS DATABASE TRIAL

Research Monitor is a business reference database offering access to Euromonitor Internationals own research on global industries, countries and consumers. With unlimited access to more than 5,000 industry and country reports across 80 countries and daily breaking news articles on factors influencing the business landscape, it is an ideal resource for academic research into business, management, marketing, strategy, cultural differences, etc. IT Carlow has trial access to this database until October 31st. Access Research Monitor here.

October 2nd 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING SEPTEMBER

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during September are listed here.

September 4th 2013

LIBRARY OPENING HOURS

Currently, the Library is open from 8.45 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. Monday - Friday. However, fulltime opening will commence from week beginning Monday, 16th September. Therefore, library opening hours after that date will be:

Monday - Friday 8.45 am - 10.00 pm

Saturday 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Please check the 'Latest News' page to see any short-term amendments to this timetable. These will usually occur during out-of-term periods, Bank Holidays and other Public Holidays.

September 4th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING THE SUMMER

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during June, July and August are listed here.

September 4th 2013

QUIET STUDY ROOM UNAVAILABLE

Student registration for academic year 2013/14 will take place in the library. As a consequence, the quiet study room is now unavailable and will be unavailable until at least September 18th.

September 4th 2013

WELCOME! or WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to everyone, and a special welcome to new students and staff who have come to IT Carlow for the first time. We would also like to extend a hearty 'Cead Mile Failte' to our overseas students. This is the first library newsletter of the new academic year and it will be updated regularly. New users will find lots of information about the library on our web pages at www.library.itcarlow.ie

August 1st 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING JULY

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during July are listed here.

July 2nd 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING JUNE

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during June are listed here.

June 5th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING MAY

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during May are listed here.

May 23rd 2013

LIBRARY OPENING HOURS

Up to and including June 17th next, the library will open :

Monday - Friday 8.45am - 10.00pm

Saturday - CLOSED

After that date and beginning on Tuesday 18th June, office hours will apply ie. Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm

For the JUNE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will close at 5.00pm on Friday, 31st May and will re-open on Tuesday, 4th June.

May 7th 2013

MESSAGE TO STUDENTS USING THE LRC

As we enter the summer examination period, all students are reminded that the Learning Resource Centre is a study and working space and should not be treated as a social space. Everyone is asked not to engage in any activity which is likely to disrupt the work of others. Good Luck to everyone sitting exams!

May 3rd 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING APRIL

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during April are listed here.

APRIL 29th 2013

MAY BANK HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS

For the MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will remain open until 10.00 pm on Friday, 3rd May and will be open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on Saturday, 4th May. The Institute will be closed on BANK HOLIDAY Monday, 6th May.

April 23rd 2013

eBRARY ACADEMIC COMPLETE UPGRADE

ebrary has recently added over 3,800 scholarly titles to their ebook collection Academic Complete. These titles come from from over 150 prestigious publishers including University of North Carolina Press, De Gruyter, Oxford University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, I.B. Tauris, and many more! Academic Complete now includes a growing selection of more than 84,900 e-books. Click here to access this collection.

April 17th 2013

SPRINGER E-BOOKS COLLECTION

Enjoy unlimited online access to tens of thousands of Springer eBooks with copyright years 2005-2013. Subjects covered include Behavioural Science, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry and Materials Science, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, Professional Computing and Web Design. Free online access is available until 16th June 2013. Click here to access this collection. Please note that you are not permitted to archive and/or redistribute any of the content covered in this trial. All copyrighted material should be respected.

April 16th 2013

TEACHERS TV

A collection of instructional videos showing actual classroom footage. The Teachers TV content covers every possible subject area Bullying, Behaviour Management, ADHD in the classroom, Early Language, Secondary Maths, Art Workshop, Guided Reading, Primary Science, Dealing with Family Breakdown and more. Alexander Street Press has licensed this material and is pleased to make it available FREE to all libraries in the UK and Ireland. Click here to access this material.

April 5th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING MARCH

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during March are listed here.

March 14th 2013

RACISM IN SPORT COLLECTION

The publisher, Routledge, has made available the Racism in Sport Collection. The collection covers topics such as racial harassment, race and cultural/social exclusion, accidental racism, immigrants in sport and more across the following sports: football, rugby, soccer, cricket, baseball and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Free online access is available until 31st December 2013. Click here to access this collection.

MARCH 11th 2013

St. PATRICK'S DAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

For the forthcoming BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will close at 5.00pm on Friday, 15th March and will re-open at 8.45am on Tuesday, 19th March.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

March 6th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING FEBRUARY

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during February are listed here.

February 20th 2013

JOURNAL PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2013

Having consulted with each academic department, the following changes to journal subscriptions for 2013 have been actioned.

MAIN CAMPUS:

Cancelled subscriptions: [All IEEE/IET titles these are now available online in IEEE Xplore] [Film Ireland has ceased publication with Issue 144, Spring 2013]

New subscriptions: [Fire Risk Management] [Ethics and Social Welfare Journal]

WEXFORD CAMPUS:

No changes

WICKLOW CAMPUS:

No changes

An A-Z listing of journal subscriptions for each Academic Department for 2013 is available by clicking on the links below:

Department of the Built Environment.

Department of Business.

Department of Computing and Networking.

Department of Electronic, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Department of Humanities.

Department of Sport, Media & Marketing.

Department of Science and Health.

Wexford Campus.

Wicklow County Campus.

February 5th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING JANUARY

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during January are listed here.

January 22nd 2013

FREE TRIAL OF TAYLOR AND FRANCIS EBOOKS

Access to the full Taylor and Francis ebook collection is available until 18th February 2013. This site offers instant access to the world's premier Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment, STM and Law content from renowned imprints such as Routledge, Psychology Press and Focal Press. We have more than 30,000 titles available - from general subject areas to interdisciplinary selections hand-picked by our editorial teams A link to this service, (on-campus access only), can be found here.

January 10th 2013

NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING DECEMBER

Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during December are listed here.

January 10th 2013

WELCOME BACK FOR THE NEW YEAR!

Welcome back to everyone and best wishes for the New Year. Keep checking the library news page for information about new or enhanced resources that should become available in the coming weeks.

Previous issues of Library News are archived here.