Library Ireland Week - Last day... or just the beginning?

So here we are, this is the last day of Library Ireland Week 2013, but there's one thing that never finishes: the fact that the resources available from libraries and the services they offer will constantly improve to serve the community they are part of!

So if there is one thing you should take away from the week, it is that

libraries are yours!

So make the most of them! - be it DBS Library, your local library, your office resource centre, etc.

Wishing you a happy Library experience and use!
 Yours DBS Library (and The Cookie Monster)

Library Ireland Week - Day 3!

Think outside the book!

Today we'd like to highlight some of the amazing collections available from National Libraries, Musea, Institutes from Ireland and abroad:

• From Ireland:
• The National Library of Ireland's digital Photographs: http://www.nli.ie/digital-photographs.aspx
• Dublin City Public Library digital collection: http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image-galleries/digital-collections
• Trinity Library digital collection: http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/ 
• From abroad:
• The National Library of France online collection, Gallica: http://gallica.bnf.fr/?lang=EN
• New York Library digital collections: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
• MOMA multimedia: http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/
• Google Cultural Institute: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/home

And any suggestion, just add a comment!

Library Ireland Week - Day 2!

So this is it, Library Ireland Week 2013 has started and will run until Friday this week, and we're asking you to 'think outside the book' by taking our library quiz (just click here or grab a print copy in the library), come to visit us in our pop-up Library in AS reception on Wed., Thurs. and Fri.,12noon to 2pm, or simply pop in to the library and check what we have on offer for you!

Also, some of the events happening all over Ireland are listed here.

More to come over the coming days, so stay tuned!

DBS Library celebrates Library Ireland Week 2013!

Next week, from Monday Nov. 11th until Friday Nov. 15th, we will be celebrating Library Ireland Week 2013 with a library quiz & prizes, film screenings, databases demos, etc.

This year's LIW's theme is 'Think outside the book', so we plan on showing you all we have on offer on top of all these books on the shelves!

So keep an eye on this blog for more details on what is happening daily and watch out for our pop-up library in AS reception, everyday from 12noon until 2pm!

Library Ireland Week 2010

"Libraries are not made; they grow."

Augustine Birrell (1850-1933)

Digital library project... access millions of resources for free!
Europeana: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

Europeana is a multilingual project sponsored by the European Commission and the European Members States that allows you to access more than 6 million digital items: from images, to texts, to sounds and recordings from European and worldwide museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
… a great way of getting lost in virtual space and discover resources that make your mind wonder and travel!

Libraries of the world (by A. Finegan)
Monday 8th March 2010:

The National Library of India (Kolkata)
http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/
The National Library of India in Kolkata has collections in all the Indian languages as well as foreign language books published on India. The Library also collects, processes and preserves Chinese and other East Asian languages; at present the collection has 15,000 Chinese and one thousands each in Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Nepali and Thai languages. There also a large number of Arabic, Persian and African books and manuscripts.

The National Library of China
http://www.nlc.gov.cn/old/old/english.htm
The National Library of China in Beijing has a rich collection of over 24,1100,000 volumes/items, and ranks 5th among the libraries of the world. In the collection there are 270,000 volumes of rare books, 1,600,000 volumes of general ancient books, 35,000 pieces of the scripted turtle shells and animal bones.
The Library not only has the largest collection of Chinese books in the world, but also the biggest collection of materials in foreign languages in the country. In the main collections of the Rare Book Department, there are 270,000 volumes of ancient rare books, including 1,600 volumes of the Song and Yuan dynasties, most of which are the only existing copies or rare copies. Besides, there are 12,000 volumes of new rare books, manuscripts of notable authors, and 25,000 volumes of rare books in foreign languages, 268,000 items of rubbings, which are worldwide famous for its number, quality and variety.

The National Library of Sweden
http://www.kb.se/english/

The National Library of Sweden in Stockholm has been collecting everything printed in Sweden or in Swedish since 1661. The Department of Audiovisual Material (previously the Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images) collects TV and radio programs, movies and videos distributed in Sweden, Swedish music and multimedia recordings.
The National Library is also a humanities research library that purchases scholarly literature in several languages.
The National Library coordinates services and programs for all research libraries in Sweden and administers and develops LIBRIS, the national library catalogue system.

Library Ireland Week (March 2-6) - DBS Library events

To celebrate Library Ireland Week (March 2nd-8th) DBS Library will be holding a series of events to introduce students and staff to library services and resources. Most of the scheduled talks focus on a particular subject area but are open to anyone who wants to come along and learn more.

Posters and flyers should appear around the college closer to the date but here are the details of events so far...

We hope to see you there!

• Monday March 2nd - Time: 2-3, Room: AS 3.6 - 'Library resources for English Literature & Literary Criticism' - Justin Smyth (AS Library staff)
  

• Tuesday March 3rd - Time:2-3, Room AS 3.5 -'Getting the most from library resources for Media, Communications & Film studies' - Laura Rooney Ferris (Library Systems, AS Library)

• Wednesday March 4th -

1. Time 1.15 Room: DS 3.1 - 'Resources for Postgraduate students' - Emilie Jost (Postgraduate Librarian)

2. Time: 4-5 Room: AS 3.4 -'Using the internet for academic research' -Laura Rooney Ferris

• Thursday March 5th -

1. Time: 2-3 Room: Law room, Portobello Library - 'Resources for Law students' - Jane Buggle (Librarian, Portobello)
2. Time: 4-5 Room: AS 1.2 - 'Locating business, company and marketing information' - Marie O' Neill (Librarian, DBS)
   

• FridayMarch 6th -

1. Time: 11-12 Room: AS 1.4 - 'Managing your library account'- Colin O' Keeffe (Reader services, AS Library)
2. Time:2-3 Room: AS 3.3 - 'What can your library do for you' open feedback and suggestion session with staff & students - Laura Rooney Ferris/Marie O' Neill