Noise in the Library

As the library is very crowded at the moment in the run up to exams, noise levels, and mobile phones are becoming a huge problem. The library staff are continuously getting complaints from fellow students about the noise in the library.

Despite the best efforts of the library staff and library porters, students are continually ignoring our requests by using mobiles, talking in groups and generally disregarding consideration for other students who are studying.

Please respect the rules and regulations of the library and show consideration for all users of the library at all times.

If students wish to study together, they can book a study room for that purpose, otherwise the open floor is for individual, quiet study only.

Short Loan Books Now Held Behind the Issue Desk

Short Loan books are now held behind the issue desk at the Dublin Rd. campus

Books that are in high demand can only be borrowed for 24 hours - these books have a green '1 Day Loan' sticker on the spine of the book.

These items cannot be renewed - items that are returned late incure a fine of 20c per hour or part thereof.

Short loan books were previously shelved with the general collection but have recently been changed to behind the issue desk - Please come to the desk if you wish to borrow a Short Loan book.

British Standards Online

The Library recently downgraded our BSI subscription (due to budgetary restrictions) from a 15 to a 10 module package. We were able to select the modules with highest popularity here in the Institute but we are required to inform all patrons that standards from the following modules, which are no longer subscribed, must be deleted and destroyed.

As per the terms and conditions of your BSOL agreement, any documents
in any format from outside of your 10 chosen modules MUST be destroyed.

The modules we no longer have access to are:

• GBM14 - Manufacturing Engineering
• GBM17 Electrical Engineering in General
• GBM27 Road Vehicle Engineering
• GBM05 Science and Health Care
• GBM35 Textiles, Leather and Clothing

If you have British Standards from the above modules in paper or electronic format, our BSI licence agreement requires that you remove, delete and/or destroy them. A copy of our British Standards Online (BSOL) licence is available from myself on request.

We appreciate your co-operation on this matter.

Christmas Borrowing

Any general library books issued on your account from Monday 12th December 2011 will not be due back to the library until Monday 9th January 2012.

Check out our Christmas opening hours

EndNote Web Info

Please note: Chrome does not support direct export using the 'Capture' button. Please use Firefox or Internet Explorer for this functionality.

EndNote Web Drop-in Sessions for December

Find out how to collect references quickly and easily from online sources (databases, library catalogues & web pages) and insert them into a Word document instantly using 'Cite While You Write'

The last training sessions for 2011 are:

Wednesday 7th December - 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Thursday 8th December - 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Monday 12th December - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Venue: Ground Floor Library IT Training Room