Academic & Research support services at the Aoife Geraghty Head of Information Services Glucksman Library

UL staff card is your library card Term-time Mon-Fri 08.30-23.00 Sat 10.00-19.00 Sun 11.00-18.00 Borrowing books: 20 items at any one time for a period of 77 days. Opening Hours and Borrowing Books

Gobnait O’Riordan, Director, Library & Information Services Division Caleb Derven, Head of Technical & Digital Services, LISD Mary Dundon, Head of Reader Services, LISD Ciara McCaffrey, Deputy, Library & Information Services Division Ken Bergin, Head of Special Collections, LISD Aoife Geraghty, Head of Information Services, LISD

Information Services Librarians Liz Dore Faculty of Education & Health Sciences Pattie Punch Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences & IWAMD Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha Faculty of Science & Engineering Peter Reilly Kemmy Business School Michael Smalle Student Engagement & Success Dr Fintan Bracken Research Services & Bibliometrics Information Services Librarians

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New Reading List Software coming from February 2017 Makes the creation and maintenance of reading lists easier for instructors Bridges the gap between instructors, students, and the library surrounding course resources, connecting reading lists to resources, and instructors to librarians Enables online collaboration for academic staff, students, and librarians, increasing student engagement Enables the library to become a more active partner in the teaching and learning process, and thus to optimally address the institution’s academic goals. Works with our new library system and with Sulis and Moodle

Current process Lists are compiled by faculty and printed or uploaded to VLE without links or availability information, and out of sight of library staff Faculty librarians send emails to confirm edition details Emails & Excel/Word lists between faculty librarians & individual faculty or administrators Library staff check availability and editions Order is placed by support staff

Future Process Embedded in VLE with direct links to multimedia and to live catalogue. Orders can be triggered from VLE as well as notes to library e.g. digitisation requests. Enables student discussion around readings. Lists can be detailed and responsive, & can be updated with notes from the lecturer e.g. ‘Read pp.28-42 for Tues. Note author’s use of …’ More and better reading by students