Academic & Research support services at the Aoife Geraghty Head of Information Services Glucksman Library Library Director Gobnait O’Riordan

Liz Dore Faculty of Science & Engineering (Architecture & Science) Pattie Punch Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha Faculty of Science & Engineering (Engineering) Peter Reilly Kemmy Business School Donna Ó Doibhlin Faculty of Education & Health Sciences Dr Fintan Bracken Research Services & Bibliometrics Liaison Librarians at the

Term-time Mon-Fri Sat Sun Borrowing books: 20 items at any one time for a period of 77 days. Opening Hours and Borrowing Books at the

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Inter Library Loans (see Library webpage) SCONUL Access - a co-operative scheme that enables researchers to visit and borrow materials from more than 125 libraries in Ireland and the UK – get a SCONUL Access card from the Library Information Desk. Letter of Introduction (Faculty Librarian) Using other Libraries

Books and multimedia Faculty and staff can order books and non-book material (e.g. multimedia), which will then be added to the library collections - Contact your Faculty Librarian for information on procedures, including advice on whether your Head of Dept needs to sign off on orders. Books can be recommended at any time of year but get orders in 8-10 weeks before the semester start date if you want to be sure … Send a copy of recommended reading lists to your Faculty Librarian to ensure that recommended materials are available for your students in good time. Collection development policies have recently been approved for each academic department. The bookfund is allocated by the Library & Information Resources Development Committee. Allocations are based on FTEs. Each faculty has a representative on the committee. Recommend/purchase resources for the library - Books

Journals and databases Local subscriptions are paid for through the library budget or through departmental budgets. All local subscriptions are currently being reviewed. Many of our journals and databases are paid for through the IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) consortium of the 7 Irish universities + RCSI. Where a new course is planned, it is essential that funding for resources is included in the planning – faculty librarians are members of faculty boards and should be involved in new course planning. Subscriptions are ongoing commitments, so requests take more time to process and decisions must be based on future budget planning. Recommend/purchase resources for the library - Journals

Chair: VP Academic & Registrar Faculty Reps: Walter Stanley(S&E) David Fleming (AHSS) Ross Anderson (E&HS) Mats Melin (IWAMD) Jill Pearson (KBS) Student Reps ULSU Education Officer ULSU President Library Reps: Director (Gobnait O’Riordan) Head of Information Services (Aoife Geraghty) Meet in May and October each year. Library & Information Resources Development Committee

Undergraduates & taught postgraduates classes are planned in liaison with faculty Researchers Realising Your Research Value – from Literature Review to Getting Published Faculty Maximising your Research Impact General – Drop in classes e.g. EndNote Web Online supports Technology Enhanced Learning Unit with the Centre for Teaching & Learning and the Information Technology Division Information & Digital Literacy at the

Librarian, Student Engagement & Success Develop and implement programmes and initiatives aimed at improving undergraduate student transition, retention and success. Focus on early-stage undergraduates, on undergraduate student groups new to the university, and on modules with high attrition rates. Coming soon …

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