1. Induction Presentation 2018
Programmes of study
Induction Presentation 2018
Library & Information Services
Aoife Geraghty
Head of Information Services

2. What You Need to Know About the Library
We support the teaching, learning and research activities of the university through the provision of quality information resources, education, support and facilities to students, staff, faculty and researchers.
With over one million in-person visits annually and 1.5 million downloads from the digital collections, the Glucksman Library is one of the most popular and heavily used places on campus.
Your UL ID card is your entry to the library and the card that you use for borrowing. Your UL ID is your login to our electronic resources.
We have books, ebooks, journals, databases, and – new this semester – Reading Lists Online linking you directly from the Virtual Learning Environment to the items on the reading list.
Our new building, to be completed in Spring 2018
Extra 1200 study spaces for a variety of learning styles, silent and collaborative.
Dedicated innovative digital, media and data spaces providing facilities for media creation, practice presentations and high-end computing
Revitalised and expanded Special Collections area to include exhibition, reading, presentation and digitisation spaces
Graduate reading room
Smart classrooms and group study rooms
Health Science library
Law library
Automated Retrieval Collection
What You Need to Know About the Library
Programmes of study

4. Collection Development in support of the curricular and research needs of the university
Classes - Information & Digital Literacy; Referencing; Bibliographic Management Software; Systematic Searching
First Year Student Retention and Transition support from the Student Engagement & Success Unit (
Research support – Bibliometrics, Scopus, SciVal – identifying collaborators, managing and measuring your impact, advice on research data management
Subject-specific support for classes and collection development from faculty librarians
Technology Enhanced Learning (
Support in publishing and dissemination of information
How We Can Support You
Programmes of study