Saturday opening during exam time

Yeats Library will be open on Saturdays 17th and 24th from 10.00-14.00.

Autumn Exams

Autumn Exams start today so best of luck to anyone sitting exams over the next two weeks.

Information on current exam timetables, locations and fees is available on the Examinations homepage, while exam papers can be accessed from the Library homepage (your student number and library pin will be required).

Yeats International Summer School Forum

The Yeats International Summer School 2013 hosted one of their afternoon forums in IT Sligo yesterday. The forum on Yeats’s A Vision included international speakers Neil Mann, Berg Collection of English and American Literature at the New York Public Library; Matthew Gibson, Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Macau in Southern China; Alex Davies, Professor of English at University College Cork; and Meg Harper, Glucksman Professor of Contemporary Writing in English at the University of Limerick, all pictured here with Institute Librarian Jim Foran.

 An Exhibition of Yeats Family items from the Library Special Collections were displayed in the Social Zone prior to the forum. These included first edition publications by W.B. Yeats and artwork and published material by Jack B. Yeats. A selection of art books and catalogues belonging to Anne Yeats, including several signed copies were also exhibited and over 70 publications from Cuala Press, formerly owned by Elizabeth (Lolly) Yeats.