Special Collections Exhibition: Original issues of the Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society dating from 1892.

The Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society (JCHAS) has been in publication since 1892 covering topics on archaeology, history and geology. The issues on display are original issues from the early volumes of this journal and are just a selection from a larger collection kindly donated to Yeats Library by Maurice Meade (on display in Special Collections exhibition cabinet no.1, Social Zone)

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.

Mircosoft Imagine Cup Irish Finalists -Team RUCK

Best of luck to IT Sligo's Team RUCK who are representing Ireland in the Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals in St.Petersburg, Russia this week. Results are due out on Thursday 11th July. Fingers crossed!

Yeats Day 2013!

Today is the birthday of W.B.Yeats and Sligo is playing host to a variety of events from Dawn to Dusk to mark the occasion. One of the events is an exhibtion in the Pollexfen Building, Wine Street which has on display works by Yeats  from the National Library of Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and Yeats Library Special Collections.

There is also a display by 3rd year IT Sligo Interior Architecture students of a project they completed on the redesign of the actual  Pollexfen Building.

The exhibition runs from June13th-15th.

IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Congratulations to author Kevin Barry on winning the prestigious IMPAC Literary Award in Dublin this week for his first novel City of Bohane. The novel is set in the furturistic city of Bohane along the west coast of Ireland,  a once reveered but now much troubled and divided city struggling with tribal rivalry.

Titles for the IMPAC Award are nominated by international libraries based on users preferences and is worth €100,000. Kevin who is originally from Limerick, now resides in Sligo.

Summer 2013

Late opening will continue in the library until the beginning of June when out of term time hours begin 9-1 and 2-5

Exams

It's that time of year again!

Just a reminder that the library is open from 9am-9pm, Monday to Thursday and  9am-5pm on Fridays during examtime. Saturday opening will continue from 10am-2pm until the end of term.
Examination papers can be accessed from the library homepage.

Good luck with the exams.

Library Survey

 

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Yeats Library Student Survey or from the Library Homepage