St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Yeats Library will be closed on 17th March after which normal opening hours will resume for the rest of the week.
Wednesday 18^th March:            09.00-21.00
Thursday 19^th March:               09.00-21.00
Friday 20^th March:                   09.00-17.00
Saturday 21^st March:               10.00-14.00

International Women's Day 2015

Kitwe Art Exhibition

Yeats Library, IT Sligo in association with 

The Happy Planet One World Student Society 

invites you to the official opening of 

An exhibition of paintings by Zambian Artists 

from the Sligo Kitwe Cooperation Link Collection

to take place in the Social Zone (lower ground floor), Yeats Library on Tuesday 24 February at 5.30 pm.

The collection has been donated to IT Sligo by the Sligo Kitwe Cooperation Link, an organisation that has worked with communities in Kitwe in the Copperbelt of Northern Zambia.

Website Update - off campus database access

From January 2015 off campus database access requires your college logon (same logon as Moodle) instead of the library password.
Your library password is still required for exam paper access and renewing books online.
If you have difficulties please e-mail library@itsligo.ie

Changes to Room Booking System!

Changes have been made to the booking system for study rooms to cope with demand for time slots.

From January 2015, room bookings will be restricted to 4 time slots per day, that is four half hour sessions, giving 2 hours max. per person. 

Future bookings will now extend to as far as one month in advance.

This is to make the system fairer to everyone, so that the rooms are not block booked but usable in small slots by everyone.

Student ID cards for Exams

If you have exams this week and don't have your student ID card yet - don't panic.

All you need to do is upload your photo to Moodle and send an email request to library@itsligo.ie to get your student card posted out to you.
See previous post How to upload your student photograph for guidelines on how to do this.
However, if you do not have your ID card in time for an exam or for some reason forget it, please bring some form of photographic ID with you, either Passport or Driving Licence, along with your student number.

Best of luck!

Extended Opening Hours

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

The end of this term is Friday 12th December. To facilitate students studying for exams, the Library will open late the following week Mon 15th-Thurs 18th December.
It will also be open Saturdays 13th and 20th of December and 3rd Jan, 2015 from 10am-2pm.

Out of term extended opening hours:
Saturday 13th December                                    10am-2pm
Monday 15th-Thursday 18th December              9am-9pm (late opening)
Friday 19th December                                          9am-5pm
Saturday 20th December                                    10am-2pm
Mon 22nd-Tues 23rd December                          9am-5pm

2015
Friday 3rd January 2015                                       9am-5pm
Saturday 4th January 2015                                 10am-2pm

Regular opening times, including late opening, resumes from Monday 5th Jan, 2015

Library Week- Assignment Focus

This week is National Library Week and the theme this year is 'Open for Business'. Yeats Library is 'open for business' with the focus this week on  resources to help you through your assignments such as Summon searching,  Endnote Web and assignment support guides available on Yeats Library Moodle page.

Drop-in labs for Endnote Web will be available from Mon-Wed at lunchtimes, 1.10-1.50pm,
in room B1041 and there will be a pop-desk on the corridor with guides on getting started with your assignment.

Science Week 9th-16th Nov

Science Week takes place this week promoting how we use science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in our everyday lives.

The schedule of lectures for Science Week is as follows:

Tuesday 11th November
1pm, Ireland’s Weather: A Journey through Time -Evelyn Cusack, Deputy Head of Forecasting, Met Éireann and Radio/TV weather broadcaster
7.30pm, Botox: One of the World’s Most Versatile Medicines-Carmel Keane, Allergan Ltd

Wednesday 12th November
1-2pm, Nature Walk at IT Sligo Campus – Michael Casey, IT Sligo and Michael Bell, BirdWatch Ireland (the Fish Monument at 1pm)
7.30pm, Accident, Suicide or Homicide – Dr Michael Curtis, Deputy State Pathologist

Thursday 13th November
7.30pm Infomar: Mapping our Marine to Manage Our Future -Thomas Furey, Joint Infomar Programme Manager, Marine Institute

Friday 14th November
7.30pm, The Reintroduction of Birds of Prey in Ireland - Lorcan O’Toole, Golden Eagle Trust and BirdWatch Ireland.

Literature Review Week - Now Available

Please click HERE to view the talks listed below from Literature Review Week which took place from Oct 20th-23rd.

Topics covered included:

Plagiarism in Lit Reviews: a tricky path by Perry Share Head of School of Business & Social Sciences
Turnitin by Brian Coll, Lecturer in School of Engineering & Design
Tidy your wardrobe! Writing your Literature Review by Louis Mc Manus, Lecturer in Art from School of Engineering & Design
Tools & tips for your study life by Fiona Fox & Áine Meehan, Yeats Library