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

 

Have you taken the library survey yet?

 

If not there is still time to fill it out at

Yeats Library Student Survey or from the Library Homepage

 

Easter Opening Hours

Out of term library opening hours for Easter:

Sat 23rd March                             10.00 - 14.00 

Mon 25th - Wed 27th March          9.00 - 17.00

Closed from Thursday 28th to Tuesday 3rd April

Wed 3rd April - Fri 5th April          9.00 - 17.00

Closed Saturday 6th April

Monday 8th April - normal term time opening hours

Happy Easter from the Yeats Library staff!

Seachtaine na Gaeilge Event

IT Sligo International Office and Yeats Library have organised an Irish Langauge and Culture event for Seachtaine na Gaeilge. A talk will be given on the items on display in the Special Collections Exhibtion Space in the Social Zone followed by a lesson on some simple Irish phrases. After, enjoy some live traditional Irish music. Tea/coffee and sandwiches provided.

Quick Reads

Quick Reads are books published each year in conjunction with World Book Day (7th March, 2013) to promote reading for everyone.

This year, six new short stories by famous authors have been added to the collection.

These are now available to borrow from the library - see the Quick Reads stand beside the library information desk for the new titles.

4th Year ECCE Project for World Book Day 2013

World Book Day (7th March) was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The aim is to encourage people of all ages to read, in particular children.

The library has a display of some wonderful story books for young children created and designed as part of a 4th year project by students from the Early Childhood Care in Education course (who are pictutered with their lecturer Kate Duke and Ursula Cox from the library)

These books are currently on display at the library information desk.

Book a library study room

The library has 13 seminar rooms available for group work/study.

The Info Zone and Quiet Zone have four rooms on each floor while there are five downstairs in the Social Zone. Several of the rooms have flat screens and room 4 on the Info Zone has an interactive white board (VGA cables for the tv screens can be borrowed at the information desk if needed).

All of the rooms can be booked via the Library Homepage.

The maximum time a room can be booked is for two hours. For more details see Library Room Booking