New homes for old books - Better World Books

Better World Books is a type B Corporation which "uses the power of books to solve social and environmental problems".
This is achieved by reselling discarded or donated books and using the funds to support international literacy programs.

Yeats Library is one of 4,000 libraries, colleges and bookstores using Better World Books as a sustainable method for dealing with discarded books while also supporting literacy initiatives worldwide.
This week seven more boxes of discarded books were sent from the library to Better World Books to find new homes and contribute towards literacy.

Christmas Opening Times

12 Educational Apps

Have you registered for the 12 Apps of Christmas?


Lots of interesting learning apps unwrapped each day and prizes to be won!

For more information go to
www.dit.ie/the12appsofchristmas

Earth Building Conference 13th-14th November

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Earth Building Conference in IT Sligo starting today with talks, field trips and workshops running over the next two days.

For more details see Earth Building Ireland 2015 in Sligo.

Science Week Lectures

Design Your Future lunchtime and evening lectures
Monday 9th - Friday 13th November.

Topics covered range from Rocket Science to Earth Building, Ancient Honey Remedies to Modern Pharmaceuticals and from Blackholes to Birdart - all in one week!

12 Apps of Christmas

DIT are running the 12 Apps of Christmas for a second year.

This project explores 'the role mobile apps can play in helping students personalise their learning'. Each day from 1st December a new app is 'unwrapped' for you to discover.

For more information go to
www.dit.ie/the12appsofchristmas

Science Fair

IT Sligo Science Fair is on this Sunday 8th Novemeber from 2-5pm
Check out the full schedule of events - there is
something for everyone!

Graduation 2015

Student ID Cards Now Available!

The ID Card system is up and running again!  Anyone who is waiting on a card to be printed please call to the library.
Student ID Cards for Online Learners who have uploaded their photos are being processed and will be posted out accordingly.

Ebooks available

Did you know that the library has access to over 85,000 full text ebooks via the database ebrary?
Ebooks make online researching more flexible as they can be accessed  via any computer or mobile device wherever and whenever suits. With ebrary you can set up a personal online bookshelf to browse in your own time.

Getting started with ebrary is easy so why not try it today!

All of the ebooks from ebrary are incorporated into the Summon search on the library homepage (see Ask Us for FAQs on ebrary).