Thursday 28 March 2013

Bits n' Pieces

A couple of small news items:

1) Loans due back Friday 29th, Saturday 30th March and Monday 1st April have a new due date of Tuesday 2nd April, so don't feel you have to make it over the Easter weekend to return your loans, you can wait until Tuesday now.

2) We've added a 4th study room in Aungier St. However you'll have to share this with library staff, who be using it from time-to-time.

3) We've experiencing some temporary difficulty with Westlaw UK access through Athens at the moment.  I'm sure this will be resolved swiftly. At least I hope it will.

     

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Easter WE opening hours of Library and DBS Buildings

DBS Buildings and DBS Libraries will be open as follow on Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

DBS Aungier Street Building
Good Friday 29th, Saturday 30th, Sunday 31st & Monday April 1st: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Aungier Street Library
Good Friday 29th: 11am-5pm
Saturday 30th: 9.30am-5pm
Sunday 31st & Monday April 1st: 11am-5pm

DBS Dame Street Building
Good Friday 29th & Saturday 30th: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday 31st & Monday April 1st: 11:00am to 5:00pm
Dame Street Library
Good Friday 29th: 11am-5pm
Saturday 30th: 9.30am-5pm
Sunday 31st & B/H Monday 1st: 11am-5pm

DBS Castle House
Good Friday 29th: 8am-10pm
Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st: 9am-6pm
Monday April 1st: Closed

DBS Balfe Street & DBS Bow Lane
Closed Good Friday 29th, Saturday 30th, Sunday 31st & Monday 1st April

Tuesday 26 March 2013

Emerald

We're reorganising how some of our resources are accessed.  Emerald, which is very popular with our business students is available as normal on-campus, but currently if you wish to access it off-campus, the simplest way is through Athens.  Contact the library to have an Athens account created.

Friday 22 March 2013

Free access to Plagrave Macmillan journals througout April

April is the cruellest month, except if you're looking for free access to Palgrave Macmillan journals, in which case, your luck's in.

Palgrave Macmillan are pleased to announce that from April 1-30, 2013 they will be offering free online access to their full journals portfolio.


All current and archival content spanning the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business will be available, including access to the following high-profile journals, Journal of International Business Studies  Journal of the Operational Research Society, Feminist Review , International Politics and the award-winning Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies.

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Extra rooms to study in DBS - week starting 25.03.2013


On the week starting Monday 25th March, the following rooms will be available at the following times.

Please note that you are required to vacate the rooms at the time indicated as classes take place afterwards.

  • Monday 25th March
    •  Computer Lab:
      • CH2.9 - 9am-11.45am
    • Classrooms:
      • CH4.2 - 9am-11.45am
      • CH3.6 - 3pm-4.45pm
  • Tuesday 26th March:
    • Classrooms:
      • CH3.4 - 9am-11.45am
      • DS3.1 - 9am-4.45pm
  • Wednesday 27th March:
    • Computer Lab:
      • CH3.1 - 9am-1.45pm
    • Classroom:
      • Balfe Street Block A room 2.2 - 9am-12.45pm
      • Balfe Street Block A room 1.3 - 4pm-4.45pm
  • Thursday 28th March:
    • Computer Lab:
      •  CH3.4 (computer lab.) - 9am-12.45pm
    • Classroom:
      • AS Auditorium 1 - 9am-12.45pm
      • AS 3.3 - 2pm-4.45pm
  • Friday 29th March (Good Friday)
    • Computer Lab:
      • CH3.1 - 11am-4.45pm
    • Classroom:
      • AS 3.4 - 9amd-4.45pm

New Resource: Credo Reference

We are pleased to announce a new addition to our stable of electronic resources: Credo General Reference 100 (or Credo Reference as we'll simply call it).  As the name may suggest to you, this is a general reference resource  that includes encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries and subject-specific works (there's a title list here and we'll try and add the title list to the library catalogue).  It's like having 100 subject-specific Encyclopaedia Britannicas online. Ok, perhaps that's a wee bit of exaggeration there, but we hope it will prove useful.  A link for on-campus access can be found above or on the e-library page of the library website.  We'll sort out off-campus links shortly, which will probably be through Athens and perhaps Moodle.

Credo General Reference 100

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Getting closer to exams... 3 things to remember!

We are now entering the 'Dreaded Exam Period' and this means three things:

1) We open Sundays and bank holidays 11am to 5pm from the week starting March 24th until the week ending May 18th. All the 10 Sunday/bank holiday opening are listed in a previous post further below, and you can also see them all on the DS and AS library calendars on the Library website 'about the library' section: http://library.dbs.ie/AboutLibrary/Opening-Hours.htm



2) Most previous years' exam papers can be found on Moodle: click on the 'exam papers' link on the left hand side of your Moodle homepage. Exam papers are split by category - undergraduate arts, undergraduate business, postgraduate arts, postgraduate business, law and ICM/DBS diplomas/Springboard courses.





3) Fines double from April 1st until May 18th
So for 2-week, 1-week, 3-day & 7-day law (DS only) items, it will be €1.20 per item per day late.
And instead of €1.50 for 3-day loan, it will be €3.00 per day late.
DVDs remain at €3.00 per DVD per day late.

This is not a cynical revenue generating exercise by the library, this is a genuine attempt to keep books in circulation between all of you needing them for your revisions, and therefore prevent students from holding on to books while many others need them too.

Remember, fines are avoidable! Indeed, you can manage your account online yourself and see if you have books that are reserved by others (they will not be renewable), and renew your other books.
You can do so:
- online (click on the 'Access my library account' icon on the library website and login with the same login as your Moodle logins)
- at the self-issuing stations with your student card
- by telephoning the relevant library site (01-417 7572 for AS library / 01-417 8745 for DS library)




Good luck with your exams!

Tuesday 12 March 2013

No printing in DBS - Friday 15th March, 8am-11am

Due to essential maintenance on DBS printing system, DBS IT department wishes to inform students that there will be no printing available in DBS on Friday 15th March 2013, 8am to 11am.

Bak Holiday Monday library closure

Both libraries will be closed on Monday 18th March

Please note below the building opening times for St. Patrick’s weekend.
Saturday 16th March  - Aungier Street & Castle House will be open – 8:00am to 6:00pm - Dame Street 9:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday 17th March – All buildings will be closed with the exception of Dame Street for viewing of the Parade – 11:00am to 3:00pm
Monday 18th March – Aungier Street & Castle House will be open – 8:00am to 6:00pm

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wednesday 6 March 2013

SPSS training for Business students

Hi all, here is an update on the SPSS training sessions that will run in DBS for Business Students in the coming weeks:

  • Foundation and Advanced SPSS - Wednesday 13th March 3-5 PM CH 2.2
    Foundation and Advanced SPSS - Wednesday 20th March 3-5 PM CH 2.2
  • Foundation and Advanced SPSS - Wednesday 3rd April 3-5 PM CH 2.2
  • Foundation and Advanced SPSS - Wednesday 10th April 3-5 PM CH 2.2

NB: for students who will adopt a quantitative method (survey/questionnaire) for their dissertation it is highly recommended that you attend some of these.

Monday 4 March 2013

Sunday and Bank holiday opening hours: 24th March - 18th May

As every year to help you with your studies towards your summer exams, we will be open everyday - Sunday and Bank holiday included - from the week beginning March 18th until the week ending May 18th.

Please note the Sunday and Bank Holiday 11.00-17.00 opening hours for the following dates:
  • Sunday 24th March
  • Good Friday 29th March
  • Easter Sunday 31st March ONLY DS Library open 11-17 (AS Closed)
  • Easter Monday 1st April ONLY DS Library open 11-17 (AS Closed)
  • Sunday 7th April
  • Sunday 14th April
  • Sunday 21st April
  • Sunday 28th April
  • Sunday 5th May
  • Monday 6th May (May bank holiday) ONLY DS Library open 11-17 (AS Closed) 
 The full opening hours are also available directly here on the Library website: http://library.dbs.ie/AboutLibrary/Opening-Hours.htm