In November the Library will introduce a new, more powerful search engine called Discover! This search engine provided by EBSCO will have a number of enhanced features and will search across many databases. Discover! takes research to the next level through a perfect combination of content and technology, taking into account all of the critical elements in the research process, and changing the expectations of how a discovery solution can and should address the needs of its users.

Discover! provides a fast, streamlined search through a single search box, but within the context of a greater experience that pulls together intuitive features and functionality, high-end indexing via inclusion of Subject Indexes, and instant access to critical full text.
You can trial our new search engine at:                                                                                  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,guest&custid=s3335341&groupid=main&profile=eds

At the end of October 2017, the library’s search engine “Summon” will cease to operate.  If you have bookmarks or favorites, please update them to our new search engine Discover! If you have any documents or literature on searching library’s resources please update them to the new search system.

PLEASE NOTE: If you were using RefWorks referencing tool within the Summon, you must print or export them before 31/10/2017 as these details will not be transferred over to the new EBSCO Discovery Service.                                                                                                                                                                     In November the library will launch its new Library website, it will be more informative, dynamic and engaging. November will see the launch of the new Library Management System “KOHA”; it will  replace the old Millennium system. KOHA is an advanced open source integrated library system and will enhance the users experience for all researchers. It is a truly remarkable system and a monumental step forward for all our libraries. 

PLEASE NOTE: Patrons who use the “Reading History” option in their Library Accounts should note that these details will not be transferred over to the new system. We therefore recommend making a copy of your reading history in advance of the changeover.

ABLE Artist Books Limerick Exhibition 2017

Launch Night

Academic & Special Libraries Conference ASL2017 -The Sociable Librarian: Connecting & Creating Communities

We were so lucky to attend the Academic & Special Libraries Conference in Dublin on the 16th and 17th of February. The title of the conference was The Sociable Librarian: Connecting & Creating Communities To say we enjoyed the experience and came away bouncing with ideas and filled with enthusiasm is an understatement!
Here are our highlights:
After an initial meet and greet with Librarians from all over the country we settled in for the first keynote speaker, the delightful Brenda O'Connell from UL whose talk 'Wellbeing Begins with ‘We’ not ‘Me’: The Benefits of Social Relationships' was extremely thought provoking. She discussed the importance of friendships within the workplace for our mental health, her statistics about the amount of time we actually spend with our co-workers in comparison to time spent with friends and family was staggering, therefore we need to have a good relationship or we'd be pretty miserable! Thankfully here in our library friendships are strong.
The next speaker was Maeve Gebruers from The Irish Traditional Music Archive with 'Reels in the attic: the ITMA story that reached millions' It was such a heartwarming story about the wonderful Anne Gannon, a woman well before her time, who was the first private individual to make tape recordings of Irish traditional music in Ireland. Her incredible archive, which she donated to ITMA was recorded by Anne in a time when even getting electricity to many of the rural communities was difficult, not to mind lugging the cumbersome equipment from house to house. She was some character, and her joie de vivre can be seen in the footage of her interviews, everyone in the audience had a smile on their faces by the end of Maeve's talk!

We had two more speakers Dr Bríd McGrath on Research fellowships as a means of marketing your library and Johanna Archbold with Surveys & smileys at the RCSI Library: UX on double duty. Later we had a lovely wine reception with nibbles, where we got to mingle with librarians and speakers from all over the country.
The next morning we were a little tender as we made our way down for the Keynote speaker Scotty Bonner, but all sluggishness quickly disappeared as we listened to this inspirational librarian. He hailed from a small public library in Ferguson, a town that which became embroiled in protests and riots that began the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. The whole town went into shutdown for weeks on end but Scotty decided to adapt the mantra 'if safe, open, if open, we do everything we possibly can'. And boy did he mean everything! They galvanised the whole community, and as the schools were closed they set up desks and tables for teachers who wanted to volunteer, and the children came in and got their lessons, they then extended out to the local hall to accommodate more people, they got food trucks to deliver food for the children..it was incredible! I don't think there was a dry eye at the end of Scotty's talk when he described the night Darren Wilson was acquiited, and the whole town exploded in the worst riots, but the next morning as he came down through the streets where every building had windows smashed .. there standing like a beacon, untouched and perfect. was the library! He truly knows the meaning of being a librarian...and the people of his town were very lucky!
We had a lovely treat during our chosen workshop with two Librarians from UCC Martin O’Connor and Ronan Madden speaking about their radio show 'Shush! Sounds from UCC library'. Their weekly one hour show is broadcast to the UCC Community and beyond via the college broadcaster UCC Campus Radio. Their passion for music was more than evident, and their unique show, which incorporates interviews with librarians and various library issues, is simply inspired. What a fabulous way to engage people from all over the campus and beyond..they have regular listeners and fans from all over the world...be advised by us, in the infamous words of Timothy Leary 'tune in or drop out' :)
Check out this gorgeous shot I got of Martin and Ronan, which I called 'two total charmers'

We also went to the workshop by Ester Walsh 'Lessons learned in creating e-learning guides for a law firm' which was fascinating, but due to the fact that it was for a law firm I won't go into anymore detail, except to say we got some great tips and hope to apply them when we set up our own e-learning guides!
To sum up: We had fun, we laughed, we cried, we socialised, Colette even won the raffle!...and we can't wait til next year!
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LIBRARY READER-COLETTE REAL

Colette Real: Our lovely LSAD Librarian tells us why Christmas was always so special and why she’s a great listener...and a few other titbits to boot! Favourite Childhood Book: Mandy comic book magazine for girls, which was published from 21 January 1967 to 11 May 1991, I got it every weekend. Then every Christmas I would get the Annual, which was the highlight of my Christmas day, reading these by the fire. College Book: The Art of Listening by Erich Fromm, because I used it for one of the first essays I had to write while I was doing my degree in Library and Information Science. Reading this book really increased my ability to listen more to students and staff. Maybe some Politicians would benefit from reading it! Recent Book: On of my favourite recent books is the Girl on the Train, it pulls off a thriller's toughest trick carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didn't see coming. Nail biting to the end. What caught my eye for this book was Train...Witness to murder...Hitchcock...Rear Window. Those words will get me almost every time. Library Memory: On my first day working in LSAD library, a student came in and asked ‘do you have many books?’ I replied that we did indeed and was there one in particular she’d like, and she said ‘just many’..I was a little baffled until further probing uncovered she wanted books on the artist Manet, I have to admit it was hard to keep a straight face! Treaure Island Book: 50 shades of grey...or just give me the lead actor Jamie Dornan and he can keep me company :) .

THE UNHEIMLICH MANOEUVRE

Delighted and excited to have this fabulous book by our very own Tracy Fahey in our library and ready to be borrowed! The Unheimlich Manoeuvre is a collection of short stories based around ideas of the domestic uncanny – the Unheimlich. The stories in this collection don’t fall into the conventional ‘haunted house’ bracket, but explore the psychological horror that occurs when home is subverted as a place of safety, when it becomes surreal, changes, and even disappears… In these stories, a coma patient awakes to find herself replaced by a doppelganger, a ghost estate reflects doubles of both houses and inhabitants, a woman looks for the site of a Gothic atrocity, a suburban enclave takes control of its trespassers, and a beaten woman exacts revenge. Just as the Heimlich Manoeuvre restores order, health and well-being, the Unheimlich Manoeuvre does quite the opposite.

Great journal articles

Martin Scorsese discusses faith, film making and his fascination with the giants of Japanese cinema in this months 'sight and sound' journal

ARTIST BOOKS LIMERICK EXHIBITION 2017

This year's ABLE exhibition is about to kick-off! Are you ready? Artists book(s) ready? Submissions of Artists books will be accepted from 1st Feb to the 14th. There is an entry fee of 3.00 per book and they can be left into Anne in the Library with any special instructions you might have. The Exhibition will take place in the LSAD foyers from 20th Feb to 3rd Mar, 2017. Photobooks, Pop-up books, drawings, sketchbooks, journals, foldovers, altered, Zines........An Artist's book is what you make it....!!!

So long Leonard Cohen ( 1934 –2016)

The Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter was beloved throughout the world for his deeply emotional and heartfelt lyrics, the soundtrack to many of my days and nights I must add! There is a nice little library story about him too…...when he was 25 years old, a librarian in the University of Toronto called Richard Landon, insisted the library buy some of his manuscripts, including drafts of Beautiful Losers and Let Us Compare. subsequently Leonard forged a strong bond with the library and has donated over a hundred boxes of his personal papers. The boxes include drafts of literary works, biographic material and correspondence with poets Irving Layton and Allen Ginsberg, and photos taken at a studio session with Phil Spector and Joni Mitchell in the 70’s. “University of Toronto has been very kind to me over the years – and when I really needed it too -so I feel very grateful to the University and to the library,” said Cohen. Once they have archived all the material much of it will be available online to the public.

CHRISTMAS

Hope you all have a FABULOUS Christmas and New Year! We will be open the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of January 9am-5pm (not open Saturday) and normal hours resume on the 9th. Be Good :)

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Run....to the library this Saturday ...open 11am til 4pm

BLOOM MAGAZINE LSAD LIBRARY

We do love Bloom magazine..always visually stunning and inspirational. The latest one is on faith in case anyone is doing reaearch on this topic: Recognizing their inspirations and yielding to innate creative urges, artists and designers will build up the needed confidence to create new matter, landscape other horizons, design decorative objects, weave unusual fibers, draw non-existent flowers, created with the deep conviction that aesthetic expressions will resonate with others and are able to heal and care for people. Faith grows from future generations, professing their reliance on inner strength, convinced to reroute society the way they see it; convivial, cooperative, concerting, concerned, a society where truth remains an important quality and flexible forms of constancy help to compose the rhythm of existence. Li Edelkoort

5th International Summit of the Book

In conjunction with the US Library of Congress, the Library Association of Ireland (LAI), the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), Libraries Northern Ireland, the National Library of Ireland, the Society of National, College and University Libraries (SCONUL), the Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) and other partners, Limerick Institute of Technology Library are proud to host the 5th International Summit of the Book, which will be held in the Strand Hotel, Limerick, November 2-3rd 2016 http://www.summitofthebook2016.com/ This is the first time that this prestigious International Summit has been hosted in Ireland. The International Summit of the Book is one of the important initiatives launched by the US Library of Congress to emphasize the key position of the book and libraries in preserving national cultural identities and human civilization. The inaugural Summit took place in Washington D.C. on 6–7 December 2012. Every year, the Summit is held in a city that has a global cultural impact—namely Washington, Singapore and Paris in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively. Last year this important cultural event was held for the first time in Africa and the Arab world- in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt under the theme “Books, Reading, and Technology”. Taking inspiration from Samuel Beckett- one of our most eminent writers, the theme for this year’s Summit is ‘Words are all we have,’ the Book: History, Knowledge and Technology, the Voyage’.Eminent international figures, intellectuals, and library professionals from around the world will participate in this event. The Summit which is supported by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the US Library of Congress will discuss key issues on technology and manuscripts, including the role of translation in the preservation and transmission of culture, and the book as an important tool in cultural exchange. The Summit will also discuss the development of books into electronic formats, and its impact on reading; the challenges facing books and the publishing industry and the role of books and reading in societies. This International Summit is a unique and historic event- as it brings together the most important and influential library organisations on the island of Ireland. For further information about the 5th International Summit of the Book please contact: Jerald Cavanagh Institute Librarian, LIT - 00353)61 208806; Mobile (00353)86 8366726 Email Jerald.Cavanagh@lit.ie or Padraig Kirby, Senior Library Assistant, LIT (00353)61 293516; Mobile(00353)87 9734896 Email Padraig.Kirby@lit.ie

shiney new books LSAD

E-book platform

LIT Library would like to inform that Ebrary database has just moved to the new platform ProQuest Ebook Central. Ebook Central platform has been designed for accessibility and ease of use and is very similar to the Ebraryplatform. All existing Ebrary patron accounts have been transferred to the Ebook Central platform. If you have Ebrary bookmarks or items on the bookshelf, don’t worry, they will be redirected to the new page!

THESES THESES THESES THESES THESES THESES

Well done to all who completed their Theses and FYP’s for the last academic year. We are always very excited when they arrive into the library, they are a nice reminder of you and your chosen topic. It’s quite a good feeling when your work is bound and processed and sitting on a shelf for other students to be inspired by, it means all that research has paid off. And they are ‘Library use only’ so they get extra special attention and no-one can take them home. And for all of you currently pondering a topic and beginning the research process don’t be afraid to avail of library training...it really will make life easier!

Library Training Workshops

Library Training Workshops Library training workshops have kicked in! We ran quite a few in September but we have more in October for anyone who missed them. October 4th Introduction to Endnote October 6th Library resources for getting started with your thesis October 12th Summon, ebrary & other library databases October 13th Harvard Referencing workshop October 19th Summon, ebrary & other library databases October 20th Library resources for getting started with your thesis October 25th Introduction to Endnote October 27th Harvard Referencing workshop Training will be held in the Library Training Room in Moylish Library from 1-2 pm. All welcome!

Star Reader Edward Kenehan

This weeks star reader is our fabulous fourth year ‘print and combined media’ student Ed Kenehan. Ed he has an avid interest in film and has donated many, many,amazing DVD’s to our library so instead of books I asked Ed to name the films that have had the biggest influence on his life. Favourite Childhood Film: There are two films that stand out from my childhood, both directed by John Ford, ‘How Green was my Valley’ and ‘The Grapes of Wrath’. Some of the scenes in ‘The Grapes of Wrath remind me of photographer Dorothy Lange's’ photographs from the American depression. It has the most beautiful scenes shot in black and white that I have ever seen on film. My most influential college movie is David Lynch’s ‘Erasurehead’. Lecturer Dara Waldron ran a seminar on David Lynch, and to get a better insight into the director and his movie I picked the course. One of the strangest films I have ever seen but after the seminar I looked at it completely differently, again it was made in black and white and the use of background audio is brilliant.  Desert Island Having read about Alexander Selkirk in school and finding out that Robinson Crusoe was actually based on this real life incident fascinated me. Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’ is another favourite, I have seen different versions over the years of this in film, but my favourite Long John Silver will always be Robert Newton. I can’t forget poor Benn Gunn left alone on that island and all he wanted was a piece of cheese! My favourite library anecdote is: in first year one of the girls from sculpture approached me in the library and asked me to put my most important college items into a box and explain why they were important to me... I put in my USB memory sticks ..but now I have three divine librarians instead.

Don't forget to return your books before you jet off on your holidays

Star Reader LIT Lecturer Simon McGuire

LIT Lecturer Simon McGuire, founder and director of the Limerick Film Festival, who lives by the mantra ‘choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’, took time out to tell us about his favourite books...and explain why he’ll always have a conversation on a desert island. Favourite Book: The Craftsman By Richard Sennett: This text presents a philosophically-minded enquiry into the idea of craftsmanship. It is divided into three parts: addressing the craftsman at work; the development of skill; and whether motivation counts for more than talent. Most important college book: Social Research Methods By Alan Bryman: This introduction to research methods provides students and researchers with unrivalled coverage of both quantitative and qualitative methods, making it invaluable for anyone embarking on social research. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, and packed full of engaging examples and practical tips to equip students with the tools and knowledge needed for them to complete their own research projects. Desert Island book: The Conversations By Michael Ondaatje:  The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through.