Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney 1939 – 2013 Bogland for T. P. Flanagan We have no prairies To slice a big sun at evening-- Everywhere the eye concedes to Encroaching horizon, Is wooed into the Cyclops' eye Of a tarn. Our unfenced country Is bog that keeps crusting Between the sights of the sun. They've taken the skeleton Of the Great Irish Elk Out of the peat, set it up An astounding crate full of air. Butter sunk under More than a hundred years Was recovered salty and white. The ground itself is kind, black but-ter Melting and opening underfoot, Missing its last definition By millions of years. They'll never dig coal here, Only the waterlogged trunks Of great firs, soft as pulp. Our pioneers keep striking Inwards and downwards, Every layer they strip Seems camped on before. The bogholes might be Atlantic seepage. The wet centre is bottomless.

LIT Library ASPIRE towards inclusive education in Europe

From July 29th to August 15th in the Absolute Hotel, Limerick, LIT Library proudly hosted the visit of academics and practitioners from Armenia and Georgia who were participating in curriculum training as part of the ASPIRE European Union funded TEMPUS project. ASPIRE (Access to Society for People with Individual Requirements) which aims to develop access to inclusive education in Armenia and Georgia. The project which is led by Ilia State University, Tbilisi Georgia also involves Edge Hill University (UK), The Pyramid Group (Germany), Technical University Of Kosice (Slovakia) as well as 5 institutions in Armenia and 4 institutions from Georgia. This TEMPUS project will promote and develop access to Inclusive education, to social integration and to non-discrimination treatment of those with special needs in education in accordance with the Bologna Process and United Nations criteria. This will initiate the right of individuals with special needs to access education, to enjoy the right of participation in everyday society and to combat discrimination against them in society by instilling awareness and acceptance in society, as in line with Bologna Process and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Pictured: Jerald Cavanagh- Institute Librarian,Padraig Kirby LIT, with project participants from Armenia, Georgia, Germany and Slovakia

CONGRATULATIONS TO LIT LIBRARY STAFF:

Padraig Kirby received a Master of Science in Information and Library Studies with Merit from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Colette Real received an honours degree in Information and library studies (B.Sc.Econ) from Aberystwyth University, Wales. Welcome back we’ve missed you madly over the Summer. We are very excited about meeting all our new students. Over the last few weeks you were given library induction tours so hopefully you are getting to grips with the layout and function. Your student card is your library card, and you may borrow books and DVD’s, you will also have journals and online databases available for your perusal. The most important thing to remember right now is that we are accessible and not to be afraid to come to the desk and ask us for help, we know it is a difficult few weeks as you adjust to a new environment but we’re here to help….so use us! Picyured above: Colette at her Graduation in July 2013, enjoying a fantastic day with family and friends which she said ‘made the last four years worthwhile’.

LSAD Lecturer new book..

LSAD Lecturer Dara Waldron has just pubished a new book Cinema and Evil: moral complexities and the dangerous film. A great read that is available in both LSAD and LIT library at shelf number 791.4 WAL.

LIPS (Limerick Independent Publishers Salon)

The Artists’ Book show at Ormston House in February was a great success. LSAD library were very proud to be involved in organising and promoting this fabulous exhibition: the perfect opportunity to showcase the library's special collection of Artists’ Books. There were over thirty five small independent publishers attending. The winner of the art competition, which was judged by the Library staff, was LSAD art student Helena Grimes, for her beautifully illustrated artbook .The prize was generously donated by O’Mahony’s booksellers

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LIT Library has implemented a new search engine called ‘Summon’

What is Summon? Summon is a powerful Google-like search engine that allows library researchers to discover material of all sorts through a single search box. It holds listings for journals, books, eBooks, thesis, videos, newspaper articles, government documents, reports, conference papers and more. Summon searches everything currently available in the Classic Library Catalogue, in addition to much of the content of our on-line databases and offers fast access to content such as eJournals or eBooks. From search results, it is one step to the full-text articles or you can see if a book is available. Summon is good starting place when you are uncertain about which discipline-specific library database to use and it can be very helpful when you are beginning research on a subject that is new to you or investigating a multidisciplinary topic. Advantages in using Summon: Through one simple search, it provides instant access to credible and reliable library content – digital and print. Results can be limited to items immediately available in full text online. Search results include citations of many kinds of sources: books, journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings and more. Search results can be limited by content type, library location, subject terms, publication date, language and more. Searches can include materials that are not part of the library collections, but which can easily be requested through our Inter Library Loan service. Citations in your search results can be viewed in commonly used citation formats, exported to Endnote, emailed and printed. You will find Summon on the library home page http://mislibsrv.lit.ie or at http://lit.summon.serialssolutions.com/ ”Quick Start Guide” on how to search Summon is available at: http://mislibsrv.lit.ie/screens/Summonguide.pdf