LIBRARY IRELAND WEEK 2008

Yes, its that time of year again when we celebrate the wonderful world of Libraries, Librarians, Information and the Internet Library. Library Ireland Week is happening in Libraries all over the country from the 3rd to the 9th of March and LIT Library is partaking in these celebrations by hosting various special events. First off we have the: Minister Willie O'Dea opening the Launch of Library Ireland Week in the Millennium Theatre Foyer at 2.30pm on the 3rd of March.
Then during the week you could maybe drop into the LIT Library Ireland Week Streetscape to sample some of the atmosphere or pick up some “on the spot online database tuition, some of our pocket Library Guides or maybe the latest edition of the LIT Library Newsletter. Other events include the Library Moodle Quiz which you can enter through the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment using your user name and password; Photographic exhibition, book promotions, User Education Sessions and much more..............

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS

LIT Library Photographic competition!

‘SNAP A SHOT’ of “LIMERICK CITY OF LEARNING”.

Use your imaginations and your camera to capture this slogan.
Closing date – Tues 26th of Feb 2008.
Winning photographs will be exhibited at

Library Ireland Week 3rd-9th March.
Entries to the Library in Moylish or Clare st., with your details

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ENDNOTE ??
Are you using Endnote? Fed up spending hours or even days sorting out your bibliographies? Endnote is a reference management program used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. Using Endnote you can create your own library of references, import references from databases such as Science Direct, Wilson Web Art Index, Emerald, Web of Science and more in a matter of seconds! Millions of researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians use EndNote to search online bibliographic databases, organize their references, images and PDFs in any language, and create bibliographies and lists instantly. Instead of spending hours typing bibliographies,they do it the easy way—by using EndNote! To book an Endnote training session in the Library please contact Padraig Kirby at Padraig.Kirby@lit.ie

Ebrary

Create your own bookshelf

Have you created your Bookshelf in Ebrary yet? The Ebrary Bookshelf option enables you to:
Make bookmarks and page notes for any available book.
Highlight text in any available book.
Quickly and easily access all books you have bookmarked, notated, or highlighted.
Be notified of new features and new document collections as they become available.
Log on to Ebrary now and create your own personal library of e books that you can return to again and again. To create your bookshelf click on the Ebrary link on the Library Home page and then enter your username and password. Then click on Do you need to create a new bookshelf? in the Ebrary Database and follow the instructions from there. Have fun!