Access
to other Libraries
Staff/students can
gain access to other Institute of Technology libraries (Partner libraries), excluding DIT,
by obtaining a reader card from the Library Circulation Desk. This is
for reference purposes only.
Staff/students may also be granted access to other college libraries if
the information they require is not available through the Library in ITB.
This access is for one specific day and for reference purposes only. Requests
must be made in person to the Librarian, whereupon a letter of introduction
may be given. This letter must be presented to the librarian in the other
college library.
Alumni Association
ITB Alumni have reading rights (reference only) to the Institute Library
at no charge. There is a charge of €80 per annum for borrowing rights.
Graduates who wish to use the Library will need to download and complete
the following form, and return it to the Library with any payments. Please
download the form here.
Borrowing
If
you wish to borrow books from the Library, you must bring the book and
your ID card to the Issue Desk. You will not be allowed to borrow without
your ID card. Most books, except those marked Reference,
Periodicals, and
Library Use Only, may be borrowed.
Different
types of loans available:
| Long
Loan
can be borrowed for: |
2 weeks |
| Short
Loan
can be borrowed for: |
1 week |
| Day
Loan
can be borrowed for: |
1 day |
Borrowing entitlements
are as follows:
| |
Borrower
Type |
Items |
Loan
Period |
| Staff |
Academic Full-time |
20 |
90 days, 1 week,
1 day |
| |
Academic Part-time |
10 |
90 days, 1 week,
1 day |
| |
Other staff |
5 |
2 weeks, 1 day |
| Students |
Full-time |
5 |
1 or 2 weeks,
1 day |
| |
Part-time |
5 |
1 or 2 weeks,
1 day |
| Postgraduates |
|
10 |
|
There is a security
system in operation in the Library, so before leaving please ensure that
all books have been checked out properly at the Issue Desk.
Self-Issue
The Library has a self-service system whereby
students may issue books to their own account, and also return books. It is located at the end of the Issue Desk on Level 1. User instructions are given on the touch-screen, or feel free to ask a member of the Library
staff to demonstrate.
Fines
Fines
are charged for any items that are overdue, they are as follows:
Long
loans (2 weeks)
- 40c per day
Short
loans (1 week) - 70c per day
Day loans -
€1 per day.
Renewals
Books may be renewed
twice, provided you have no books overdue and no other person has requested
them.
Reservations
Students
may wish to borrow books that are already out on loan. A request can be
placed on these books so that they are held for the student on their return.
Only items which are on loan may be requested. You can do this on the
online catalogue (OPAC) using your PIN (students can self-assign a PIN
during the requesting process). Issue Desk staff will be pleased to show
you how. As soon as the book becomes available, borrowers are notified
by email. The book is held behind the Issue Desk for 5 days only.
A maximum of 3 reservations per person is allowed.
PCs
There
are 24 PCs and two scanners in the Library for students to use. The computers have
Internet access, online databases, and networked software.
These PCs must be booked for an hour at a time. You can do this via the
online catalogue, or please ask at the Circulation Desk. Other computers
are available in various labs around the Institute. Please note that the PCs in the Group Study area do not take USB keys..
External
Readers
A
limited number of external users are permitted to become Library members.
Membership is granted at the discretion of the Librarian, and is for a
3 month period. There is a charge for this service: €10 for a reference
card (no borrowing rights), or €30 for a borrower's card. Please download
the application form for external readership here.
Please download more information here.
Finding
What You Want
To check if the
Library has the book you want, use the Library's OPAC
(Online Public Access Catalogue). This lists all the books that are
available in the Library, and can be accessed on the computers in the Library,
from any other college computer and from home if you have internet access.
The catalogue will tell you if the book is available in the Library and
whether or not it is on loan.
Inter-Library
Loans
Books and journal articles which are not available in the
Library may be obtained from external libraries in the UK and Ireland.
Students may request up to 5 Inter-Library Loans (ILLs) free of charge
in the academic year, providing the request has been sanctioned beforehand
by your lecturer. Any extra ILLs are charged at €14 each. Staff and
researchers: each School has been allocated 40 free ILLs per academic
year. Once this allocation has been filled, ILLs will be charged at €14
each.
An ILL request
can be made on the OPAC using your PIN (you can self-assign a PIN when
requesting an ILL). You will be notified by e-mail when the item becomes
available. It will be kept at the Issue Desk for 1 week only.
Please apply for Inter-Library Loans by using the online
form.
Library
Collections
Books
All of the books
in the Library, including reference books, are arranged according to the
Dewey Decimal Classification system and so are shelved in following order:
000
Computer Science
100 Philosophy & Psychology
200 Religion
300 Social Sciences/Economics
400 Languages
500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics
600 Technology/Management
700 The Arts/Design
800 Literature
900 Geography & History
Books in the Library
cover all the subjects taught at ITB as well as other subject areas, such
as English and Irish literature, travel, hobbies, biography and fiction.
Audio-visual
The
Library holds audio and video cassettes. There is a wide selection of
language learning audio tapes e.g. French, German, Spanish, Italian, Danish
etc. which may be borrowed for the short loan period of 1
week.
The
Library also houses a collection of videos/DVDs. These cover topics such
as business, management, language learning and popular home-grown films,
as well as international cinema. These may be borrowed for 1 week. The
videos can also be viewed in the Library using the TV/Video units located
by the PCs on Level 1. Headphones may be borrowed from the Issue Desk
on presentation of a valid student ID card. Students may not bring their
own videos for viewing in the Library.
Reference
The
Reference section is located near the Circulation Desk on Level 1. Books
from this section may not be taken out of the Library. In this area you will find maps
and atlases of Dublin, Ireland,
Europe and
the World. Language dictionaries such as French, German, Spanish and Italian
are located here, as are dictionaries of computing, marketing, music and
electronics. Almanacs, directories and encyclopaedias, such as the Guinness
Book of Records are also found here.
Journals
The Library Periodicals
Collection includes print and electronic journals (also known as serials
or magazines), as well as daily and weekly newspapers. The printed journal
collection includes approximately 80 titles, which cover the range of
subjects taught at ITB.
Periodicals are shelved
alphabetically by title. Current issues are displayed on the front of
the periodical stand, while back issues are stacked on the shelf immediately
behind. Periodicals cannot be borrowed from the Library as they are for
reference use only. They can be searched for on the OPAC
(Online Public Access Catalogue) by entering the journal title.
Newspapers
The Library holds a
good selection of daily and weekly newspapers which are shelved on the
newspaper display stand. These are for reference only. Most of these newspapers
are also available on the web and through the online database Infotrac.
Back issues of the newspapers are held for 3 months only and are shelved
on Level 1 of the Library, near the Refence section.
Newspapers held are:
Annual
Reports
Annual
reports and financial statements of Irish financial institutions and Irish
public limited companies are available in the Library. These are shelved
in alphabetical order in the Annual Reports section on Level 1. These
may be borrowed from the Library for the loan period of 2 weeks. To see
if the Library holds a particular report, simply check the catalogue.
Please see the following list of companies/institutions for which the
Library holds reports:
A
Abbey
plc
Adare
Printing Group plc
Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland
Aer Lingus
Aer Rianta
AHEAD/Association for Higher Education Access
& Disability
Allied Irish Bank
Amnesty Ireland
Anglo Irish Bank
APSO (Agency for Personal Service Overseas)
Arnotts plc
Athlone IT
Aviva
B
Bank
of Ireland Group
Bord Fáilte
Bord Gáis
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Bord Pleanala
Bord na Móna
Bus Atha Cliath
C
Cadbury
Schweppes plc
CAO Directors' Report
Carlow County Council
Cavan County Council
Central Bank of Ireland
Chambers of Commerce in Ireland
An Chomhairle leabharlanna/Irish
Library Council
Clondalkin Group plc
Coillte
Combat Poverty Agency
Cork Corporation
Cork County Council
CRH plc
D
Department
of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources
Department of the Environment, Heritage
and Local Government
Diageo plc
Donegal County Council
Dubco Credit Union Ltd
Dublin Corporation
Dublin Port Company
Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council
E
Eastern
Health Board
Enterprise Ireland
Environmental Protection Agency
Equality Authority
F
FÁS
Fingal County Council
First Active plc
Forfás
Fyffes plc
G
Galway
County Council
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Garda Síochána
Glanbia plc
Greencore Group plc
H
Higher Education Quality
Unit
I
IAWS
Group plc
IBEC
ICC Bank
IDA Ireland
IMPACT
Independent News and Media
Institute of Public Administration
Insurance Ombudsman of Ireland
Irish Dairy Board
Irish Film Board
Irish Life and Permanent plc
J
Jefferson
Smurfit Group plc
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc
K
Kerry
Group
Kildare County Council
Kilkenny County Council
L
The
Labour Court
Laois County Council
Leitrim County Council
Letterkenny Institute of
Technology
Library Association of Ireland
Limerick County Council
Longford County Council
M
Mayo
County Council
Meath County Council
N
National
Building Agency Ltd
National Coaching and Training Centre
National Competitiveness Council
National
Rehabilitation Board
National Social Service Board
National Social Work Qualifications Board
National Treasury Management Agency Ireland
Navan Resources
plc
Nenagh Co-Operative Creamery Ltd
Norish plc
O
Offaly
County Council
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Ombudsman
for the Credit Institutions
P
An
Post National Lottery Company
The President's Award - Gaisce
R
Rapid
Technology Group plc
RTÉ
Revenue
Roscommon County Council
Royal Irish Academy
Ryan Hotels plc
Ryanair Holdings plc
S
Scientific
& Technological Education (Investment) Fund
Shannon Development Company Ltd
Sligo County Council
South Dublin County Council
T
An
Taisce
Tipperary North County Council
Tipperary South County Council
U
Ulster
Bank Group
United Drug plc
University College Cork
University College Dublin
W
Waterford
Corporation
Waterford County Council
Westmeath County Council
Wexford County Council
Wicklow County Council
Photocopying
There
are two student photocopiers in the Library which also function as printers.
Students can top up their credit using a credit or debit card. Please see the information sheet at the Student Information Desk or top up here. Full instructions on their use is posted on the walls above the copiers. Users are required to take note of the Copyright Law regulations displayed
at the photocopiers.
Printing
There are three student printers in the Library, one of which prints in colour. Students can top up their credit using a credit or debit card. Please see the information sheet at the Student Information Desk or top up here. Full instructions on their use is posted on the walls above the printers.
Noise Zones
The Library is divided into three distinct noise zones - green, orange and red. The Green Zones are the group study areas. Students can study together here in small groups, and group around PCs. However, noise must be kept to a minumum. The Orange Zones are quiet areas. These zones are for quiet, individual study, with one person to a PC. The Red Zone is for totally quiet study with no noise whatsoever.
Students are asked to respect these zones and will be asked to leave the Library if this is not adhered to.
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