Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State. @lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

DCU POSTGRADUATES! Get a clear head about your search strategy - sign up to our FREE online workshop today at 1pm from wherever you are! Register: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Calling all DCU Postgraduates! Interested in making your research open access? Join us today for an online session answering all your pressing questions about open access research! Register for FREE: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme

We are so proud to see the impact Joe Rodgers continues to have on Irish historical research. Read his entry about Thomas Gresham, which was added to the @historydib.bsky.social this week www.dib.ie/biography/gr...

Look out for our Booker Prize displays in Cregan and O'Reilly Library this week. The winner will be announced on 10th November so get borrowing & reading! Find out more about this year's @thebookerprizes.com shortlist and recent finalists on our Booker Prize in DCU Library guide tinyurl.com/3jd85evb

If you're in the vicinity of @dculibrary.bsky.social, please pop in to see an exhibition selected from the archive material I've donated. It relates to my first book, The Destruction of Dublin (1985), and the Dublin Crisis Conference I helped to organise in February 1986. A blast from the past!

A friendly Halloween reminder from the goblins and grim reapers of Guillaume Stanyhurst's "Veteris Hominis per expensa quatuor novissima metamorphosis" dated 1661: We should not fear death, but evil. But be cautious, because as the giant head says, "He who complains here, perishes eternally". 👻🎃📚

Have you seen these 2 well-read spirits haunting Woodlock Hall this week...?! 👻📚 #halloween

The library isn't just for endlessly doomscrolling! We can help you with things like: Finding books Understanding reading lists Navigating databases Citing & referencing and so much more! Go to DCU.ie/library to find out how we can help you with your studies! #dculibrary @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Glasnevin Educate Together National School who donated over 200 books to our book swap shelves this morning. Extra thanks go to Liam who delivered them to O'Reilly Library in wild weather! Learn more about our community book swap shelves: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...

Yet another DCU Library blog writing star! 🌟 Congrats to Lorcan Cahill, whose blog post “Mentorship: Creating a fertile ground for character growth and academic advancement at DCU Library” was highly commended in the 2025 Conul Library Assistant Blog Awards!

DCU Libraries will be closed from Saturday, 25th October to Monday, 27th for the Bank Holiday weekend All libraries reopen on Tuesday, 28th October Full opening hours available on our website bit.ly/3BfLigU

We had a magical morning in Cregan library! Huge thanks to author April Suddendorf for bringing "Wacky Witches and Their Peculiar Familiars" to life, and to the amazing 2nd class from Paradise Place Educate Together for creating their own wonderfully weird familiars! 💫📚 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Yet another DCU colleague writing brilliant pieces! Our very own Sharon Corrigan, whose blog post on LibFocus was highly commended in the CONUL 2025 Library Assistant Blog awards. An exciting insight into what can appear from the pages of the past when cataloguing EPBs! 🎉

Dr Kit Fryatt introduces the award winning novel Henry Henry by Allen Bratton at tonight's @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club in Cregan Library

Just back from a really inspiring morning of Open Research organised by @dculibrary.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social Brilliant event and a lovely way to celebrate and grow DCU's open research community 🌱🪴

I know what you are Say it Out loud Say it!! ✨𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘴✨ Bring em back to us folks x

We were delighted to welcome students from DCU's MA in History and Programme Chair Dr. Marnie Hay last week to learn about our special collections and archives available for research! You can read more about these resources on our website: tinyurl.com/2xbtn8zh @dublincityuni.bsky.social #dcusca

We’re so proud of our very own Hayley Brabazon, whose blog post on LibFocus was highly commended in the CONUL 2025 Library Assistant Blog awards. A brilliant example of insight and creativity in library engagement 🎉

DCU Library is proud to host the Period Dignity for All exhibition on behalf of DCU’s Institute for Research on Genders & Sexualities. Created by the HSE, it shares voices of migrant, refugee & Traveller women, tackling period poverty & highlighting the fight for menstrual health equality.

Delighted to host Dr Leeann Lane's fantastic exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women in Cregan Library until the 30th of this month! It'll be travelling to the O'Reilly Library for display from the 1st of November. @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Have you met our new #elephantintheroom , Jia? Designed by second year B Ed. student Fíona Routledge, Jia reminds us of the importance of minding our mental health! Come visit at O'Reilly Library & don't forget to engage with the Elephant Pledge Wall! @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Discover your new favourite author on the Black History Month display stands in Cregan Library and O'Reilly Library. See the full list of titles selected by @dcuioe.bsky.social and @dculibrary.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/2b7jubtf #BlackHistoryMonth

"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Leganto" by our very own Alana Mahon O'Neill has placed second this year at the @conultraindev.bsky.social Blog Awards! HUGE congrats to Alana, the other winners, and all who took part! Read her winning entry: tinyurl.com/kjvxf4rj @dublincityuni.bsky.social

We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist – six books that ‘are all brilliantly written and brilliantly human’. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025

Bhí lúcháir orainn fáilte a chur roimh Gaelscoil Áine agus Scoil Mobhí go @dublincityuni.bsky.social inniu ar Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha! Bhí an-am acu sa Seomra Caidrimh le Réaltán Ní Leannáin agus Oifig na Gaeilge. Éist siad le 'Scúnc agus Smúirín' agus tharraing siad pictiúr dá dtéidí féin!

If you forget your student card, help desk staff can issue you a Daily Access Card (DAC), but these are limited to only 3 per person for the entire academic year, starting Monday 29th September. After your 3rd DAC, you’ll need your valid student card to enter the library @dublincityuni.bsky.social

DCU Library will host the second Janeway Symposium on 21st - 22nd May 2026 and would like to invite abstracts for presentations, round tables, posters, or workshops from the Irish library and open access communities: www.openlibhums.org/news/859/ @janewayolh.bsky.social @conultl.bsky.social

DCU Student Contest: Academic Integrity Resources Submit a short description and reflection on any DCU resource that helps uphold academic integrity. 📚 Prizes: One4all vouchers 💸 Organised by DCU Library & the Teaching Enhancement Unit. Link: bit.ly/3ICNzJM @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Ranganna céilí ar siúl i Na Fianna ó Déardaoin 25 Meán Fómhair. Saor in aisce agus ar siúl ar feadh sé seachtaine - tá fáilte roimh chách.

Thanks to our library volunteers, Dr. Leeann Lane for her engaging talk, Anne Tannam’s open mic, the Voyage art workshop, the 400+ scavengers racing through the library & the brave riders in our Tour de Library cycling challenge...we had a blast on Culture Night! @culturenightdub.bsky.social

DCU Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin opens this season of the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club with her bestselling novel Service, in conversation with DCU's Cultural Arts Officer Marcella Bannon

Féach ar na leabhair Ghaeilge iontacha atá curtha sa malartú leabhar againn! Ar fáil saor in aisce sa Seomra Caidrimh i @dublincityuni.bsky.social Look at the great Irish language books we've added to the book swap! Available free in the Seomra Caidrimh in DCU. Sonraí anseo: bit.ly/4grGU1v

Thanks so much to everyone who took part in our Human Fruit Machine at O'Reilly Library today!! Congratulations to our lucky winners! The Fruit Machine is on its way to Cregan Library for 1pm on Thursday. For more Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr... @dublincityuni.bsky.social

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky 📚

The wonderful DCU Book Club returns this Thursday 18th of September at 1pm! Sarah, DCU Writer in Residence 2025 and author of 'Service', joins us as special guest at Belvedere Library. Book your free tickets now : www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-book-c... 📚🌟 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Good morning! It's the first week of lectures for new first year students. We hope everyone has a great week! 😁 #WeAreDCU

Dr Leeann Lane joins us in Cregan Library on Culture Night this Friday, 19th September, to talk about her fascinating exhibition Revolutionary Afterlives. We’re excited to host the exhibit later this month! 🔗 www.dcu.ie/culture-night

Take a tour, win a prize, it really is that simple! Everyone who attends a library tour during orientation gets a scratchcard, and every card is a winner! Join us on a tour next week at 12pm in Cregan and O'Reilly and 2pm in Woodlock Hall, and get your prize! www.dcu.ie/library/libr...

Thanks so much to everyone who came to our Books & Beverages events yesterday! We had free tea, coffee, books and biscuits, and priceless chats about what we love to read about 📚🌞 For more information about Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr... @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Come and visit our lovely new exhibition displaying selected pieces from The Padraic Colum Collection at DCU's Cregan Library! This exhibition curates a selection of works from the collection. All titles can be consulted at DCU’s Special Collections & Archives. #dcusca @dublincityuni.bsky.social

We're half way through orientation week and it's been a blast meeting so many new and returning students! Don't miss Books & Beverages today at 12pm in O'Reilly and Cregan library, we'll have free tea/coffee and books, so come along and meet a fellow book-lover! 📚 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the family of John Francis Dolan who have donated over 200 books from his wonderful collection to our book swap shelves in DCU Library. Find out more about the book swap at www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...

Céad míle fáilte to all our new and returning students! We hope you join us in the library this week, we've loads of great stuff planned to help you get to know our servcies during orientation. 📚 Check out our webpage for the full schedule: bit.ly/3VJlH9H @dublincityuni.bsky.social

"I hope this email find you well..." How your email finds us the week before orientation 😬📚

We have a jam-packed packed schedule for DCU Orientation 2025! Join is from Monday, September 8th, for tours, tents, scavenger hunts, a human fruit machine, and loads more fun stuff! 📚 Check the webpage for all the details: www.dcu.ie/library/libr... @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Culture Night is back at DCU! On Sept 19th, St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra will be alive with music, art, performance, and celebration The library will have talks, tours, a cycling challenge, and our legendary scavenger hunt! Full programme bit.ly/4oQSlDI #CultureNight

"Of course, they ALL have lovely bottoms" 📚 #RoseOfTralee #FatherTed #oldjokefromourtwitter @dublincityuni.bsky.social #booksky

Great to present at #WLIC2025 with my colleague @cathalmccauley.bsky.social about the work underway in @dculibrary.bsky.social and @mulibrary.bsky.social to advance Open Science.

There will be a slight change to service this Friday, August 15th, due to a library all staff event. O'Reilly library will be open for study only from 1:30pm to 5pm, and Cregan library will close at the earlier time of 1:30pm. Normal hours resume Monday 18th August @dublincityuni.bsky.social