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

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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

Join Susan Leen & @dublincityuni.bsky.social Geographer Ruth McManus on 18th August for a walk & guided workshop in Drumcondra. Consider the heritage & future of the locality & help create a collaborative map. Spaces filled up fast but you can still join the waiting list at forms.gle/YejX2rayhR65...

Visit the Sadako and Paper Cranes exhibition in Cregan Library, which marks 80 years since the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. Produced by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, exhibited in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland & SALIS tinyurl.com/4bh7xsv6 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

The entry gates in Cregan Library are currently inaccessible. Please use the entry gate by the toilets on the ground floor to access the library. Just follow the signs! We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience @dublincityuni.bsky.social

citing sources: a modern guide!

We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025

FYI: All 3 libraries will be closed on Monday, August 4th for the bank holiday. We're back open again Tuesday morning, full opening hours for August available now on our website bit.ly/3BfLigU @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Good luck to everyone starting their resit exams this week! If you need somewhere comfortable and quiet to study, our opening hours for this week are detailed below! 🌟📚 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

"All you library people ever talk about is books, books, books!" You should try being as well read and see what happens...! 😘 📚 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Are you a library assistant at a @conultraindev.bsky.social library? You have one week remaining to submit your entry to the 2025 Library Assistant Blog awards! Entry criteria can be found here: conul.ie/library-assi... @conulconference.bsky.social @conultl.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Studying for resit examinations? Woodlock Hall Library is open 9.30-1.30pm Monday - Friday if you're looking for somewhere beautiful, quiet and focused! Or check out a blogpost about WH's fascinating history by our Rosemary & Alana: www.libfocus.com/2024/07/all-... @dublincityuni.bsky.social 📚

What a rainy start to the week here in Dublin's beautiful northside! If you're studying for resit examinations at5 DCU, why not take shelter in one of our three beautiful libraries? Opening hours below! @dublincityuni.bsky.social 📚

Earlier this week, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science James Lawless TD celebrated the launch of the CONUL Strategy! Shaping Tomorrow 2025-2029 provides a roadmap for the next chapter in the evolution of Irish research libraries Read more: tinyurl.com/5hbmms5p 📚

We had so much fun yesterday with Magic Days crèche and DCU School of Psychology! 🐘📚 The kids listened to Elmer the Elephant, explored feelings, and decorated their own colourful Elmers. Thanks to Lorraine, Marianna & Cutie Pie the puppet for a lovely morning! @dcupsychology.bsky.social

Studying for resits? Never-ending academic work? Retreat to our beautiful libraries - opening hours below! @dublincityuni.bsky.social

We're carrying out essential maintenance so Library Search will be unavailable from 6am 12th of July until around 6am 13th of July. You won't be able to search for items or access online reading lists but you will still be able to use e-resource subscriptions! @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Presented without comment 😶‍🌫️ Happy sunny weekend folks x @dublincityuni.bsky.social

(Todd Flanders voice) Is your source on this reliable? 🕵🏻‍♀️🗞️🤔 We highly recommend checking the sources & finding information from sources you can trust (in this case: our website - dcu.ie/library/opening-hours) 📚 #dculibrary #sources #openinghours @dublincityuni.bsky.social

A little summer-library oasis of calm in this hot and busy city 🏝️🌞🧘‍♂️ Opening hours👇🌟 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

We officially left Twitter this week after 16 years on the platform. For those of you who followed us there during the good times (or for anyone who likes a good meme), we've compiled a video of our favourite Twitter moments. We're looking forward to finding friends old and new on Bluesky.

We enjoyed showing the #erasmusdub25 group around @dculibrary.bsky.social today. We met for a morning of illuminating talks from DCU Library, Kaunas University of Technology Library and Hotelschool The Hague staff, followed by a tour of Cregan Library with @orlanicaodha.bsky.social.

We welcomed writers, illustrators, teachers and librarians to the Discover Irish Children's Books Symposium on Saturday. Congratulations to @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social who organised talks, interactive sessions and publishing stands for over 150 attendees. Pics: Ruth Ennis & Bex Sheridan

Keep an eye out for the Joycean Jaunters on the @dublincityuni.bsky.social St Patrick's Campus! The merry group is celebrating Ulysses and all things James Joyce with readings, poetry, songs and stories as part of #bloomsday2025 Pics @kobpix.bsky.social bloomsdayfestival.ie/event/drumco...

Due to the sad loss of our friend and colleague Joe Rodgers, our three libraries will be closed on Friday 13th June.

Best of luck to everyone starting their leaving cert exams today! 🍀 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Gentle reminder: we will be closed for the June bank holiday 🌞

DO YOU USE CINAHL ULTIMATE? From June 23rd EBSCOhost will be launching their new UI! Click the link to see what you need to do ahead of this change to save your records and alerts. More info here: tinyurl.com/4afa34su @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social

Congratulations to @orlanicaodha.bsky.social and Gwendolyn O'Connor who delivered an inspiring talk about the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Human Library event at the @conulconference.bsky.social. The DCU Library team is looking forward to a second day of thought-provoking talks at #CONUL2025.