DCU Library invites primary school students aged 4–6, 7–9 and 10–12 to enter the My Original Book Character Competition. Prizes include €25 book tokens, with an exhibition of finalists in Cregan library. Deadline: 12 Feb 2026. Full details here:https://bit.ly/4a1U8k5 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

I mean, we do think Brigid was some woman, so maybe 2 bank holidays honouring her isn't such a bad idea? This image is taken from 'The Life of St. Brigid' by Rev. John O'Hanlon. Thanks to our colleagues in Special Collections & Archives for yet another gem! 📚 #stbrigid

Our long awaited submission for this month's Explore Your Archive theme! It's important to take the time to clean Early Printed Books thoroughly and safely, leaving little MARGIN for error. Not for the faint of heart (though certainly weirdly satisfying!) #EYADustbusters @dublincityuni.bsky.social

We have a full house at the first @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club of 2026! @kitdewaal.com discusses her bestelling novel The Best of Everything with Dr Ellen Howley from the DCU School of English.

Coming down with books after a big ol' January spring cleaning? Share them with DCU Library's Book Swap & do your bit towards sustainable reading practices! For more info: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-... @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social

Feeling blue this Monday? There's a book for that! Our Live Wise Book Therapy collection is full of supportive material to enhance wellbeing and resilience. This collection is curated and managed by the Counselling and Personsl Development service and DCU Library. shorturl.at/Z0hzo

The DCU Book Club is back for 2026 with Kit de Waal’s 'The Best of Everything.' This is a free, community event and open to all. You don’t need to be a DCU student or staff member to attend, but registration is required: bit.ly/44W82kY

Wishing all our library users a very happy and safe Christmas We’ll be finishing up today at 5pm, are and looking forward to a wee staff party in Cregan Library 💃🪩🕺 We reopen on 5 January and can’t wait to welcome you back in the New Year! @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Congratulations to Colette, Audrey and Áine for winning the celebratory 35th DCU Book Club competition!! 🥳✨ Run by DCU Library and DCU Arts and Culture, our lucky winners have received all three of the books featuring on the programme for 2026!! 📚

The library stats are in! We had another busy year in 2024-2025 with over 800,000 visits to our libraries, over 2 million views on our social media accounts, millions of downloads of our e-resources and more! Huge thanks to everyone who engaged with us in-person and online in the last academic year.

Feeling the exam pressure? Pop by our exam destress stations for chocolate, tea, jigsaws, playlists & earplugs. Whether you need to chill out or lock-in, we’ve got you covered! @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Today at #UKSGForum: Don’t miss DCU Library’s Amanda Halpin & former colleague Claire Mason on the Print Journal Review. Hear how policy development and collaboration on retention, relegation & disposal are helping unify collections and shape research library spaces. bit.ly/4izDMSt

It's Library Ireland Week! Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! We want to hear from you! And remember to use the hashtag so we can find your submission! Visit https://libraryirelandweek.ie/ for further details! #LIW25

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini etc. can be helpful research tools, but only when used responsibly. Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments. dcu.libguides.com/GenAI

It's competition time! To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026 Check out how you can win on the webpage: bit.ly/4ohAWCE

Joining us for tonight's DCU Book Club is John Patrick McHugh who is discussing his novel Fun and Games with @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin.

At tonight's book club event, John Patrick McHugh will be discussing his fantastic novel Fun & Games. All are welcome, just register via the link: bit.ly/4ri12bF @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Due to the adverse weather conditions, Cregan and O'Reilly libraries will be closing at the earlier time of 5pm, today, November 14th. Both libraries will be open tomorrow at 9:30am @dublincityuni.bsky.social

David Szalay was awarded the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh this week. Will you borrow the last available copy from O'Reilly Library? If you're pipped to the post (apple pun intended) just reserve a copy to be next in line. See our Booker Prize in DCU Library guide at tinyurl.com/3jd85evb

Sarah Gilmartin @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer in Residence joins us for this month's Ulysses Book Club, discussing her two Dublin-centred novels Dinner Party and Service. Thanks to all our dedicated Joycean enthusiasts who journeyed through the rain to be here with us in Cregan Library.

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.