Academic & Research support services at the Aoife Geraghty Head of Information Services Glucksman Library Library Director Gobnait O’Riordan.

Academic & Research support services at the

Aoife Geraghty

Head of Information Services Glucksman Library

Library DirectorGobnait O’Riordan

Liz DoreFaculty of Science & Engineering (Architecture & Science)

Pattie PunchFaculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Dr Mícheál Ó hAodhaFaculty of Science & Engineering (Engineering)

Peter ReillyKemmy Business School

Donna Ó DoibhlinFaculty of Education & Health Sciences

Dr Fintan BrackenResearch Services & Bibliometrics

Liaison Librarians at the

Term-timeMon-Fri 08.30-23.00Sat 10.00-19.00Sun 11.00-18.00

Borrowing books:20 items at any one time

for a period of 77 days.

Opening Hours and Borrowing Books at the

www.ul.ie/library - The Library Online at the

Subject Support at the

• Inter Library Loans (see Library webpage)

• SCONUL Access - a co-operative scheme that enables researchers to visit and borrow materials from more than 125 libraries in Ireland and the UK – get a SCONUL Access card from the Library Information Desk.

• Letter of Introduction (Faculty Librarian)

Using other Libraries

Books and multimedia

• Faculty and staff can order books and non-book material (e.g. multimedia), which will then be added to the library collections - Contact your Faculty Librarian for information on procedures, including advice on whether your Head of Dept needs to sign off on orders.

• Books can be recommended at any time of year but get orders in 8-10 weeks before the semester start date if you want to be sure …

• Send a copy of recommended reading lists to your Faculty Librarian to ensure that recommended materials are available for your students in good time.

• Collection development policies have recently been approved for each academic department.

• The bookfund is allocated by the Library & Information Resources Development Committee. Allocations are based on FTEs. Each faculty has a representative on the committee.

Recommend/purchase resources for the library - Books

Journals and databases

• Local subscriptions are paid for through the library budget or through departmental budgets. All local subscriptions are currently being reviewed.

• Many of our journals and databases are paid for through the IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) consortium of the 7 Irish universities + RCSI.

• Where a new course is planned, it is essential that funding for resources is included in the planning – faculty librarians are members of faculty boards and should be involved in new course planning.

• Subscriptions are ongoing commitments, so requests take more time to process and decisions must be based on future budget planning.

Recommend/purchase resources for the library - Journals

Chair: VP Academic & Registrar

Faculty Reps:

Walter Stanley(S&E)

David Fleming (AHSS)

Ross Anderson (E&HS)

Mats Melin (IWAMD)

Jill Pearson (KBS)

Student Reps

ULSU Education Officer

ULSU President

Library Reps:

Director (Gobnait O’Riordan)

Head of Information Services (Aoife Geraghty)

Meet in May and October each year.

Library & Information Resources Development Committee

Undergraduates & taught postgraduates

classes are planned in liaison with faculty

Researchers

Realising Your Research Value – from

Literature Review to Getting Published

Faculty

Maximising your Research Impact

General – Drop in classes

e.g. EndNote Web

Online supports

Technology Enhanced Learning Unit with the Centre for Teaching & Learning and the Information Technology Division

Information & Digital Literacy at the

Librarian, Student Engagement

& Success

• Develop and implement programmes and initiatives aimed at improving undergraduate student transition, retention and success.

• Focus on early-stage undergraduates, on undergraduate student groups new to the university, and on modules with high attrition rates.

Coming soon …

Aoife Geraghty

Head of Information Services

Glucksman Library

University of Limerick

GL0-030

-353-61-202164

[email protected]