Latest Journal issues to arrive at Grangeogrman Library

The latest issues of several journals have arrived at the Library in Grangegorman. These issues can be found on the current journal stacks which are located along the wall near the computer lab.

Abitare Number 547 September 2015

Adbusters Vol. 23 Number 6 November/December 2015

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education Vol. 14 Number 4 October 2015

British Journal of Social Work Vol. 45 Number 6 September 2015

International Journal of Early Years Education Vol. 23 Number 3 September 2015


Irish Criminal Law Journal Vol. 25 Number 4 Winter 2015

Journal of Design History Vol. 23 Number 3 2015

L'Oeil #683 October 2015

British Journal of Sociology of Education latest issue now available

The latest issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education,Vol. 36 no. 6 September 2015, is now available in the library at Grangegorman.

This journal is also available electronically here, if you are trying to access this online while off-campus, make sure you log in to your library account first here.

New Journal at Grangegorman Library

The Library has subscribed to a new social sciences journal, ChildLinks: the quarterly journal of Barnardos' National Children's Resource Centre.

This journal will be of particular interest to students on the BA in Early Childhood Education course.

Issues from this year are available in the Library at Grangegorman. We also have some back issues going back to 2012 in storage. If you would like to see one of these issues that are in storage, just ask at the issue desk in Grangegorman, and it will be arranged to get that issue from storage for you.

Details of the Library's stock can be found on the catalogue here , or by selecting "journal title" on the Library catalogue and searching for "childlinks"

Did you know that we have Laptops that you can borrow?....

Do you need to work on a project but don't have a laptop, or can't get access to the PCs in the library?
The library has 15 laptops available for students to borrow for use in the library only. You can print using Datapac's Upload a Document service- see ditprint.ie
The laptops are automatically connected to the internet via Eduroam.
They can be borrowed for 3 hours at a time and can only be used within the library or the group study rooms.

For more information please ask at the Library Desk.

Grangegorman Library Survey 2015

Last May the Library sent out a survey to all students to get their views of the new library and to see what we could improve on after our first year in our temporary accommodation.

First of all we would like to say a big thank you to all those students who took the time out to complete the survey. We had a total of 111 replies, each with detailed comments on how we were doing! Over the Summer we have been working on all the issues that were raised.

These were the main areas of concern:

• Lack of computers
• Noise
• Printing and Photocopying
• Lack of awareness of our services

Click here to see the Library's response in full.

SPSS now available on all library laptops

The library is delighted to announce that all 15 of our laptops now have the Social Science software SPSS installed on them (Version 22).
This means that Social Science students can now work on their research on our laptops (especially useful if all the computers are being used).

The library has 15 laptops for use by students. These are brand new machines and have all the latest Office applications, as well as Read and Write and access to WIFI.


Printing is available through Datapac's Upload a Document service.

To borrow a laptop (available on a 3 hour loan) simply ask at the desk.
Please note you will need your student card to borrow. Laptops cannot be taken outside the library but can be used in the Group Study rooms

Term Time Opening Hours start Monday the 14th of September

The library will start its term time opening hours from Monday the 14th of September.
The library will be open:
Monday to Thursday: 9:30 - 9:30
Friday: 9:30 - 5:15
Saturday (from October 5th): 10 - 5pm.

Please check this blog or http://www.dit.ie/library/a-z/hours/ for any updates to our opening hours (including possible closures).