June Bank Holiday Opening Hours

Grangegorman Library Summer Hours

The Library at Grangegorman will start Out of Term Hours on Monday the 23rd of May.
Our last Saturday for the 2015/2016 academic year will be Saturday the 21st of May (10am-5pm).

Out of term hours are:
Monday to Friday 9:30- 5:15
Saturday: Closed

We are open all through the Summer!

Term Time Hours will resume in the middle of September.

Association of Illustrators 2017 Prize for Illustration

The Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with London Transport Museum has just announced the opening of submissions for the 2017 Prize for Illustration.

This year the theme is Sounds of the City- an illustrated interpretation of urban sound.
There are three amazing prizes:
1st prize- £2000 (over €2500) and display of the winning image on a London Transport Museum poster.
2nd prize: £1000 (€1270)
3rd prize: £750 (€950)

There is also the possibility that shortlisted images will be featured on merchandise sold in London Transport Museum's shop.

The competition is open to illustrators and students of illustration throughout the world.

So take note, Art and Design students, this could be your entry into the world of illustration!

For more information, and how to enter please see http://www.theaoi.com/events/prize-for-illustration-info.php

Check out the Association of Illustrators on theaoi

May Bank Holiday Opening Hours

New Grangegorman Ebooks

Did you know that the library at Grangegorman has purchased nearly 300 ebooks for staff and students. These ebooks are core and recommended textbooks and are free to registered staff and students of DIT.

Simply search for the book on the catalogue and you will see the

symbol beside any ebook record.
Then all you have to do is click on the link and you will be brought straight to the full text of the book online. You can then print, download, or save 10% of the book (under Copyright law).
Don't forget these excellent resources are free to view and download.

Please note: if you want to access any of our electronic resources outside the DIT campus you will need your student number and your unique library PIN

Here are some recently purchased ebooks

   

  

It's that time of year again...

I'm sure that you don't need to be reminded, but those pesky exams are only a couple of weeks away!

You may be studying all the hours the library is open but do you know how to access the previous years' exam papers?

Simply go to the relevant Subject Gateway (available through the library website):

Art and Design

Criminology

Social Sciences

Click on Exam Papers and you should see a list of courses. Click on your course and you should see a list of previous exam papers for that course and year.

Each title is a link to the pdf of the exam paper. You will be able to open them on any DIT device.

If you are off campus you will need to enter a specific Username and Password. Please note, you will need your MyLibrary username (student no.) and PIN to access these passwords.

For more information please ask at the Issue Desk.

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