Holiday Hours

Cathal Brugha St. Library will close for the Christmas holidays at lunchtime, Thursday December 22. 
We will be closed from Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2. 
Normal hours will begin again on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. 
Have a happy Christmas. 

E-textbooks are here!

Here at Cathal Brugha St Library, e-textbooks are now part of our repertoire.

We now have a range of e-books including such standards as Clay's handbook of environmental health, Stephen Page's Tourism management, Chris Cooper's Tourism: principles and practice, Glenn Bowdin's Events management, John Cousins Food and beverage management and Stanley Cauvain's Baking problems solved.

Search for your desired textbook on the catalogue, and if it comes up as an "electronic resource" then you will probably be able to read it as an e-book on the screen in front of you.

There are legal restrictions on copying and downloading, but having the textbook to read on-screen is surely a real step forward!

October Bank Holiday

Cathal Brugha Library will be closed this October bank holiday weekend - Saturday, Oct. 29 thru Monday, Oct. 31. 
We will reopen with regular term hours on Tuesday, November 1.
Have a happy Halloween. 

Early closing on 2 Thursdays

Cathal Brugha St Library regrets to inform all users that due to unavoidable staff shortages the library will have to close at 5.30 PM on 2 Thursdays, namely 20th and 27th October.

We do, however, expect to open all other Monday-Thursday nights, and all Saturdays (except that of the October bank Holiday) right through to the Christmas break.

Cookbooks are here to stay (?)

A blogger confirms what we in this library are always saying: cookbooks are not going anywhere you know!

http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2011/09/why-cookbooks-are-here-to-stay.html

Free food!

Apparently there is free food to be had in Dublin.  You just have to go looking (or foraging in fact) for it.  An article in the Irish Times yesterday - The City where the wild things are - describes what is available out there and how it can be cooked.  See the article by Catherine Cleary and maybe you could find your own windfalls. 

Welcome back

Term hours begin today, September 19, in Cathal Brugha Street Library. Term hours are as follows:

Monday - Thursday:	09.00 - 21.00.
Friday:	09.00 - 17.00.
Saturday:	10.00 - 17.00.

Chocolate is good for you!

Good news for chocoholics everywhere. Apparently chocolate is good for us after all according to this Guardian article. Scientists in Cambridge studied the relationship between chocolate consumption and heart disease and found that eating chocloate is good for us because it is relaxing. So chill out everyone and enjoy those chocolately treats.