Culinary Arts lecturer and students on Six One News

Culinary Arts Lecturer, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, along with students, David Malone and David Kelly, and former Cathal Brugha St student Pádraic Óg Gallagher, the Chef/Owner of Gallagher's Boxty House, were interviewed last week on RTE Six One News about the reintroduction to the retail market of the Irish lumper potato.

The Irish lumper potato was widely cultivated in Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century and by the 1840s Irish farmers had become massively dependent on the potato. After potato blight caused a series of crop failures, and ultimately the Great Famine of 1845-52 during which a over a million people died, the lumper potato ceased to be cultivated in Ireland.

Now, Michael McKillop of Glens of Antrim Potatoes, who became interested in the history of the lumper potato seven years ago, has reintroduced it to the retail market and it will be available from March 11th.

To see the item on Six One News click here.

UCC molecular gastronomy workshop

University College Cork are running a one day workshop on molecular gastronomy on 21st February. Speakers will include Ross Lewis (Chapter One Restaurant, Dublin), Professor Herve This (AgroParis Tech, Paris), Professor Jorge Ruiz (University of Extremadura, Spain), Dr Juan Valverde (Teagasc), and Quico Sosa (Sosa, Spain). Click here for more information on the workshop.

Students of molecular gastronomy will be aware that Prof Herve This is one of the world's leading experts on molecular gastronomy. He has written a number of books on the subject which are available in the library, for a list of Prof This' books click here.

There is also an article in today's Irish Times about the upcoming workshop. Click here for the article.

RECENTLY ADDED E-BOOKS, FEB 2013

A number of relevant e-books have recently been uploaded onto the DIT library catalogue.

They are:

Atrill, P. Financial management for decision makers, 6th ed.

Coles, T. Student’s guide to writing dissertations and theses in tourism studies and related disciplines

Cooper, C. Contemporary tourism, 2nd ed.

Davis, B. Food and beverage management, 5th ed

Hall, C. Food tourism around the world

Larkin, E. How to run a great hotel

Medlik, S. Dictionary of travel, tourism and hospitality 3rd ed

Nickson, D. Human resource management for the hospitality and tourism industries

Rimmington, M. Entrepreneurship in the hospitality, tourism and leisure industries

Wirzba, N. Food and faith

These can be accessed via an author or title search on the library catalogue at http://library.dit.ie/

Users accessing these books from home will need to supply their student number and a PIN code.

Careers in Hospitality, Sport, Leisure and Tourism

Gradireland is a useful website for information on jobs, industries and career advice but did you know that it even has a dedicated section on the hospitality, sport, leisure and tourism sector? Click here for gradirelands overview of the sector along with articles on working in the industry, interviews with people working in the sector, and even some links to relevant job adverts.
http://gradireland.com/career-sectors/hospitality-sport-leisure-and-tourism

Printing Exam Timetables

This week, some students have had difficulty printing off their exam timetables. To fully print your timetable from your gmail/DIT email account, use the gmail print icon which is pointed out in the above screengrab. Do not use 'File' and 'Print' on the top menu bar as this will only partially print your email.

Exam Papers

Exam papers are currently unavailable online. Internet Support is working on a solution and hope to have the papers back up again today, 21st December 2012.
 
Apologies for any inconvenience.

Xmas Opening Hours

The library will be open from 9am to 5:15pm Monday 17th to Thursday 20th December and from 9am to 5pm Friday 21st December.

The library will be closed from Saturday 22nd December to Tuesday 1st January inclusive.

Normal opening hours will resume on Wednesday 2nd January.

Popular e-books in Cathal Brugha St Library

E-textbooks, available through the DIT library website, are becoming very popular with students. In fact, according to recent usage statistics, Cathal Brugha St students are among the biggest users of e-books in the DIT.

A wide range of books are available including, amongst many others, the Larder chef (4th edition) which is a standard text for culinary arts students, Clay's handbook of environmental health (19th edition) for environmental health students, and Tourism: principles and practice (3rd edition) for tourism students.

Chances are, there's an e-textbook suitable for your assignment. While there are restrictions on copying and printing ebooks, they can be read on any computer provided you have set up a library PIN number. To search for e-books simply go on to the library webpage, click on advanced search, limit the material type to EBOOKS, and then enter your search terms. Alternatively, do a basic search and look out for this logo