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.

Catalogue downtime, end of August

The DIT Library Millennium system, which controls the circulation and catalogue systems, will need to go down on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st August for a system upgrade.

This means that the Library Opac catalogue will be unavailable for those 2 days, and that books will be issued and returned manually.

In addition, some re-carpeting of Library office and counter areas (but not of reading or other users' areas) is due to start this coming week.

However, there is no reason for readers to worry. All our services will continue to be delivered, albeit the old-fashioned way, and Library staff will be on hand at all times to help and advise readers.

Book disposals - help yourself!

A number of books on subjects, mainly on economics, law and social studies, have been removed from library stock to make space for newer books.

These books are available in the library until Friday August 26th.

Staff and students are welcome to come and take any of them.

Library closure, June 16th

The library will be CLOSED from 12pm on Thursday June 16th for the remainder of that day. This is to facilitate staff training, which is taking place at the annual library staff training seminar.

The library will be open from 9.30 up to 12pm. Normal Summer time opening will resume on Friday.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

A Brave New World at McDonald's but are we loving it ?.

Fast food is about to get a whole lot faster at McDonald's with the introduction to its restaurants in Europe of touch screen technology to make an order and swipe card technology to make payments. McDonalds estimate each transaction will be 4 seconds quicker. Efficiency, progress and innovation are mentioned by McDonalds in relation to this venture but then they would say that, wouldn't they? Is this the end of service with a smile?. Will this change the entire restaurant industry?. Let us know what you think and if you're still loving it.

www.lovefood.com/journal/features/12005

Out of Term hours for the Tourism and Food Library

The library at Cathal Brugha street will start its out of term hours from Monday the 3oth May.

We will be open Monday to Friday 9:30- 5:15pm.

We will not be open on Saturdays (including this Saturday 28th of May).

These hours will be in effect until the next academic year starts on the 19th of September 2011.