Early Closing Wednesday, March 21.

Due to staff shortage because of illness, Cathal Brugha Library will close at 5:30 pm tonight, Wednesday, March 21.  Apologies for any incovenience caused. 

St. Patrick's Day Long Weekend

Cathal Brugha St. Library will be closed this weekend - Saturday, March 17 through Monday, March19 - due to the St. Patrick's Day holiday.  I'm sure the Hospitality and Tourism students will be taking notes of all the events taking place during the St. Patrick's Day Festival though.  Our Food and Beverage Management students can also combine studies with leisure at the Irish Craft Beer Festival being held over the weekend.   Have a great weekend and we'll see you bright and early when we reopen at 9am on Tuesday, March 20. 

How's this for eco-cooking?

Could the "Wonderbag" being increasingly used in South Africa be the key to environmentally better cooking?

Check out this story from the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/mar/09/can-slow-cooking-change-lives

Thursday Opening hours extended in Cathal Brugha St.

Starting the week of March 5, 2012 Cathal Brugha St. Library will once again be open on Thursday evenings until 9:00pm. 
So our term hours are now:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
*Saturdays (*Starting April 14 - Closed Saturdays through April 7): 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. 
(Check this link for our hours).

A Taste of Russia

As part of Dublin City's Festival of Russian Culture a Russian Cooking Class is to be held on the evening of February 23, 2012.  The course, called "A Taste of Russia" is a hands-on way to learn about Russian culture as well as enjoy some new foods. 

Leisure and Tourism E-Books

The Leisure and Tourism database on the DIT Library web pages has added new books to their E-book collection: Controversies in tourism, by Moufakkir, O., et. al.;  and The business and management of ocean cruises, by Vogel, M. et. al.  are just 2 of the most recently added books available.
Have a look at these and the other e-books available on their database.  The link to the database is available on the DIT Library Database page as well as via the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Resources Subject Gateway. 
(Note, you will need your ID# and PIN to access these e-resources off-campus). 

Wikipedia Alternatives available at DIT Library Virtual Reference Desk.

Wikipedia shut down 2 weeks ago to protest against anti-piracy laws.  Quite a few students were upset by this apparently.  But you need not be!  DIT Library has alternative encyclopedias online that are free to our students too.  So long as you are a registered DIT student you can access The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Oxford Reference Online, Wiley Encyclopaedia of Food Science and Technology, Oxford English Dictionary and many other reference books via the library's Virtual Reference Desk.  You can access these directly on college computers via the library homepage.  At home you just need to type in your ID number and PIN as you do with other electronic resources such as E-Books.   

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you pleased to see me!

Once upon a time a gentleman could be refused entry to a restaurant for not wearing a jacket and tie or worse still forced to wear a hideous tie produced by the restaurant manager. In Ohio however things have become much more interesting with the introduction of a senate bill which makes it legal to carry firearms into bars, restaurants and nightclubs. Unfortunately the killjoys have taken the fun out of it by making it illegal for gun carriers to drink alcohol or be drunk whilst carrying guns. This bill has caused uproar with many restaurants refusing to serve patrons carrying guns and some patrons retaliating by withdrawing their custom from restaurants which they regularly dined in. No doubt the matter will be resolved without resorting to arms.