Live readership maps now available on Arrow

Arrow, the DIT's digital collection of research publications produced by researchers at DIT, now has live readership maps on every home category including Colleges, Schools, Research Institutes and Groups.

The maps, downloaded in real time, show what items are being downloaded and where they're being downloaded.

Check out the links below to see the real-time maps for Arrow and the four colleges.

Arrow

College of Arts and Tourism on Arrow

College of Business on Arrow

College of Engineering and Built Environment on Arrow

College of Sciences and Health on Arrow

Easter Holiday Closure

The library will close àt 5.15pm on Thursday 2nd April for the Easter Holidays. We will be closed on the following days:

Friday 3rd April to Monday 6th April

The library will open again on Tuesday 7th April and normal opening hours will resume.

Happy Easter!

St Patrick's day

DIT Cathal Brugha St Library wishes to remind readers that the library will be closed on St Patrick's Day, Tuesday March 17th. We will be open as normal on Monday 16th until 9pm, and normal hours will resume on Wednesday 18th.

Entrepreneurial Summer Academy for food researchers, Italy

If you are a postgrad involved in food research, here is an opportunity to take your work in an entrepreneurial direction. The TRADEIT Summer academy running from June 23rd -26th at Insubria, Italy, is designed to link up food researchers with the field of food business. It is a "...unique opportunity to take part in a commercially focused three day intensive entrepreneurial training programme for Food Researchers. Completing the Academy will provide participants with the knowledge to develop their entrepreneurial innovative mindset and the skill set required to initiate the process of transferring their research outputs to the Marketplace." Application deadline is March 13th. http://www.tradeitnetwork.eu

More people choosing to stay in Irish hotels

A recent article in thejournal.ie reports that, according to the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), the occupancy rate of Irish hotels has risen by 3% in 2014 in comparison to 2013 figures. This brings occupancy rates back to the same levels as before the economic crash. Every region in the country saw figures rise, with the east and midlands leading the way with growth of 8%.

This is good news not only for the tourism industry but also for the economy as a whole. According to the IHF, the tourism industry has created 33,000 new jobs since 2011. The tourism sector accounted for 4% of GNP in 2014.

To read more see thejournal.ie article.

LIBRARY CLOSURE, TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY

Cathal Brugha St Library regrets to announce that due to wholly unforeseen staff shortages, we will have to CLOSE at 5.15pm on Tuesday February 17th. We apologise for the inconvenience caused to our readers. We expect to open normal hours from Wednesday.

Over €100,000 owed to library in fines

A recent article in The Edition, the DIT student paper, revealed that €109,945.29 is owed to DIT libraries in unpaid fines. Only two other colleges, UCD and NUI Maynooth, have libraries where staff and students owe more fines.

The article also reported that last year, according to a DIT spokesperson, fines paid were 'invested back into the student experience' by upgrading library facilities and augmenting library book stock.

The article is available here.

Volunteers wanted for film festival

Event Management students and film fans might be interested to know that the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) are looking for volunteers to work at this year's festival.

The festival, which has been held annually in Dublin for over ten years, has grown to become a major event attracting film makers and fans from all over the world. Volunteers play an important part in ensuring the smooth running of the festival.

The deadline for applications is 20th February 2015. Information on how to volunteer is available here.