DkIT Library Clubs
DkIT library is hosting several clubs this semester and all staff and students are welcome to come along. Book Club: get reading and meet other book-lovers! Chess Club: Starts Thursday October 19th, 12-2 pm, in the Slieve Foye Room in DkIT Library. Ciorcal Cómhrá: Improve your Irish in a supportive environment. [...]
Book Review: Wolf Hall
Within a few short paragraphs of Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, the master wordsmith and storyteller, has converted us from being a reader to an invisible onlooker of the sixteenth century court of Henry Tudor. Henry's love life has long been chronicled in print and on the screen (and Wolf Hall too [...]
Scholarly publishing in transition: Open Access
Over the past decade the economic model of scholarly publishing has been challenged by rising costs, concentration of journal ownership in commercial hands and by government and particularly EU policy on open science and open access to research. Open Access (OA) signifies free access for all to online scholarly research [...]
Lockdown literature: the results are in!
The results of our survey on what you read during lockdown are in! Social commentary, escapism, memoir, life lessons, and reading about Covid itself, the choices probably reflect all our different moods at different stages of lockdown and during the Covid crisis. Thanks to all who took part! Pick: Covid-19: [...]
The De Chastelain Library Digital Badge
The library hopes to be an asset to you both in the present and the future. We have created a set of digital badges that showcase the knowledge you gain from going through some of our online lessons on the library student hub. The four lessons cover subjects including how [...]
Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other was the joint winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2019. The Man Booker is awarded for original writing and this work is quite unlike any piece I have read before. It is breathtakingly original, both in its form, character viewpoint and historical reach. Firstly, the form [...]
What do I need to know before I come into the library?
Conditions of on-site access BOOK your appointment Max time of visit is 90 minutes Please plan your visit and plan to come and stay bringing with you all you need. Social Distancing guidelines are strictly adhered to within library - Signage provided Face coverings are required in the Library Access [...]
Frederick Douglass’s Visit to Ireland
October is Black History Month, and to mark it, we are looking at Frederick Douglass’s visit to Ireland, an event which brings together Black history, Irish history and the importance of literacy in effecting change. Frederick Douglass, the American statesman, orator, writer, abolitionist and former slave, visited Ireland in September 1845, [...]