Transcript Information Literacy Initiatives at the University of Limerick

Academic & Research support services
at the
Aoife Geraghty
Head of Information Services
Glucksman Library
Library Director
Gobnait O’Riordan
Liz Dore
Faculty of Science &
Engineering
(Architecture & Science)
Pattie Punch
Faculty of Arts,
Humanities and Social
Science
Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha
Faculty of Science &
Engineering
(Engineering)
Peter Reilly
Kemmy Business School
Donna Ó Doibhlin
Faculty of Education &
Health Sciences
Dr Fintan Bracken
Research Services &
Bibliometrics
Liaison Librarians at the
Term-time
Mon-Fri 08.30-23.00
Sat 10.00-19.00
Sun 11.00-18.00
Borrowing books:
20 items at any one time
for a period of 77 days.
Opening Hours and Borrowing Books at the
www.ul.ie/library - The Library Online at the
Subject Support at the
Using other Libraries
• Inter Library Loans (see Library webpage)
• SCONUL Access - a co-operative scheme that enables
researchers to visit and borrow materials from more
than 125 libraries in Ireland and the UK – get a SCONUL
Access card from the Library Information Desk.
• Letter of Introduction (Faculty Librarian)
Recommend/purchase resources for the library - Books
Books and multimedia
• Faculty and staff can order books and non-book material (e.g. multimedia),
which will then be added to the library collections - Contact your Faculty
Librarian for information on procedures, including advice on whether your
Head of Dept needs to sign off on orders.
• Books can be recommended at any time of year but get orders in 8-10 weeks
before the semester start date if you want to be sure …
• Send a copy of recommended reading lists to your Faculty Librarian to
ensure that recommended materials are available for your students in good
time.
• Collection development policies have recently been approved for each
academic department.
• The bookfund is allocated by the Library & Information Resources
Development Committee. Allocations are based on FTEs. Each faculty has a
representative on the committee.
Recommend/purchase resources for the library - Journals
Journals and databases
• Local subscriptions are paid for through the library budget or through
departmental budgets. All local subscriptions are currently being reviewed.
• Many of our journals and databases are paid for through the IReL (Irish
Research eLibrary) consortium of the 7 Irish universities + RCSI.
• Where a new course is planned, it is essential that funding for resources is
included in the planning – faculty librarians are members of faculty boards
and should be involved in new course planning.
• Subscriptions are ongoing commitments, so requests take more time to
process and decisions must be based on future budget planning.
Library & Information Resources Development Committee
Chair: VP Academic & Registrar
Faculty Reps:
Walter Stanley(S&E)
David Fleming (AHSS)
Ross Anderson (E&HS)
Mats Melin (IWAMD)
Jill Pearson (KBS)
Student Reps
ULSU Education Officer
ULSU President
Library Reps:
Director (Gobnait O’Riordan)
Head of Information Services (Aoife Geraghty)
Meet in May and October each year.
Undergraduates & taught postgraduates
classes are planned in liaison with faculty
Researchers
Realising Your Research Value – from
Literature Review to Getting Published
Faculty
Maximising your Research Impact
General – Drop in classes
e.g. EndNote Web
Online supports
Technology Enhanced Learning Unit with the Centre for Teaching &
Learning and the Information Technology Division
Information & Digital Literacy at the
Coming soon …
Librarian, Student Engagement
& Success
• Develop and implement programmes and
initiatives aimed at improving undergraduate
student transition, retention and success.
• Focus on early-stage undergraduates, on
undergraduate student groups new to the
university, and on modules with high attrition
rates.
Aoife Geraghty
Head of Information Services
Glucksman Library
University of Limerick
GL0-030
-353-61-202164
[email protected]