The UCD library, composed of five separate bodies, has varied ranges of digital and printed books on a wide range of topics. Namely
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University College Dublin
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...
(UCD) is the Republic of Ireland
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's largest university. It is located in Dublin
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, capital of Ireland.
Buildings and locations
There are 5 UCD libraries: the James Joyce Library at Belfield serves as the administrative centre of the library system: it accommodates the central services and 85% of the stock; the Health Sciences library (for medicine, nursing and physiotherapy) is located in the UCD Health Sciences Centre at Belfield; Architecture (for architecture, landscape and planning) is in the Richview precinct at Belfield; Veterinary Medicine, located in the Veterinary Sciences Centre at Belfield; the UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business library at the Blackrock
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Campus.
Accommodation for readers consists of some 3,150 reading and study places, including some single and group study and PBL rooms, and social learning areas. Wireless internet is available throughout all of the libraries, there are wired network points provided, and power outlets are available to about a half of study seats. A number of IT Services open computer labs and PC clusters are located within the libraries.
Information resources
The library as a whole contains over 800,000 print volumes, and access to over 260,000 e-books
An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt ...
. Almost 80% of stock is on open access. Approximately 7,500 purchased monographs
A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject.
In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
, and 2,500 donations or legal deposit
Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. The number of copies required varies from country to country. Typically, the national library is the primary reposit ...
items are added to stock each year, and 99,000 current journal
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*Bullet journal, a method of personal organization
*Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period
*Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...
titles and databases are available, the vast majority of which are e-journals. The library is a European Documentation Centre
A European Documentation Centre (EDC) is a body designated by the European Commission to collect and disseminate publications of the European Union for the purposes of research and education. There are 400 such centers in all member states of the ...
, a national depository for United States government publications, and a legal deposit library for Irish publications. A small but significant holding of some 30,000 early printed books and special collections is housed in a separate bookstack with independent environmental control. In addition, almost 40,000 pre-1930 items are managed by them. UCD Archives and the National Folklore Collection at UCD house collections for use by the UCD community and external researchers.
The UCD Digital Library
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In collaboration with UCD Research, there is interoperability between the library Institutional Repository (IR) and the UCD Research Management System (RMS) providing a single route to update research profiles and deposit individual full text items. The institutional repository is based on DSpace and provides access to full text articles, working papers, reports, and other staff publications. It also provides a means of exporting information to a national open access repository, RIAN, as well as other subject-specific portals.
The UCD Digital Library, the successor to the IVRLA project, is a platform for the dissemination of diverse digital content associated with the university. In addition to cultural heritage collections, additional content includes geographic, quantitative and qualitative data produced or consumed by the UCD community. The new platform went live in summer 2012, and a major upgrade including a responsive website for use on both mobile and desktop devices, plus other new features went live in November 2014.
Library management system and other online environments
The library website was completely re-designed and the content refreshed in 2011, and a further update completed summer 2014. In 2017 another major redesign took place, with the latest Library website completed and made live in August, 2017. The website is now fully responsive, doing away with the need for a separate website for mobile users. A new Library Management System, from Innovative Interfaces
Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (abbreviated III and called "Innovative" or "Triple I" in the industry) is a software company specializing in integrated systems for library management. Their key products include Sierra, Polaris, Millennium, and Vir ...
went live in July 2012, and upgraded to the newer Sierra platform in May 2015. In 2013 the library piloted the LibGuides product as a complement to the website and decided to mainstream this from 2014 for subject and thematic guides. The latest website project also includes a new design for LibGuides. In August 2014 the library launched the Summon 2.0 web-scale discovery service, badged locally as OneSearch. The library also maintains a presence in the key social media. These include an instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat allowing real-time text transmission over the Internet or another computer network. Messages are typically transmitted between two or more parties, when each user inputs text and trigge ...
chat service, a Twitter feed, an Instagram presence, YouTube channels, a blog and a page on Facebook.
A catalogue is available, which is integrated into the university app.
Services
Lending, document supply, information skills training, and reference and information services are available in all library locations. Print journals, reference materials, official publications, theses, and Special Collections materials are not available for loan. A charge is made for Inter-Library Loan
Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL, and sometimes called interloan, interlending, document delivery, document supply, or interlibrary services, abbreviated ILS) is a service where patrons of one library can borrow materials and receive photocopies ...
and document supply. Copi Print provides print and copying facilities, on a paid self-service basis, in the libraries and in other university buildings.
Services are increasingly moving online, with online fines and charges payment introduced November 2013 using the university e-wallet system UCard, followed by online group study room booking from January 2014 using the Springshare product LibCal. Laptop loans at the largest library moved to a self-service system in September 2014, with the Health Sciences library following in August 2017. Online booking of individual study rooms and the Postgraduate Research Centre commenced in February 2015. The library holds regular training workshops which are booked online through the UCD People Development booking system as of July 2019.
The James Joyce and Health Sciences libraries provide a laptop loan service. This service enables students and staff to borrow laptops on a short-term basis within the confines of the library.
Working in collaboration with other units at UCD, spaces are being created to host student support services, with both Maths and Writing Support now being operated from within Library spaces at the James Joyce Library.
The Short Loan collection in the James Joyce library and the entire stock of the Blackrock and Veterinary Medicine libraries uses RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...
technology. This allows readers to borrow and return books without the assistance of library staff.
Opening hours in each of the five UCD libraries vary throughout the year.
Online access is provided on a 24/7 basis to an extensive range of databases, information services, electronic journals, subject guides and e-Learning materials.
Liaison with other libraries and organisations
UCD Library participates in a number of collaborative initiatives and projects. These include IReL (the Irish e-Library, an initiative funded by the Higher Education Authority
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Description and functions
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and Science Foundation Ireland
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to provide a world-class portfolio of e-journals to support research), IRIS (a company which manages the IReL initiative), ALCID (a reciprocal access scheme for academic staff and postgraduate research students), CONUL Training and Development, which provides a regular staff training and development programme, and the RIAN Project, funded through the Higher Education Authority's Strategic Innovation Fund to provide e-repositories in each university, and a national portal, for open-access research publications.
Internationally, the library has participated in the past in a number of research projects funded through the European Commission
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's FRAMEWORK Programmes, and, as an affiliate member of the NEREUS Consortium, participated in the NEEO (Network of European Economists Online) project, funded by the eContentplus Programme, a multilingual portal to the full-text research outputs of 500 top researchers in the partner institutions.
UCD Library was a partner with the library of the Queen's University of Belfast in the PADDI (Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland) project and both libraries continue to jointly operate the PADDI Database service.
UCD Library is an institutional member of SCONUL
SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) is the membership organisation for all academic and national libraries in the UK and Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the ...
, CONUL, IATUL, IFLA and LIBER.LIBER
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References
External links
UCD Library website
OneSearch - the library catalogue and more
UCD Digital Library
UCD Research Repository
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Academic libraries in Ireland
University College Dublin
Libraries in Dublin (city)
Deposit libraries