.... This essential reference work from Facet Publishing, clearly laid out and printed, is a well known Directory of the LIS community in the UK and Ireland, providing the enquirer with an up to date, thoroughly checked and approved list of libraries and information units – no matter how arcane – and their librarians...

..., a small to medium‐sized, publicly funded education institute in South‐East Ireland. The paper details a series of low‐cost, practical marketing measures undertaken by WIT Libraries over the period 2007‐2008, and contextualises them for a collective audience. Findings WIT Libraries are engaged...

... no easy means of being integrated with the general working collections or that involve unusual care are most often subsumed under the special collections heading. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Collections management Library management Academic libraries Ireland Waterford...

... University libraries Content management Worldwide web Ireland History United States of America Quinnipiac University is a private, non‐sectarian regional university, founded in 1929, with approximately 7,000 students, located in the town of Hamden, 5 miles north of New Haven, Connecticut. Major...

...Anne Peoples; Trisha Ward Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a major reader development initiative delivered by a cross‐border partnership, involving two public library authorities (one in Ireland and one in the UK). It aims to outline the strategies and activities developed...

...Linda Ashcroft; Richard Turner A useful section includes the schools and departments of information and library studies in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The final section is for key library agencies and other relevant organisation. The coverage is therefore not totally comprehensive...

... includes a short survey on the use of student shelvers at other academic libraries in Ireland. Findings Student shelvers are an important resource in the WIT Library Service, freeing up staff time to concentrate on other projects. In order to make an effective contribution to the library service...

... largely been an under‐researched area. Design/methodology/approach A total of 30 in‐depth interviews were conducted with senior public librarians in Ireland, the UK and the USA. A semi‐structured interview format was used, and the grounded theory approach was used to analyse the data. Findings...

... diversification of the traditional library role is likely to be of interest to all members of the library profession. Neil Quinlan can be contacted at: nquinlan@wit.ie © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Academic libraries Learning E‐learning Training Ireland Based in southern...

... service will continue to survey users on a regular basis and to use the results to inform service delivery. Originality/value As the first comprehensive survey to be undertaken in the Institute of Technology sector in Ireland, the paper is of potential value to library practitioners in this, or indeed...

...Karin Fitzsimons This annually updated publication has been providing information about Libraries in the UK and the Republic of Ireland for over 40 years. The directory now contains nearly 3,000 entries. Each entry comprises of contact names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, e...

... and Cultural Heritage Services   1997 . IR£50 (+£1 postage in the Irish Republic and the UK +£3 in Europe, +£5 rest of world) Ireland Literature ...