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@WITLibraries Newsletter September 2013

WIT Libraries, Waterford Institute of Technology [email protected] @witlibraries https://www.facebook.com/witlibraries

Welcome from Institute President

I wish to extend a warm welcome to all

students of Waterford Institute of

Technology, with a very special word of

welcome to our new students as you adjust

to life in the college, its community and its

environment. Take time to familiarise

yourself with all that is on offer to you

here, both academically and socially, and

you will find much to engage your time

and attention.

A service that we are particularly proud of

is our award-winning Luke Wadding

Library which has a wide range of

facilities and assistance provide by our

highly competent and knowledgeable staff.

From traditional reference books and

papers, to the many online digital

resources, Library staff are happy to help

you find just what you need for your study

and research activities in this ‘information

age’. I encourage you to make the most of

this wonderful facility during your time in

WIT.

“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a

subject ourselves, or we know where we

can find information on it.” (Samuel

Johnson). There is much you can find by

exploring Luke Wadding Library, and the

newsletters will keep you updated on

important events and helpful

developments.

Best wishes,

Ruaidhrí

Dr. Ruaidhrí Neavyn

President

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/witlibraries



Welcome from Institute Librarian

Another busy year begins and I extend a

cordial welcome to all new and returning

students. Our library newsletters are one of

the ways we help you perceive the array of

resources the library has assembled

expressly to support our learning

community. The library’s resources are

information resources and they range from

specialised digital resources to historic

manuscripts. Our resources are a tiny

microcosm of the four million scientific

publications per year, published in more

than 100,000 specialist journals, and more

than one million new books launched by

around 65,000 publishers. We try to select

and highlight services and resources which

are relevant to your needs and our

newsletter lets you know what we are up

to.

Information has been described as the

currency of the 21st century but, to be

accurate, unless information is found,

assessed and used then as a currency it has

little value or convertibility. Our job as

librarians is to contribute to your

progression by providing you with the

skills and reflexes to evaluate and use

information effectively. In that regard I

hope these newsletters will also introduce

you to the talented, knowledgeable library

staff who want to assist you to develop

yourself. Please enjoy the newsletters –

you’ll find some fun there too! And

remember we look forward to meeting you

virtually and/or in person this year. Of

course, as always, we are keen to hear your

questions, suggestions, and

recommendations.

- Ted Lynch

Librarian




Introducing Our Libraries

Luke Wadding Library

The Luke Wadding Library, located on the Cork Road campus, opened in 2000 and is the

central library for Waterford Institute of Technology. Facilities in the award-winning state-

of- the-art Luke Wadding Library include:

in excess of 1,000 reader spaces over 3 floors

technology-rich learning spaces including:

suites of pc’s,

wireless internet access,

individual study spaces, group study and seminar rooms,

printing and photocopying services

a rooftop cafeteria

Over 270 laptop charge points.

In addition

we house a collection of over 200,000 books, journals and audiovisual materials

we provide 24/7 access to over 120,000 eBook titles

we stock a vast array of online journals and research databases, accessible both on and

off campus.

Library staff offer friendly, on-demand, help and training to all students in finding and using

the information that they need to succeed at third level and into their future careers.




College Street Campus Library

College Street Campus Library is the

smaller of the two libraries in Waterford

Institute of Technology. The library

facilitates courses taught in College St.

Campus and the Granary Campus.

Subjects stocked in the library include

legal studies, social care, architecture,

education, music, and art & design.

College Street Campus Library includes

over 35,000 print materials. There are

over 60 print journals and access is

available to thousands of online journals

through the extensive databases available

on our suite of pc’s. Important print

journals include two law journals The All

England Law Reports kept from 1558 and

the The Irish Reports kept from 1894.

Ebrary gives access to e-books in the

subject areas specified above in the

College St. Campus.

The College took over the Good Shepherd

Convent in 1994 and the library has been

in place since that time. There is a small

but dedicated staff who work very much as

a team in serving the students and staff of

College Street. We have an extensive

music collection; resources accessible

include databases, records, CDs, music

scores, and cassettes. The library also

houses a valuable music special collection,

The Rosen Collection. The Rosen

Collection is a collection of some 7,000

items, mainly musical scores and books of

music items belonging to Dr. Hans

Waldemar Rosen, which was bequeathed

to WIT by his family in 2004.

User education is available from the

library staff and can be booked at the issue

desk at any time throughout the year.

Tutorials for user education are held in the

library’s own adjacent computer room.

The library has its own computer area and

there are some 60 study places, with laptop

charge points, in the building as well as 12

computers in the library and a scanning

facility. The library itself is a Wi-Fi area.

The issue desk doubles as an information

desk to take queries from students and

staff. The library also has a dedicated

study room for use by students situated

next to the library.

Contact Details:

Telephone: 051-302262

E-Mail: [email protected]




WIT Library Information Service…

The information service is located directly behind the circulation desk at entry

level in the Luke Wadding Library. The information service team is pleased to

answer queries and offer assistance and advice on all aspects of the library

service.

We can:

give you a guide on your subject area

show you how to find books and journals in

the library refer you to the best online databases for your

assignments show you how to access the databases

from home and help you to find

good quality resources on the Internet

Are you a new or returning student?

Why not call to our Library

Information Service?

Do you have an assignment to do but

are not sure where to begin?




…We’re here to help you.

Your Information Services Team:

Seamus Ryan; Clare Blount; Maria McCarthy; David Jackman; John Phelan;

John Moloney; Delia Foley; Derek Langford; Patricia Burke; Tina Hurley;

Therese O'Neill

WIT Library Information Service

Opening Hours September 2013

Monday – Friday

10am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm

Saturday

10am – 1pm




340 Print journal titles

120, 000 E-book titles

39 Databases

66 Opening hours per

week

29Library staff

6In-house library training programmes

2 Branch Libraries

Your Library in Numbers




28 Information Services opening

hours per week

2 Number of weeks long term

loans can be borrowed for

4 Seminar rooms available

5000 Short loan books

3 Special collections




If you would like any further information or to

book a library tutorial, please contact:

Library Learning Support

Ext: 2837 / CSC Library: 2262 / E-mail: [email protected]

Learning Support: Library Know-How

WIT Libraries’ learning support

[information literacy] programme is

designed to help students at both

undergraduate and postgraduate level to

become competent library users and to

develop independent research skills. All

programmes run throughout the academic

year and students are usually booked in

through their lecturers/course leaders.

First Year Students

The Library Learning Support programme

for our first year undergraduates consists

of a one-hour workshop. The focus of the

hour is to make the students aware of the

resources available both physically in the

library and online through the library

website and how these can be best utilised

when completing assignments. In

particular, the focus is on helping the

students develop the research skills to be

able to identify which library resources

would help them at each step of the

research process. The importance of

evaluating results is also highlighted.

Second and Third Year and Final Year

Students

The focus of the training for second and

third years and final year students is to

build on previous skills. For second and

third year students this focuses on the best

use of electronic resources and the

development of critical thinking skills for

assignment work. The focus for final year

students is on the advanced use of

electronic resources with an emphasis on

critical thinking and evaluation skills.

Postgraduate Students and Staff

The Library Learning Support programme

for taught postgraduates focuses on the

advanced use of the library’s resources for

research level students.

Sessions for research postgraduates and

staff may be booked on an individual or

small group basis and are developed

according to specific research interests.




eBooks at WIT Libraries

In changing times of student learning, academic course provision and continued professional

development, WIT Libraries continue to enhance its electronic book (eBook) collection with

the acquisition and integration of collections including Ebrary, Project Guttenberg and

CUFTS.

Benefits of eBooks include:

As of 1st September there are in excess of 86,000 eBooks available through Ebrary on an

extensive range of subject areas relating to business, humanities, science, health science,

engineering, education and lifelong learning. Furthermore two freely available and non-

copyright protected collections; Project Guttenberg and CUFTS provide access to over

43,000 eBooks and 9,000 eJournals for our users.

Whenever you see the Click to access, CUFTS connect or Gutenberg connect icons on the

library catalogue, this will denote the item is available electronically.

Being available when you need

them.

24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Easily searchable and retrievable

via the library catalogue No overdue borrowing fines!

Accessible on a multiplatform basis:

e-readers, laptops, tablets and smart

phones




EBooks are not designed to replace the physical book but to open library resources to a wider

user population with evolving needs. WIT Libraries would encourage our users to engage

with the rich and diverse collections of eBooks alongside other library resources such as

printed books, journals, audio visual materials and databases.

WIT Libraries Top 20 eBooks for 2012/13

Title Author User, Sessions

Approaches to Learning : A Guide for Teachers Jordan, Anne 329

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia : A Natural Law Ethics Approach

Paterson, Craig 165

Cosmopolitan Ireland : Globalisation and Quality of Life Kuhling, Carmen 122

Oracle Warehouse Builder 11g R2 : Getting Started 2011 : extract, transform, and load data to build a dynamic, operational data warehouse

Griesemer, Bob 106

Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Gorsuch, Neil M. 105

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

99

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy : An Argument Against Legalisation

Keown, John 98

Cancer Nursing : Care in Context Corner, Jessica 81

Understanding Social Control : Deviance, Crime and Social Order

Innes, Martin 76

Best Practice in Professional Supervision : A Guide for the helping professions

Beddoe, Liz 75

Alcohol, Drugs and Medication in Pregnancy : The Long Term Outcome for the Child

Preece, Philip M.(Editor) 66

Social Psychology Bordens, Kenneth S. 63

Radical Initiatives in Interventionist and Community Drama Billingham, Peter(Editor) 63

Study Skills Guide : Essential Strategies for Smart Students Forsyth, Patrick 58

Renegade Regimes : Confronting Deviant Behavior in World Politics

Nincic, Miroslav 53

Reflective Practice : A Guide for Nurses and Midwives Taylor, Beverley 51

Modern Marketing Research Mishra, M.N. 51

Easeful Death : Is There a Case for Assisted Dying? Warnock, Mary 50

Anti-Social Behaviour Millie, Andrew 50

Formulation and Analytical Development for Low-Dose Oral Drug Products

Zheng, Jack 50

For further information please contact the Library Information Service at [email protected]




New Acquisitions

Over the past couple of months there have been over 8, 500 items added to our library

collections. These items mainly consist of special collection entries, purchases and

donations, journals, e-books and theses. Some notable titles include:

New to Luke Wadding Library

Adapt / Tim Harford

Find at: 153.43

Advanced financial accounting /

J Kothari, E Barone

Find at: 657.046

The Penguin book of American verse

/ G Moore(ed)

Find at: USA811.54MOO

A global history of the financial

crash of 2007-2010 / JA Lybeck

Find at: 330.909511

Internet success: a study of open-

source software commons / CM

Schweik, RC English

Find at: 005.3 The last Vikings: the epic story of the

epic Norse voyages / KA Seaver

Find at: 910.91631




Comparative criminal justice systems: a

topical approach /

PL Reichel

Find at: 364

Source

Find at: Journal Stacks

Frieze


Modernity and modern painting:

French painting in the 19th

century /

F Frascina et al

Find at: 364

Modern Painters


Tate Etc.


New to College Street Library




Count Leo Nikolaevich

Tolstoy was born on

September 9, 1828, in his

ancestral estate Yasnaya

Polyana, South of

Moscow, Russia.

He studied languages and

law at Kazan University

for three years. He was

dissatisfied with the

school and left Kazan

without a degree, returned

to his estate and educated

himself independently. In

1848 he moved to the

capital, St. Petersburg,

and there passed two tests

for a law degree. He was

abruptly called to return

to his estate near

Moscow, where he

inherited 4000 acres of

land and 350 serfs. There

Tolstoy built a school for

his serfs, and acted as a

teacher.

Fr David Keating

Leo Tolstoy -

Resurrection

Reviewed by Fr David

Keating, Institute

Chaplain

If you ever seek refuge

from the mundane and

superficial, to be carried

away by words to a place

of depth and significance,

then may I suggest Leo

Tolstoy’s Resurrection. I

read this book some

weeks ago and found it

profoundly moving and

simply unforgettable.

But then Russian

literature never

disappoints, does it? The

acknowledged masters of

Russian literature,

Turgenev, Pushkin,

Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and

Chekhov, have forever

uplifted the world with a

calibre of writing that is

eloquent, deep and tender.

Leo Tolstoy was born in

Central Russia in 1828 to

a family of old Russian

nobility. Having earlier

published War and Peace

(1869) and Anna

Karenina (1877),

regarded as his finest

works, Resurrection was

the last novel written by

Tolstoy and was

published in 1899.

Strongly criticized (I

believe unfairly) for

lacking the skill and detail

of his earlier work,

Resurrection never set out

to be another War and

Peace or Anna Karenina

but should be read,

understood and critiqued

as an original work that is

exquisite and timeless.

The story centres on an

aristocratic nobleman,

Dmitri Nekhlyudov, who

seeks redemption for the

misery and destitution he

causes to a young maid he

earlier seduced. Exiled to

Siberia, Nekhlyudov

accompanies this woman

through prison and into

exile, all the while

witnessing scenes of

degradation and injustice.

He encounters people

chained without cause,

beaten and degraded

without cause and

children treated with

appalling cruelty and

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neglect with no case

against them other than to

be poor. These images

haunt Nekhlyudov as he

so desperately tries to

make amends and placate

his own tortured mind and

internal anguish.

Furthermore, this

nobleman is determined

to confront those who

seek to maintain the status

quo of abject injustice and

oppression, and to

challenge those who

profit by those same

injustices.

Tolstoy himself,

renouncing his privileged

lifestyle following his

experience in the army,

saw the state as a

conspiracy, designed not

only to exploit but also to

corrupt its citizens. He

was deeply affected by

the waste of lives in

unnecessary wars,

famines and a suppressed

society. He was also

disturbed by the injustice

of man-made laws and the

hypocrisy of the

bourgeoisie.

Russian literature

endures. Thanks to the

talent and skill of

translators, the published

works of these masters

are available to the world.

With superb

characterization and

forensic attention to

detail, readers are

exposed to a literary

world that delivers an

utter enchantment with

the written word and a

solid antedote to a culture

of speed and the tyranny

of instant.

Available in Luke Wadding Library at

891.73TOL

See map below for location





WIT Libraries have been celebrating

Bliain na Gaeilge with our annual

Taispeántas to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge

which ran from 4 – 17th

March. The

exhibition showcased works from our

collection in our native language – poetry,

prose, dictionaries and language courses.

This year, for fun, we also distributed bookmarks of mallachtaí / beannachtaí (curses and

blessings) - one aspect of the richness of the language.

Our project to display the library’s Bay signage bilingually

is now complete. Have a look!

Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Bearla clíste.

Broken Irish is better than clever English. Is minic a bhris béal, duine a shron.

It’s often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.

Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.

One rogue recognises another. Watch out for more

events as gaeilge

throughout the

coming year

With special thanks to

John Johnston Kehoe

For his invaluable help with the bay sign translations.





Waterford Institute of Technology Libraries

Cordially invite you to

The first in a new series of lectures

‘Who dares to speak’

The purpose of the lecture series is to raise awareness of the significant role of Arts and

Literature in Irish culture and society.

Venue: Special Collections Room, Luke Wadding Library

Date: Monday 30th

September @4.15pm

Lecture: Remembering September 1913

Guest Speaker: Christa de Brun, Lecturer in English Literature, WIT

Abstract: ‘September 1913’ was published in The Irish Times on September 8, 1913. Yeats

wrote the poem in response to three public controversies that stirred his imagination – the

Parnell controversy and the Great Lockout, the response to the showing of Synge’s ‘Playboy of

the Western world’ in the Abbey Theatre in 1907, and the proposals for a new gallery to house

the Hugh Lane collection. The poem is both a lament for romantic Ireland and a scathing attack

on the bourgeois materialism of Dublin and the ‘daily spite of this unmannerly town’ as he

referred to Dublin in a letter to Hugh Lane.

We would welcome expressions of interest for forthcoming lectures.

For further information about this event or series, please contact Kieran Cronin. 051-302845([email protected])





WIT Libraries on Social Media

WIT Libraries continues to connect with our staff and students by using different social

media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Blog and Pinterest. As new and continuing

students why not “like” and “follow” some or all of these in order to keep up to date with all

the latest news from the library.

WIT Libraries use Facebook to

communicate with both students and staff

as well as the wider community. Why

not follow us and keep in touch with the

library.

Twitter is a great medium to engage with the wider community.

Follow us @witlibraries and receive regular updates from your

library.

WIT Libraries News is updated

regularly by library staff at

http://library.wit.ie/news/

Pinterest is an online virtual notice board where the user

can create virtual pinboards. Pinterest lets you organise

and share a series of images and links with other users.

You can find our Pinterest page at

http://pinterest.com/witlibraries/

Keep an eye on our social

media platforms for

regular competitions and

prizes!

Check out our website

at

Library.wit.ie



http://pinterest.com/witlibraries/



Contributors:

John Moloney (front page art)

Kieran Cronin

Fr. David Keating

Delia Foley

Neil Darbey

Tina Hurley

Jennifer Bolger

Newsletter Team:

Seamus Ryan

Clare Blount

Therese O’Neill

Contact details:

WIT Library,

Waterford Institute of

Technology,

Cork Road,

Waterford.

Email: [email protected]

Tel.: 051 302840




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