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Dublin City University Library based in three locations in Dublin, Ireland: O'Reilly Library (Glasnevin Campus), Cregan Library (St Patrick's Campus) and Woodlock Hall (All Hallows Campus)
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini etc. can be helpful research tools, but only when used responsibly.
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini etc. can be helpful research tools, but only when used responsibly.
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
It's competition time!
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's competition time!
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
Thanks to DCU Arts and Culture for another superb DCU Book Club session. Join us in January for @kitdewaal.com's discussion of her novel 'The Best of Everything'. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so book your ticket now! www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thanks to DCU Arts and Culture for another superb DCU Book Club session. Join us in January for @kitdewaal.com's discussion of her novel 'The Best of Everything'. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so book your ticket now! www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
Here are the all important reading recommendations from this month's DCU Book Club author! John Patrick McHugh recommends Brian Friel's Stories of Ireland, Dante's Divine Comedy and Sabbath's Theatre by Philip Roth.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Here are the all important reading recommendations from this month's DCU Book Club author! John Patrick McHugh recommends Brian Friel's Stories of Ireland, Dante's Divine Comedy and Sabbath's Theatre by Philip Roth.
The island setting in Fun and Games allowed John Patrick McHugh to examine the good and bad of living in a small town and the Gaelic football scenes captured the beauty and prose of the sport. We do love the author readings at the DCU Book Club!
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The island setting in Fun and Games allowed John Patrick McHugh to examine the good and bad of living in a small town and the Gaelic football scenes captured the beauty and prose of the sport. We do love the author readings at the DCU Book Club!
John Patrick McHugh talks about how great it was to spend time with the characters when he was writing Fun and Games. The novel gets into the main character's head - fiction should explore the complexity and grey areas in people in a way that feels real.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
John Patrick McHugh talks about how great it was to spend time with the characters when he was writing Fun and Games. The novel gets into the main character's head - fiction should explore the complexity and grey areas in people in a way that feels real.
John Patrick McHugh talks about the influences and supports that encouraged his creative writing. His novel Fun and Games, shortlisted for novel of the year in the Irish Book Awards, is a character study of someone on the cusp of becoming.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
John Patrick McHugh talks about the influences and supports that encouraged his creative writing. His novel Fun and Games, shortlisted for novel of the year in the Irish Book Awards, is a character study of someone on the cusp of becoming.
Joining us for tonight's DCU Book Club is John Patrick McHugh who is discussing his novel Fun and Games with @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Joining us for tonight's DCU Book Club is John Patrick McHugh who is discussing his novel Fun and Games with @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin.
At tonight's book club event, John Patrick McHugh will be discussing his fantastic novel Fun & Games. All are welcome, just register via the link: bit.ly/4ri12bF
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November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
At tonight's book club event, John Patrick McHugh will be discussing his fantastic novel Fun & Games. All are welcome, just register via the link: bit.ly/4ri12bF
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Due to the adverse weather conditions, Cregan and O'Reilly libraries will be closing at the earlier time of 5pm, today, November 14th.
Both libraries will be open tomorrow at 9:30am
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Both libraries will be open tomorrow at 9:30am
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Due to the adverse weather conditions, Cregan and O'Reilly libraries will be closing at the earlier time of 5pm, today, November 14th.
Both libraries will be open tomorrow at 9:30am
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Both libraries will be open tomorrow at 9:30am
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
David Szalay was awarded the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh this week. Will you borrow the last available copy from O'Reilly Library? If you're pipped to the post (apple pun intended) just reserve a copy to be next in line. See our Booker Prize in DCU Library guide at tinyurl.com/3jd85evb
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
David Szalay was awarded the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh this week. Will you borrow the last available copy from O'Reilly Library? If you're pipped to the post (apple pun intended) just reserve a copy to be next in line. See our Booker Prize in DCU Library guide at tinyurl.com/3jd85evb
Sarah Gilmartin @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer in Residence joins us for this month's Ulysses Book Club, discussing her two Dublin-centred novels Dinner Party and Service. Thanks to all our dedicated Joycean enthusiasts who journeyed through the rain to be here with us in Cregan Library.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Sarah Gilmartin @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer in Residence joins us for this month's Ulysses Book Club, discussing her two Dublin-centred novels Dinner Party and Service. Thanks to all our dedicated Joycean enthusiasts who journeyed through the rain to be here with us in Cregan Library.
Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State.
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State.
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
DCU POSTGRADUATES!
Get a clear head about your search strategy - sign up to our FREE online workshop today at 1pm from wherever you are!
Register: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Get a clear head about your search strategy - sign up to our FREE online workshop today at 1pm from wherever you are!
Register: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
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November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
DCU POSTGRADUATES!
Get a clear head about your search strategy - sign up to our FREE online workshop today at 1pm from wherever you are!
Register: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Get a clear head about your search strategy - sign up to our FREE online workshop today at 1pm from wherever you are!
Register: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Calling all DCU Postgraduates!
Interested in making your research open access?
Join us today for an online session answering all your pressing questions about open access research!
Register for FREE: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
Interested in making your research open access?
Join us today for an online session answering all your pressing questions about open access research!
Register for FREE: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Calling all DCU Postgraduates!
Interested in making your research open access?
Join us today for an online session answering all your pressing questions about open access research!
Register for FREE: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
Interested in making your research open access?
Join us today for an online session answering all your pressing questions about open access research!
Register for FREE: dcu.ie/library/graduate-training-programme
We are so proud to see the impact Joe Rodgers continues to have on Irish historical research. Read his entry about Thomas Gresham, which was added to the @historydib.bsky.social this week www.dib.ie/biography/gr...
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We are so proud to see the impact Joe Rodgers continues to have on Irish historical research. Read his entry about Thomas Gresham, which was added to the @historydib.bsky.social this week www.dib.ie/biography/gr...
Look out for our Booker Prize displays in Cregan and O'Reilly Library this week. The winner will be announced on 10th November so get borrowing & reading! Find out more about this year's @thebookerprizes.com shortlist and recent finalists on our Booker Prize in DCU Library guide tinyurl.com/3jd85evb
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look out for our Booker Prize displays in Cregan and O'Reilly Library this week. The winner will be announced on 10th November so get borrowing & reading! Find out more about this year's @thebookerprizes.com shortlist and recent finalists on our Booker Prize in DCU Library guide tinyurl.com/3jd85evb
A friendly Halloween reminder from the goblins and grim reapers of Guillaume Stanyhurst's "Veteris Hominis per expensa quatuor novissima metamorphosis" dated 1661:
We should not fear death, but evil.
But be cautious, because as the giant head says, "He who complains here, perishes eternally". 👻🎃📚
We should not fear death, but evil.
But be cautious, because as the giant head says, "He who complains here, perishes eternally". 👻🎃📚
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A friendly Halloween reminder from the goblins and grim reapers of Guillaume Stanyhurst's "Veteris Hominis per expensa quatuor novissima metamorphosis" dated 1661:
We should not fear death, but evil.
But be cautious, because as the giant head says, "He who complains here, perishes eternally". 👻🎃📚
We should not fear death, but evil.
But be cautious, because as the giant head says, "He who complains here, perishes eternally". 👻🎃📚
Have you seen these 2 well-read spirits haunting Woodlock Hall this week...?! 👻📚
#halloween
#halloween
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Have you seen these 2 well-read spirits haunting Woodlock Hall this week...?! 👻📚
#halloween
#halloween
The library isn't just for endlessly doomscrolling!
We can help you with things like:
Finding books
Understanding reading lists
Navigating databases
Citing & referencing
and so much more!
Go to DCU.ie/library to find out how we can help you with your studies!
#dculibrary @dublincityuni.bsky.social
We can help you with things like:
Finding books
Understanding reading lists
Navigating databases
Citing & referencing
and so much more!
Go to DCU.ie/library to find out how we can help you with your studies!
#dculibrary @dublincityuni.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The library isn't just for endlessly doomscrolling!
We can help you with things like:
Finding books
Understanding reading lists
Navigating databases
Citing & referencing
and so much more!
Go to DCU.ie/library to find out how we can help you with your studies!
#dculibrary @dublincityuni.bsky.social
We can help you with things like:
Finding books
Understanding reading lists
Navigating databases
Citing & referencing
and so much more!
Go to DCU.ie/library to find out how we can help you with your studies!
#dculibrary @dublincityuni.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Glasnevin Educate Together National School who donated over 200 books to our book swap shelves this morning. Extra thanks go to Liam who delivered them to O'Reilly Library in wild weather! Learn more about our community book swap shelves: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Huge thanks to Glasnevin Educate Together National School who donated over 200 books to our book swap shelves this morning. Extra thanks go to Liam who delivered them to O'Reilly Library in wild weather! Learn more about our community book swap shelves: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
DCU Libraries will be closed from Saturday, 25th October to Monday, 27th for the Bank Holiday weekend
All libraries reopen on Tuesday, 28th October
Full opening hours available on our website bit.ly/3BfLigU
All libraries reopen on Tuesday, 28th October
Full opening hours available on our website bit.ly/3BfLigU
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
DCU Libraries will be closed from Saturday, 25th October to Monday, 27th for the Bank Holiday weekend
All libraries reopen on Tuesday, 28th October
Full opening hours available on our website bit.ly/3BfLigU
All libraries reopen on Tuesday, 28th October
Full opening hours available on our website bit.ly/3BfLigU
We had a magical morning in Cregan library!
Huge thanks to author April Suddendorf for bringing "Wacky Witches and Their Peculiar Familiars" to life, and to the amazing 2nd class from Paradise Place Educate Together for creating their own wonderfully weird familiars! 💫📚
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Huge thanks to author April Suddendorf for bringing "Wacky Witches and Their Peculiar Familiars" to life, and to the amazing 2nd class from Paradise Place Educate Together for creating their own wonderfully weird familiars! 💫📚
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We had a magical morning in Cregan library!
Huge thanks to author April Suddendorf for bringing "Wacky Witches and Their Peculiar Familiars" to life, and to the amazing 2nd class from Paradise Place Educate Together for creating their own wonderfully weird familiars! 💫📚
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Huge thanks to author April Suddendorf for bringing "Wacky Witches and Their Peculiar Familiars" to life, and to the amazing 2nd class from Paradise Place Educate Together for creating their own wonderfully weird familiars! 💫📚
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
We'll finish with book recommendations from our @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club author Allen Bratton- Richard Nixon: A Life, Picture of Nobody and Kitchen Venom.
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We'll finish with book recommendations from our @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club author Allen Bratton- Richard Nixon: A Life, Picture of Nobody and Kitchen Venom.
Huge thanks to Allen Bratton, Dr Kit Fryatt and DCU Arts and Culture for yet another fantastic @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club, proudly supported by DCU Library
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Huge thanks to Allen Bratton, Dr Kit Fryatt and DCU Arts and Culture for yet another fantastic @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club, proudly supported by DCU Library