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Library Study Space Campaign

On Tuesday 11 April the Library launched a Study Space Campaign to address the issue of ‘desk-hogging’ (i.e., the practice of leaving books and personal belongings unattended for long periods of time at Library study spaces, thus preventing others from using those spaces). A dedicated team of stewards are freeing up study spaces that have been left unoccupied for more than 60 minutes. Belongings are moved in boxes to designated storage areas on the same floor.

Full details of the campaign are available on the Library regulations webpage: https://www.tcd.ie/library/about/regulations.php

The Library Study Space Campaign relies on the cooperation of all readers. We ask that you support the Steward Team to ensure that everybody has a fair chance of finding a suitable study space during this stressful pre-exam period. You can assist us by not leaving personal belongings (especially laptops, phones, USB drives or other valuables) unattended for any length of time, and by sticking to the 60 minute break rule.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at: library@tcd.ie.

Ussher Library Basement Stock Relocation Project

Ussher Library

As part of the enabling works for the Old Library Redevelopment Project, a stock relocation project has commenced in the Ussher Library basement. The goal of the project is to clear the Ussher basement so that it can be redesigned as a temporary home for the Early Printed Books and Manuscripts & Archives departments while the Old Library is decanted and renovated.

The Ussher basement stock relocation project will involve temporary restrictions on access to selected collections. Full details and updates are available on the Library’s ‘Plan your visit‘ webpage.

Student shelver applications open for 2021/22

Student shelving a book

Applications are now being accepted for the coming academic year (2021/22) for student shelvers positions in the Library.

Each year the Library employs a team of student shelvers to work 10-12 hours per week in the libraries on campus and in the Trinity Centre at St. James’s Hospital. The primary role of student shelvers is to sort and shelve books so that collections can be maintained in good order.

A full job description and short-listing criteria are available on the application website.

Please ensure you read the criteria in detail before completing the application form.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 30 July 2021.

Please Note: Interviews for these positions are likely to take place on Friday 10 September 2021. Successful candidates will be notified by e-mail of their interview time.

If you have any questions, please contact Maria Kelly, Reading Room Maintenance Executive, by e-mail: KELLYM10@tcd.ie

Student shelver positions available for 2020/21!

Student shelving a book

Applications for student shelvers are now being accepted for the coming academic year 2020/21.

Each year the Library employs a number of student shelvers to work 10-12 hours per week in the libraries on campus and in the Trinity Centre at St. James’s Hospital. The primary role of student shelvers is to sort books and return them to the shelves each day.

A full job description and short-listing criteria are available on the application website.

Please ensure you read these in detail before completing the application form.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 7th August 2020.

Please Note: Interviews for these positions will take place on Tuesday 8th September 2020. Successful candidates will be notified by e-mail of their interview time at least one week in advance of the interview date.

If you have any questions please contact Maria Kelly, Reading Room Maintenance Executive, by e-mail: KELLYM10@tcd.ie

Opening Hours for Kinsella Hall (Ussher 1st Floor)

Monday 16 December – Monday 23 December 2019 (inclusive)

Kinsella Hall, Ussher Library (1st floor only) will be available as a 24-hour study space. Please note that all personal belongings must be removed, before or during the changeover to a 24-hour Reading Room, which will take place at 16:45 each day.

Tuesday 24 December 2019 – Wednesday 1 January 2020 (inclusive)

Kinsella Hall will close for the Christmas Period: 24 December 2019 – 1 January 2019 (inclusive). Kinsella Hall will reopen for 24-hour study on Thursday 2 January 2020.

Reduced Library services

A stock take will take place in the Library from Monday 23 July to Monday 6 August 2018 necessitating targeted reductions in Library services. The key reductions include:

  1. The Early Printed Books and Manuscripts & Archives Research Library reading rooms will be closed to readers for the full two week period.
  2. All libraries will be closed on Saturday 28 July, Saturday 4 August and on Monday 6 August. The 24 hour spaces (Kinsella Hall and the 1937 Postgraduate Reading Room) will remain open.
  3. Requests from storage will be partially reduced – please contact Library staff for further details.

Normal Library services will resume on Tuesday 7 August 2018.

Trinity Summer Series 2018

The Summer Series at Trinity College Dublin, a series of six concerts hosted in Trinity’s College Park, will take place from Monday 23rd July to Sunday 29th July (with a break on Thursday 26th July). Preparations for each performance will involve sound checks and equipment tests which are likely to cause noise disruption each afternoon, particularly in the Ussher Library, which is located beside the concert area. Quieter study spaces are available in the Lecky, Berkeley and Hamilton libraries.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause readers.