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Through a single gateway, library members can access and cross-search a number of acclaimed and regularly updated music reference works including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music.

Dublin City Libraries will soon be looking for people to get involved in an exciting crowdsourcing project which will bring to life thousands of historical handwritten documents which tell the story of the City in the 19th century.

As we countdown to the Dublin Literary Award 2021 announcement on 20 May we are highlighting the 6 beautifully written and diverse titles on the shortlist. If you are looking for reading inspiration - look no further! 

As we countdown to the Dublin Literary Award 2021 announcement on 20 May we are highlighting the 6 beautifully written and diverse titles on the shortlist. If you are looking for reading inspiration - look no further! 

Librarians are generally well served within popular culture (albeit with one or two notable exceptions) as information specialists, champions of literacy and all round Good Guys

“I could have been more disciplined but I'm glad I'm not a robot like so many now.” In this sentence Sean O'Brien sums up his attitude to life and rugby in his no holds barred autobiography.

Crisis in a Colonial Capital: The Black Death in Dublin with Dr Simon Egan

Thirty-two Words for Field by Manchan Magan has gone straight in at number nine in the charts - that's the non-fiction hardback charts!

Welcome to the ninth week in our second series of Researching Your Family History during Lock-down.

Needlework can be tracked through time from the earliest weaving of grasses and palms to the stitching together of furs and animal hides to today’s high street fashion and haute couture.