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In Autumn 2022 Georgina Gianni from Athens worked with us in Dublin City Library and Archive on an Erasmus Plus placement from her college, University of West Attica in Greece. Georgina brought her enthusiasm and energy along with her knowledge of libraries and archives to DCLA and we really enjoyed having her as part of the team and we miss her cheerful presence! She worked on various collections and processes with us, you can read her blog post about it here – something tells us she’ll be back to Dublin.

A collection of images of notes left at the mural of Savita Halappanavar during the 2018 referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment will now be available long-term as a digital archive.

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Throughout the Covid 19 situation, the Business Information Service, provided by the Central Library, has carried on. Like the businesses and educational institutions that we support, we have had to adapt our service.

Our new Hublets allow you to borrow a tablet and use it in the library. No longer are eBooks, magazines, movies, menus, or self-help apps limited to those that have their own electronic devices. 

In this insightful, thought-provoking and ultimately hopeful book, Italian sociologist and political theorist Paulo Gerbaudo argues that the devastating recession which followed the 2008 financial crash and the more recent Coronavirus pandemic have led to The Great Recoil.

Dublin City Council is excited to announce the appointment of a multi-disciplinary Design Team for the Parnell Square Project, which includes the new City Library.

Dublin City Libraries are delighted to present a new range of sensory and assistive resources available for use in branch libraries citywide. 

From 23 January 2023 the Reading Room is now open to researchers by appointment on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 4.30pm, including through lunchtime. Our study area is now open from 10:00am – 20:00 Monday to Thursday and 10am to 5pm on Fridays and Saturdays

Several acquaintances have confided in me that one of their New Year’s resolutions is to start reading again. When asked for any tips my advice is always the same: start with something short. In that vein, one of the books I have read since the beginning of the year is Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables, a novel supposedly considered “too intimate” to be published during the author’s life.