Síol Information Week

This week is Síol Information Week and our theme is Avoiding Plagiarism.

Check out our new web page on citing and referencing that hopes to answer all your questions on getting it right. If your question is NOT answered, please ask us and we’ll endeavour to fix that!

Also, come see our small exhibit of plagiarism (alleged and actual) cases that have made the headlines as well as our slideshow that highlights our top 8 ways to avoid even a hint of the accusation!

It’s all there for perusal in the display area in the Library this week.

Teaching and Learning Award

Congratulations to the Síol Team in the Library who won an award for excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Genevieve Larkin, Ben Staunton and Victoria Smyth were presented with their award by the College President at a special ceremony on 31st May in recognition of the work they do in Information and Research Support.

Info & Academic Skills Week

For the start of the new term the Library is running Information and Academic Skills Week (January 23-27) with events and training sessions for students.  Have a look below at what's on offer:

1) Academic Writing Skills Workshop
12 noon, Wednesday, 25th January in E201:
Writing consultant Lawrence Cleary from the Regional Writing Centre in University of Limerick will give a workshop on academic writing to all interested students. This event is presented in association with the Teaching and Learning Committee.  All are welcome so make sure not to miss it!

 2) One-to-one sessions
All week, at whatever level or area suits your needs:

• Where to start 
• develop a search strategy
• find what you need in the Library
• search the Catalogue
• save searches 
• locate books/journals
•  Using the internet for academic purposes 
• find online journals
• search the Library’s academic databases
• use other subject gateways and search engines
• use Google Scholar
• set up alerts/RSS feeds 
• get updates on new research in your area
• Give credit where credit is due 
• cite sources correctly and build your reference list
• use Turnitin to check you have referenced properly
• basic Refworks for beginners 
• advanced Refworks (write'n'cite for in-text citation, formatting your paper and bibliography, and using Refshare for group projects and sharing references with others). 

Just call to the Library or email us with details of what you want to cover in your session and we will set up an appointment for you with one of our SÍOL team.

3) Complete Our Survey
Finally, we'd ask you to help us improve our service by completing a quick online survey. This will help ensure that future events and training are tailored to YOUR needs!

Digitisation Talk Today

At 12 noon today in the e-block boardroom, the Library hosts a short lecture and demonstration by Brian Donovan of Eneclann Digital Imaging Services on the importance of digital imaging and archival storage for libraries and universities.

Eneclann are a Trinity College Campus Company who publish historical and genealogical sources on CD-Rom and online and have currently produced around 250 titles of Irish interest. We have recently acquired some Eneclann titles on CD-Rom which will be on display for the talk and available for loan in the Library soon afterwards.

Titles include:

• Census Reports 1851-1911: County & City of Dublin
• A Stroll through Dublin
  
• Deserted Children (Dublin) 1854
  
• Thom's Official Directory of Ireland, 1910
  
• Slater's Royal National Directory of Ireland
  
• Treble Almanack & Dublin Directory 1783
  
• The 1798 Rebellion: Claimants and Surrenders

Continuing on our White House theme this week, Eneclann were in the news for the part they have played in sourcing Barack Obama's Irish ancestry - our speaker Brian is quoted in an article in the Irish Times last Saturday.

All students and staff are welcome to come along to the talk. This event is organised by Síol, our Information and Research Support service.

Irish Life and Lore Event

"Our own story and its telling is as vital to our sense of well-being as a good meal and a warm bed."

On Monday the Library hosts a talk by Maurice O'Keefe about his Irish Life and Lore series, a collection of over 1,800 audio recordings from various parts of Ireland which makes up a rich oral history of the island.

The presentation takes place in E233 at 12 noon on Monday, May 9 and all are welcome. To find out more about the project visit http://www.irishlifeandlore.com.

This event is the latest offered by Síol, our Information and Research Support service.

Síol Workshops and Training

As part of Library Ireland Week (March 7-13), we are pleased to launch Síol Information and Research Support Service.

Good library and information services are an essential underpinning for research, just as they are for successful teaching and learning. Success in research depends critically on the quality of the information services to which researchers have accesss. We would like to invite you along to our refresher courses and basic demonstrations in using our Online Resources.

Over the next three weeks we are offering basic and refresher demonstrations in

• RefWorks Bibliography Manager
  
• Online Databases
• Using the Catalogue
• Journal searches
  
• Accessing Ebooks

For details of when and where these courses are taking place check the Síol page on our website.