Saturday 30th October: Closing Date for Self Service Competition

Aungier St library's self service machines have been up and running for a month now and have been well received.
Saturday 30th October is the last day for students to enter the self service draw. 3M is sponsoring an iPod Touch and the library is offering a €100 One4All voucher, so come on in and use the machines to be in with a chance to win!

New E-Books from BookBoon

BookBoon has added a number of new free e-books which might be of interest to business and information systems users.

New titles include:

Portfolio Theory & Financial Analysis
Project Leadership -step by step: Part II
Microsoft Office Excel
Microsoft Office Word
Perl for Beginners

Mintel 2011 Trend Webinars

Mintel is providing two client webinars on Tuesday 9th November on 2011 consumer and Consumer Packaged Goods/Fast Moving Consumer Goods trends.

The webinars are designed to explain the 21 trends Mintel believe will make the biggest impact in 2011.

For more information and to register for one or both of the webinars, visit 2011 Mintel Trend Predictions.

What’s New on Westlaw UK?

Westlaw UK's Index of Legal Terms – has been launched! This offers you a new way to start your research by searching for definitions of legal terms. It pays to know what it is that you are dealing with before you attempt to find information on it – it does save you time. The Index offers a concise, expert explanation of legal concepts and terms with links to the supporting cases and legislation you need to join up your research, they will allow you to cut straight to the heart of a matter.

The second supplement to the White Book 2010 has also been added.
This supplement contains updating material for both volumes of the White Book 2010.

Read the Top Articles from Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Each year the Verity International Award for Best Paper in Management is awarded to an article which has appeared the previous year in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, international quarterly journal that publishes manuscripts with a strong theoretical foundation.

The winning article, Conform or Rebel: When Does Keeping to the Rules Enhance Firm Performance by Alex Eapen and Rekha Krishnan, is available for free online, as are the following top articles from CJAS:

e-WOM Scale: Word-of-Mouth Measurement Scale for E-Services Context Isabelle Goyette, Line Ricard, Jasmin Bergeron, and Francois Marticotte.

Discretionary power of project managers in knowledge-intensive firms and gender issues Stephanie Chasserio and Marie-Josee Legault.

DIT Library Services also has electronic access to the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences via Business Source Premier from 1997 to July 2009.

DIT's Print Journals Now Listed in E-Journal Portal

DIT library services' holding of print journals are now included in the library's E-Journal portal .

This means the E-Journal portal is now a "one-stop shop" for determining whether the library owns a particular title in either electronic or print format.

For example, a search in the E-Journal portal for Journal of Marketing Management now indicates that, as well as being available online via Business Source Premier from 1985 to one year ago (due to the publisher's 1 year embargo), the title is also available in print in the library right up to the August 2010 issue.

This turns what was a for many users a two-step process (searching the E-Journal portal first, and then the Library Catalogue) into one easy step in the E-Journal portal.

Try Self Service and be in with a Chance to win an iPod Touch

Aungier St. library's self service goes live today!
The library has installed two self service machines which will enable users to borrow and return library books and DVDs without queuing at the main Service Point. These machines use the latest technology available and DIT is the first to install them in Ireland. They also fully integrate with the new smart ID cards introduced by Information Services for students this September. The combination of Self Service and smart ID card is another first in Ireland for DIT.
The new system uses a touch screen with clear prompts to help users to borrow and return books themselves. Library staff are on hand to help users with the new system, and every user gets a lollipop! The system should speed up waiting time for our users and give staff at the Service Point more time to help students and academic staff with research, ordering books, InterLibrary loans, and answering queries.
There are prizes for students who use the self service machines before 31st October - 3M is sponsoring an iPod Touch and the library is offering a €100 One4All voucher. So, come in and give the machines a go and be in with a chance to win!

Impact of the Recession on Irish consumers - Mintel's Irish Lifestyles report, August 2010

• How have Irish consumers responded and adjusted to the recession?
• To what degree have Irish consumers become more price-conscious and deal-let?
• What is the level of appetite among Irish consumers for some degree of escapism?
• Has the age of consumers taking things at face value gone?

These questions and more are addressed in Mintel's Irish Lifestyles report, published in August 2010.

Other recently published Mintel reports include:

Mortgages - Ireland - September 2010

Discount Retailing - Ireland - September 2010

Brand Loyalty in Food and Drink and Irish Consumers' Growing Fondness for Own Label - Ireland - August 2010

All these Mintel reports and more can be accessed the library's Business Resources page.

Invitation to the launch of RIAN - Ireland's portal to Open Access research publications

The Irish University Association is inviting interested parties to attend the launch of RIAN, Ireland's portal to Open Access research publications on Wednesday, 20th October, 1.30pm - 4pm in the Convention Centre Dublin.

RIAN harvests content from Open Access institutional repositories in all seven Irish universities and DIT. For the first time, Irish research will be made freely available on a worldwide scale. It is the outcome of a project which was managed by the IUA Librarians' Group, supported by the IUA, and funded through the Strategic Innovation Fund.
For more details about the event and to register, visit http://www.onehouse.ie/clients/iua/invite-09-2010/.
Registration will close on Friday 15th October. There is no registration fee.