Daire Hooper, Joe Coughlan and Michael Mullen's Journal Article in Top 3 Most Downloaded from Arrow in October

Daire Hooper,  Joe Coughlan and Michael Mullen's article entitled Structural Equation Modelling: Guidelines for Determining Model Fit, which was published in the Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods in 2008, ranked among the top three most frequently downloaded article in Arrow this October, with 999 downloads during the month.
Arrow is DIT's institutional repository.

Institutional Repositories (IRs) bring together all of an institution's research under one umbrella, with an aim to preserve and provide access to that research.
Institutional Repositories are an excellent vehicle for working papers or copies of published articles and conference papers. Presentations, senior theses, and other works not published elsewhere can also be published in Arrow.
Arrow is part of the Digital Commons Network of Institutional Repositories - a network of 368 university repositories worldwide. During October, DIT was among the most popular institutions in the Business Commons disciplines of Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics and Human Resources Management.

Secrets for Startup Success

Slideshare's blog posting Share Your Secrets for Startup Success provides links to slidedecks on tips on raising Series A funding, scaling your startup, choosing the right co-founder by Guy Kawasaki, 7 Myths of Startup Financing by Reid Hoffman, plus lots more.
An interesting read for any would-be entrepreneur.



 

Overflow computer area available in library from today

From this morning, the Training Room will be available to students to use as an overflow computer area whenever it's not in use for classes.

There's a sign outside the door to indicate the times the room is free.

The Training Room is a silent study area - please use the Group Study Rooms (bookable at the Service Point) if you're doing group work.

Training Room Available as Overflow Computer Area from Monday 24th November

Due to heavy demand for computers in the library, from Monday 24th November, the library's Training Room will be opened up as an overflow computer area whenever it is not in use for training sessions and classes. A sign outside the Training Room door will indicate at which times the room is free each day.

The Training Room will be designated as a Silent Study Area when it's in use as an overflow computer area.

Market Research to support to Business - Library Ireland Week Event

Interested in how market research can help a new or growing business? Or just interested in key consumer trends and behaviours?

In keeping with this year’s Library Ireland Week theme: 'Open for Business', Aungier St library has organised for Mintel Ireland to visit and deliver a session on accessing Mintel Ireland's insights to aid a business's research and planning process.

Cormac Henry of Mintel Ireland will deliver the session in the Library's Training Room at 3pm on Thursday, 20th November.

Please RSVP to astlibrary@dit.ie if you'd like to attend.

Market Research to support a Business - Library Ireland Week Event

Interested in how market research can help a new or growing business? Or just interested in key consumer trends and behaviours?

In keeping with this year’s Library Ireland Week theme: 'Open for Business', Aungier St library has organised for Mintel Ireland to visit and deliver a session on accessing Mintel Ireland's insights to aid a business's research and planning process.

Cormac Henry of Mintel Ireland will deliver the session in the Library's Training Room at 3pm on Thursday, 20th November.

Please RSVP to astlibrary@dit.ie if you'd like to attend.

Free e-book on Internet Marketing

Marketers - have you seen The Essential Step-by-Step Guide to Internet Marketing? It's a free e-book published by HubSpot, a marketing software company.

Whilst not a substitute for the books available via the library, this book does provide an introduction to Internet marketing for marketers who are new to the subject. You can view the Table of Contents here and see what you think.

Where can I print in Aungier St?

In addition to the Datapac printer/copier machines in Aungier St library, there are lots of other machines throughout the rest of the building - handy to know if there are queues in the library, or if there are any technical problems with the machines in the library.

You can release print jobs, copy and scan at any of the following locations in the Aungier Street building:

Ground Floor:            Bishop Street Entrance/Porter's Desk
First Floor:                 AIB Bank
Second Floor:             Bishop Street Lift/Outside Room 2.092, Rooms 2.065, 2.066, 2.069. 2.070
Third Floor:                Rooms 3.089, 3.090
Fourth Floor:              Rooms 4.025, 4.067/8, 4.086, 4.092

So no need to queue any more!

What do the red dots mean?

Over the past while, a number of students have asked us what the red dots stuck on the spine of many of the books in Aungier Street library mean.

Some students have even wondered if they mean that these books can't be borrowed!

The red dots are just an indication for library staff that a particular step in ourbook processing procedures have been completed. They don't have any impact on the availability of a book to borrow.

The only books that can't be borrowed have a Reference sticker on the spine.


So now you know!