2001/2002 - University College Cork Library

REPORT OF THE
LIBRARY POLICY
COMMITTEE
2001 TO 2002

REPORT OF THE LIBRARY POLICY COMMITTEE 2001/2002
Library Committees: Membership 2001/2002
Library Policy Committee (to 31 October 2001):
Registrar & Vice-President for Academic Affairs: Moran, Professor A.*
(Chairman)
Librarian: FitzGerald, Mr. J. A. (Secretary)
Collins, Professor J.K.
Fennell, Professor C.
Jones, Professor P.****
Dr. D. Kavanagh***
McInerney, Professor J
Marnane, Dr. L. **
Ó Carragáin, Professor E.**
O’Flanagan, Professor P.**
O’Leary, Professor T.
Perry, Professor I.
* Rev. Professor B. O’Mahony replaced, on his retirement, by
Professor A. Moran from 6 th October 1999.
** Appointed by Governing Body from December 1999.
*** Appointed to replace Professor T. O’Leary from 4 th January 2001.
**** Appointed to replace Professor J. McInerney from 25 th May 2001.
Library Policy Committee (From 1 November 2001):
Registrar & Vice President for Academic Affairs: Moran, Professor A.
(Chairman)
Librarian: FitzGerald, Mr. J. A. (Secretary)
Bielenberg, Dr. A.
Fennell, Professor C.
Jones, Professor P.
Kelliher, Dr. D.
Ó Tuama, Dr. S.
Perry, Professor I.
Riggs Dr. P.
Sheehy, Dr. P.J.A.
Library Users’ Committee (to 31 October 2001):
Professor T. O’Leary (Chairman)
Mr. J.P. McCarthy (Secretary)
Connolly, Dr. M.
Coughlan, Dr. P.
Jones, Professor P.
Kavanagh, Mr. D.
Morgan, Professor D.
Ní Chiardha, Dr. F.
O’Connor, Dr. T.P.
Riggs, Dr. P.
Ryan, Dr. A.

Student Members:
Broderick Mr. D.
Brosnan, Mr. M.
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Library Users’ Committee (From 1 November 2001):
Professor P. Jones (Chairman)
Ms. V. King (Secretary)
Collins, Dr. A.
Kerry, Dr. J.P.
Madden, Dr. D.
Ní Chiardha, Dr. F.
O’Driscoll, Dr. D.
Ó Gallochóir, Dr. C.
Riggs, Dr. P.
Wright, Dr. W.
White, Ms . F.
Student Members:
Murphy, Ms. J.
O’Riordan, Ms. N.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY POLICY COMMITTEE 2001/2002
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................... 1
OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS 2001-2002...................................... 1
CUSTOMER SERVICES DIVISION........................................................ 5
TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION....................................................... 8
INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION ............................................... 11
LIBRARY IT SERVICES DIVISION ..................................................... 15
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES, LIBRARY STORE............ 17
EXHIBITIONS........................................................................................... 19
STAFF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ................................................ 20
APPENDIX A - FURTHER STATISTICAL DATA .............................. 22
APPENDIX B - PRESENTATIONS OF MATERIALS BY UCC
STAFF ......................................................................................................... 24
APPENDIX C- LIBRARY STAFF...........................................................27

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The year 2001/02 was one of mixed fortunes for the Library. While recurrent funding
levels were not adequate to sustain demand for services and materials, a major grant of
public/private finance cleared the way for a significant physical expansion in the
future. The year saw a welcome renewal of development projects to improve access to
collections, and the Library continued to adopt a strong user-driven approach to service
planning and provision.
SPACE
The continued dramatic growth in customer numbers, volume of stock, and volume of
demand for services in the Library has increased pressure on the limited space
available to the Library, particularly on the Main Campus. While additional new space
will be available in 2-5 years at Brookfield and on the main campus, in the short-term
the immediate release of space within the Boole Complex is required to improve access
to IT facilities and to accommodate developments in Special Collections, including
accommodation for the Archives Service.
FINANCE
During 2001/02 UCC spent proportionately less on library services than most other
Irish Universities. Continued annual increases in the costs of acquiring journals in the
Science, Technology, Engineering and Medical areas forced further cancellations of
the Library's subscriptions in these disciplines. The annual increase in the average cost
of research journals acquired by UCC in 2000/2001 was 12%. A significant increase
to the Library’s non-pay budget is required to restore services and acquisition levels to
national standards.
UCC earns more in research income than any other University in the State. The Library
strives to actively support this activity across a range of areas. However, no link exists
between Library resources and the income generated by research at UCC. As a result,
the Library cannot adequately support the growing level of research at UCC. The
Committee recommends that a fixed percentage of overheads taken by the College
from allowable research grants be allocated to the Library in order to support library
services and materials for research.
In summary, the Library Policy Committee recommends that the following key actions
be taken to sustain the development and provision of library services at UCC:
1. the Library non-pay budget be increased by 20% to keep pace with rising costs
and increased user demands;
2. a fixed percentage of overheads taken by the College from allowable research
grants be allocated to the Library in order to support library services and
materials for research;
3. additional library space be provided to the Library in the short term by
relocating existing retail activities in the Boole Complex. The Committee
welcomes the award of significant funding through the PRTLI Programme for
new library space. The allocation of improved facilities for off-site storage of
library materials at the leased premises in Pouladuff is also warmly welcomed.
However, it will be essential to provide for incremental expansion of library
storage facilities at this site in the future and for the University to seriously
consider acquiring or constructing a custom-designed repository.
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OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS 2001-2002
Continued annual increases in operating costs, particularly in research journal
subscriptions forced restrictions upon levels of funding to academic departments for
the acquisition of books and journals during 2001/02. However, physical development
plans received a very welcome boost of £22.6M through the PRTLI programme,
including £13.5M from private sources. In addition, the year closed with a
commitment of a significant increase to the Library’s recurrent non-pay funding for
2002/03. Amid these financial vicissitudes, the Library continued to work successfully
towards meeting the aims of its current Strategic Plan of February 2000.
SERVICES
Additional professionally-qualified subject specialist library staff were appointed
during 2000. These included a Part-time Nursing Librarian and an Engineering, IT and
Food Science Librarian. A full-time professional post was re-assigned to the Library
Store. Further extensions to opening hours were introduced, most notably the
extension of evening opening during September 2002.
The newly introduced fee-based External Information Service reported a healthy first
year income.
As in other years the Introductory Library Tours held in early October were a marked
success. This success was repeated in the evening Introductory Library Tours
conducted throughout the month of October and comprehensive user orientation to
non-traditional user groups throughout the first term.
Service levels were maintained throughout the Library (with some pressure on reshelving
from February to May) despite a reduction of library staff costs through a cut
in Student Help staff numbers, and the freezing of some part-time library assistant
posts.
Significantly, UCC ranked as the most intensive user of the two major national
electronic information services: the ISI Web of Science citation database and the
Elsevier Science Direct collection of 1,300 electronic journals. This was boosted by
the introduction of a system allowing remote access by UCC Library users to UCC’s
library databases.
COLLECTIONS
The Library continued to allocate approximately 90% of its budget to the acquisition of
electronic and print materials. A feature of the period was the acquisition of a growing
volume of journal and reference material in electronic form. Unfortunately, the
potential savings afforded by electronic production and distribution have not been
passed by publishers to consumers. As a result, electronic versions continue to cost as
much as, and in some cases more than their print impressions. For the second time,
the CHIU Libraries formed a consortium and tendered as a unit for the supply of
research journals over the next 3 years.
The decision of the Faculty of Arts to jointly fund a major cataloguing project covering
all of the Library’s 61,000 Special Collections, offers the prospect of online access to
the records of these hitherto unrecorded collections.
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The Library received a number of significant donations during the year, including part
of the Library of the Mercy Convent, Kinsale (kindly facilitated by Prof. Eleanor
O’Leary), and the working papers of Elizabeth Friedlander, gifted by Dr. Gerald
Goldberg. A selection of the Dáil Debates since 1951 was donated by Canon JLB
Deane. The capital grant towards a new Postgraduate Research Library was
accompanied by a privately-donated grant of approximately €500,000 for acquisitions
of sources and commentaries relating to the Greek and Roman classical traditions.
A dedicated staff member was allocated to pursue the Library’s entitlements under
legal deposit.
FINANCE AND BUDGETING
The Library non-pay budget remained at last year’s level.
As in the past, further cancellations of relevant print subscriptions were necessary. The
information needs in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine areas are not
adequately satisfied by the diminishing purchasing capacity of affected departments.
There was a continued increase in demand for library services by the UCC research
community, now employing approximately 400 people. However, the lack of financial
benefit to the Library from research overhead income continues to hinder the
development of services for this important sector.
It is anticipated that the introduction of the Euro will remove the instability caused by
subscriptions in formerly held third currencies.
UCC participated in a CHIU-backed proposal to the Board of the Science Foundation
Ireland to fund access to electronic scientific information for the wider Irish higher
education and public
BUILDINGS AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Significant progress was made in moving library materials to the new Library Store at
Pouladuff, although the year closed with a significant number of journal titles still
inaccessible in temporary storage. The commissioning of the new store has been
possible through the re-use of significant quantities of old library shelving.
The Boole and Medical Libraries saw no major development in the period. However,
the decision to develop a new medical library in Brookfield was welcomed and the
relevant Library staff commenced planning and design for this new facility.
The University’s proposal for new library space submitted to the HEA under the
Programme for Research and Development in Third Level Institutions (Cycle 3)
proved successful. A group visited selected US Libraries and three recently
constructed Irish University libraries as part of the extensive planning and consultation
process. Significant time was devoted to the exploration of site options available to the
University for new library space and it was found that the overwhelming preference
was for an addition to the existing Boole Library building. It is anticipated that a
design team will be appointed to this project in early 2003.
Notwithstanding the success of the PRTLI application, short term demands for oncampus
storage of archives, additional staff accommodation (particularly for the
Special Collections Cataloguing Project), and space for 50 additional IT workstations,
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all point to the need for the Library to occupy the space vacated by the bank and
bookshop on Boole Q-1.
The Library Policy Committee recommends that additional library space be provided
in the short term by relocating existing retail activities in the Boole Complex.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
The Library continued its collaboration with the IRIS project. This project involves all
of the University Libraries in the State and aims to produce an integrated online
catalogue of the collective holdings of these libraries with an interlibrary lending
function integrated in the user interface.
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CUSTOMER SERVICES DIVISION 1
Head of Division: Ms. Valerie King
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The Customer Services Division offers the first level of customer support through the
services of the Information Desk, Lending Services, Inter-Library Loans, LibraryPlus
(external readers and fee-based service) Security Services, UCC Library News, patron
care and customer surveys.
The year saw continued diversification of the user community and a demand for
greater access both to UCC collections and to other national collections. A number of
new initiatives and developments were undertaken during the year.
Activity 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/02
Issues 302,030 268,466 316,345
External (fee-paying) readers registered - borrowing
rights
418 287 319
New external (fee-paying) readers registered -
consultation only
47 81 82
Short Consultation 229 170 157
Corporate members 26 13 34
Staff tickets issued 548 660 686
External fee income
Figure 1 - Table of circulation and related statistics
£11,708
(€14,866)
€18,597 €19,976
The Information Desk continues to be a focal point and “first port of call” for
students, particularly non-traditional students who require guidance through the
challenges of using a modern library. The trend towards independent learning has
heightened the need for this service. An extension of the service to Saturdays was
very welcome and allowed staff to plan targeted Information Skills Training and
guided tours to many groups of part-time and distance users. Average monthly
enquiries during the year (term time) was 820.
Inter-Library Loan applications show a small increase over this period. The British
Library, UCC’s main supplier of ILLs increased its charges by an average of 60%
without warning in August 2001, forcing the Library to plan for an increase from €8 to
€13 per request from early 2003. In view of the size of increase (and the probability of
more to come), a review of ILL services was initiated. This will identify areas of
potential cost saving and will recommend a more equitable allocation of funding to
academic departments.
Activity 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002
Applications received from UCC staff and students 15,331 11,853 11,862
Applications received from the CUH Library 935 979 1,389
Successful requests 14,159 (92%) 11,177 (94%) 11,111 (94%)
Items supplied from UCC stock to other libraries 492 488 530
Figure 2 - Table of inter library loan statistics
Staff continued to investigate alternative automated ILL management systems.
1 A more detailed report of the activities of this division is available
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This was the first year of the External Research Services (fee-based). With the new
Manager of this service in place the service went from initial start-up process to full
implementation. LibraryPLUS is the working name given to this service. Realistic
goals were set for the service bearing in mind issues like copyright and balancing the
ethos of “free access” to information/libraries with the added-value dimension of this
service. Work is underway with the Chemistry Department, UCC, to develop
commercial links with the relevant industries in the region.
The extension of the Academic Libraries Co-Operating in Ireland (ALCID) scheme
to UCC opened up the other Universities in Ireland to our users. This scheme was
availed of by 144 users in this period: 57 full-time academic staff, 24 doctoral students,
51 masters students and 12 academic related staff.
Longer opening hours were offered during September to facilitate early start students.
The Library will continue to work towards extending the service beyond traditional
working hours, particularly on Saturdays in the first term and during the summer
months. From October the Library is open twelve hours per day with week-end
opening hours increasing after Christmas. The peak periods during the day are
between 12-2 with over 600 Users coming into the Library every hour. These numbers
continue to rise with the full implementation of modularisation across Departments.
The greatest transgression of library rules was of Rule 10 of Library Rules &
Regulations - Noise Control, due in particular to the use of mobile phones. A
representative Noise Group has been set up in the Library to look at the issues and to
see what we can do to alleviate this problem.
Circulation Services: Internal reorganisation of the Circulation Desk allowed for
better work flow practices with the Lending Team. The Examination Papers were again
sorted and bound according to module code. Despite technical difficulties with the
Self-Issue machine, usage is still steady throughout the week with high use on
Saturdays.
A number of important projects were undertaken during the year:
• The project for relabelling books continued throughout the year. This involves
replicating the barcode of the book and placing the barcode on the front cover.
This is to facilitate the issue of books on the self-issue machine.
• Two copies of the Summer Examination papers were photocopied by the
Printing Office. The papers were organized by the module code of each paper
by the Issue Desk Staff. Papers were then sent for binding, then catalogued and
placed on Desk reserve.
• We created a list of outstanding holds placed before July 2002 and cancelled
holds placed prior to may 2002.
• Patrons whose membership had expired were removed from the database.
Books purportedly still on loan were checked and marked “missing” where
necessary.
• This year Customer Services reviewed publications within the Library and redesigned
the Library logo and banner. This was carried through in the library
newsletter, UCC Library News and is now used in all the subject guides. The
new style will also be featured in our new look web pages to be launched next
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year. This initiative is designed to increase the quality and effectiveness of the
Library's communication with its primary customers, namely faculty and
students, and to apply a distinct branding to communication by the Library.
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TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION
Head of Division: Vacant
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Technical Services is the division responsible for the selection and acquisition of
library material, for materials budget administration and for the organisation and
preparation of material for library users.
Book Acquisitions
Head of Section: Ms. Olive Rooney
As has been the pattern in recent years there were severe cutbacks in the 2001/2002
bookfund as a result of spiralling periodicals costs. A number of academic
departments, mainly in the areas of Science & Technology and Medicine reveived
small amounts for book purchases as has been the case in recent years. Some academic
departments transferred amounts from their departmental funding to the Library
bookfund to enable the Library to fund their book purchases. The largest transfer was
of €101,600 (in two stages) from the Dept. of Nursing Studies.
Under the programme PRTLI Cycle 3, the Library was allocated €461,940 in August,
2002 for the acquisition of Library Materials in the area of the Humanities.
The 30th September, 2002, marked the end of another two year period after which any
unspent credit balances in bookfunds, excluding Supplementary and Special Funds and
Library General Funds, were due to revert to the Library. The overall credit balance in
the bookfund at August 1 st , 2002, was €240,050. This figure represented approx. 80%
of the total expenditure for the year 2000/01.
During the year a total of 2,097 books, dating back to 1999, was requested under the
terms of the Copyright Act, 1963, Section 56 which will continue to govern the legal
deposit scheme pending the implementation of Section 198 of the Copyright and
Related Act, 2000. Out of a total of 1,577 books received, approx. 8% was sent
unsolicited, with approx. 620 requested items still outstanding. Many small or
independent publishers seem to be unaware or only vaguely aware of their obligations
under the terms of the above Copyright Act and the Library regularly sends them
explanatory letters.
Activity 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Requests received and processed 14,285 8,464 10,669
Volumes purchased 12,040 7,514 6,128
Volumes acquired through copyright (books and journals) 12,502 9,347 8,067
Donations (External) 2,842 2,227 2,680
Donations (EU) 2,231 2,477 397
Donations (UCC) 2,604 1,192 1,746
Figure 3- Acquisitions (Monographs) breakdown of categories of material acquired
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Subject Area
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1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Humanities £114,479 £66,922 €54,280
Social Sciences £116,651 £62,488 €61,498
Science, Technology and Engineering £19,131 £35,031 €8,692
Medicine £23,777 £26,286 €4,782
Library General (incl. cross-disciplinary works) £77,341 £29,201 €38,438
Non-Academic Departments £1,609 £190 €1,372
Supplementary Grants £19,833 £25,892 €23,011
Special Grants £23,556 £28,819 €82,132
Total £507,947 £407,699 €274,581
Figure 4-Spending on monographs by subject area
Serials Acquisitions
Head of Section: Ms. Elizabeth Morris
Activity 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Subscription orders on INNOPAC 2,247 2,029 2084
717
Copyright journals (incl. Official
publications)
Cancellations 124 242 50
New subscriptions 50 24 29
Items processed 37,281 36,690 35,424
Figure 5- Acquisitions (Periodicals)
Activity 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Subscription orders on INNOPAC
Copyright journals
(incl. Official publications)
Presented journals
(incl. Official publications)
Cancellations
New subscriptions
Items processed
Figure 5- Acquisitions (Periodicals)
Subject Area * 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Humanities £74,319 £80,960 €122,349
Social Sciences £193,513 £210,490 €276,679
Science, Technology and Engineering £483,321 £462,483 €495,701
Medicine £133,244 £168,975 €179,633
Library General
(cross-disciplinary reference works)
£105,393 £101,333 €102,576
Total £991,002 £1,024,241 €1,176,929
Figure 6- Spending on journals by subject area
* A breakdown by Department is available from the Library
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Cataloguing
Head of Section: Ms. Breda Long
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The role of the Cataloguing section, that of classifying, cataloguing and processing
incoming materials in readiness for access on the open shelves continues to be a vital
part of the Library service. In addition to ongoing accessions, the section undertook a
much needed re-classification project in the Social Sciences during the year.
Activity 1999/00 2000/ 01 2001/02
New records - current material 13,623 10,486 9,969
Added copies - current material 5,758 4,694 4,214
Total current records 19,381 15,180 14,183
New records - retrospective cataloguing 235 2,105 1,666
Added records - retrospective cataloguing 80 831 488
Edited records - retrospective cataloguing 8,505 9,320 5,796
Total retrospective cataloguing records 7,950 8,820 12,256
Figure 7- Cataloguing activities
The Catalogue
Catalogue clean-up and outstanding re-cataloguing projects were again postponed due
to demand by ongoing accessions. The problems associated with database transfer in
1997 are still outstanding. These include incorrect indicators creating mis-filing, field
tagging errors causing filing anomalies, and lack of authority control. Within the
Boole Library, the major areas that still need to be re-classified are Education, Public
Administration and Religion. Cataloguing of the library purchased from the
Vincentian Monastery in the early summer was continued. Among the donations to
the Library which were catalogued this year was the Library of Vincent Tucker.
Further contributions to the John de Courcy Ireland and Humour Collections were also
catalogued
Electronic Journals
The number of serials titles in the catalogue with a direct link to the full text online
journal site continues to increase. The number increased from last year (590) to 823
titles.
Re-Cataloguing & Projects
The re-cataloguing of the Official Publications Centre continues. The main divisions -
IRL, EDC, UK and INT have been completed. A reference collection, together with
some small groupings, remains to be done.
Selected items from the collection were exhibited for the biennial conference of the
Early Books Society held in U.C.C. in mid-July.
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INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION 1
Head of Division: Ms. Margot Conrick
The Information Services Division aims to further the University’s academic, research
and outreach goals by providing quality, comprehensive information resources and
services, in a traditional and digital or ‘hybrid’ context.
Inflation of research journal subscriptions continued to force cancellations in many
departments.
Modularisation, the increased divisional emphasis and effort put into orientation and
information skills teaching/training and wider access to user focused electronic
resources, resulted in much greater use of materials in all areas.
A number of newly appointed Assistant Librarians took up their posts on the 1 st
October, 2001. Richard Bradfield took up the new role of Engineering, Food Science
and IT Librarian while Catherine Clehane embraced the new role of Part-Time Nursing
and Paramedical Studies Librarian. Olivia Fitzpatrick was appointed to the vacant post
of Arts & Humanities Librarian. Unfortunately, due to staff cuts, the approved post of
Business & Economics Librarian was not filled.
The division implemented an agreed ‘new model’, whereby each Subject Librarian is
empowered to exercise their professional functions to a greater degree and to become
more of a “Faculty Librarian”. To achieve this the day-to-day supervisory role has
been delegated, to a much greater extent, to the Senior Library Assistant. The Subject
Librarian assumes a more active role as liaison with students, academic and research
staff. In addition, each Subject Librarian assumed an additional, special responsibility,
catering for hitherto poorly accommodated service aspects. Each Subject Librarian
was allocated an area of special responsibility from the following list:
Electronic Resources & the Web (Richard Bradfield);
Information Skills Training (Rosarii Buttimer);
Lifelong Learning (adult, open, distance, etc.) (Catherine Clehane);
Staff Training (Úna Ní Chonghaile);
Collection Access & Management (to include brochures, signage, etc.) (Helen
Mulcahy);
Collection Development (to include off-Site & heritage) (Olivia Fitzpatrick)
EU Developments (Valerie Fletcher);
Reference/Information Services (to include Information Services desks & the general
Information Desk) * *;
Marketing/Publicity/Development*.
Advantages accruing from this change include much more successful participation in
the research process, not only at Assistant Librarian level but also at Library Assistant
level. Information Services staff have responded well to the daily challenges being
posed by the continually changing hybrid environment and are well placed to function
as guides to vast information resources within and beyond UCC.
1 A more detailed report of the activities of this division is available
* Functions not yet assigned
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QI/QA continued with Departmental Quality Reviews scheduled for 2001/2002.
Peer Review Groups made site visits and met with staff members as follows: 28 th Feb
English to Q+3, 5 th March Food Business to Q+2 & Q+1, 8 th March Geography to
Q+3, 13 th March Ancient Classics to Q+3, 15 th March Computer Science to Q+1 &
Q+2, 21 st March French to Q+3, 27 th March Chemistry to Q+2. The division
welcomed the opportunity to work with the teams, identifying closely with the aims of
the exercise that of delivering high quality services to students and staff of the College.
It is worth noting that in most instances the relevant head of department reverted to the
Library for advice on the implementation of recommendations.
As in other years Subject Specific Information Skills Training was offered by each
Information Services section, during normal working hours. However, as is the case
with orientation, the need for such training by ‘non-traditional’ users, outside of
‘normal’ working hours, continues to grow. The only option currently available, for
face-to-face programmes, is payment from each individual department or from Adult
and Continuing Education, if the course is registered with that department. A national
group was set up to consider Information Skills at each member institution. Many
Subject Librarians attended Teaching and Learning Portfolio Seminars organized by
UCC. As the need for web-based programmes is rapidly growing, Subject Librarians
have also been encouraged to attend the various programmes being offered on the
Blackboard software now adopted for use by the College.
Almost all Subject Librarians now enjoy representation on Faculty:
Richard Bradfield, Faculty of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Engineering
Rosarii Buttimer Faculty of Medicine
Olivia Fitzpatrick Faculty of Arts
Helen Mulcahy Faculty of Law
Úna Ní Chonghaile Faculty of Science
Pat O’Connell Faculty of Commerce
To ensure compliance with recent copyright legislation, the Offprint Collection was
finally disbanded with all collections being returned to relevant academic departments.
Consideration will now be given to providing an Electronic Reserve Collection using
Innopac (the relevant software module has already been purchased).
Section Reports
Social Sciences (Subject Librarian: Mr. Patrick O'Connell)
The delivery and availability of services in the Social Sciences area was greatly
enhanced with the appointment/transfer of new staff. Throughout the year this team
struggled with the burgeoning growth of users, the continued diversity of user groups
and consequential demand for services outside of traditional opening hours.
Law (Subject Librarian: Ms. Helen Mulcahy)
The diversity of user groups availing of this service continues to expand and in
addition to Law students includes B.Sc. Accounting, B.Sc. Government & Public
Policy, B.A. European Studies, B.Soc. Science. and M.Soc. Science, B.E Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Dip. in Nursing. The Law Library continues to support
the BAILII project by providing a current awareness service of 15 Irish journals.
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Science, Engineering, and Food (Subject Librarians: Ms. Úna Ní Chonghaile, Mr.
Richard Bradfield)
In October 2001 Richard Bradfield took up his appointment as Engineering, Food
Science and IT Librarian. The successful support provided by the Q+2 staff to the
information services provided to the Engineering, Food Science and IT departments
and the resultant mutual liaison with the Subject Librarian, are a good example of the
new model of information service in action.
All major areas in the Sciences were yet again affected by journal inflation with even
more periodical titles being cut. The relevant Subject Librarians worked closely with
academic staff in identifying and costing titles for cancellation and in endeavouring to
secure alternative, electronic access where possible. Usage of all electronic resources
increased.
Humanities (Subject Librarian: Ms. Olivia Fitzpatrick)
Plans were agreed for a major reorganization of the floor, including a proposal to move
the information desk to the North window. It is envisaged that this move will provide
a better working environment and open up the A/V area and resources. This change is
in response to user demand for greater access to this material.
Official Publications Centre (Subject Librarian: Ms. Valerie Fletcher)
The section made much progress in the areas of copyright acquisition, binding, and
information skills training.
Cork University Hospital Library Service (Subject Librarians: Ms. Rosarii
Buttimer, Ms. Catherine Clehane)
On 1 st October Catherine Clehane was appointed to the part-time post of Nursing &
Paramedical Librarian, based in the hospital at Wilton. Physical improvements to the
Library were carried out by UCC and the Southern Health Board. Problems continue
with the Library PCs to the extent that at times only 1 out of 8 will connect to the
Internet. Security issues are also unresolved despite many efforts to address them.
The immediate installation of a swipe card access system has been recommended.
External Services
1. Mercy Hospital Library
On the 15 th October 2001 Joe Murphy was appointed to the post of Assistant Librarian
at the Mercy Hospital, to provide a joint library service to Mercy Hospital and UCC.
THE Library was successfully renovated in April. The new Library is a huge
improvement in every aspect and users have expressed their delight with the new
facility.
2. South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital
On the 1 st October, 2001, Anita Wilcox was appointed to the post of Assistant
Librarian at the SIVH, to provide a joint library service to the South Infirmary/Victoria
Hospital and UCC. Usage of the library has greatly increased as is evidenced by
available statistics. Problems remain, in particular with regard to storage and the need
to update IT equipment. The role of the Library, as central to the needs of the hospital
in particular in the area of Clinical Diagnosis and Research, needs to be recognized in
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order to sustain the momentum gained in the past year. The SIVH management
continues to provide excellent support to the Library.
3. Cope Foundation Library
Since UCC Library no longer enjoys any formal association with the Cope Foundation
(Catherine Clehane’s secondment ended on 30 th September, 2001.) cataloguing,
classification and processing of material has all but ceased. Only 56 items from
existing stock were processed.
4. Bon Secours Hospital Library
UCC Library no longer enjoys any formal links with the Hospital Library.
It should be noted that St. Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital, St. Patrick’s
Hospital/Marymount Hospice, St. Patrick’s, Upton have each signalled their wish for
staff to be seconded for short periods. UCC Library has offered assistance with
recruitment as all qualified staff are required by UCC.
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LIBRARY IT SERVICES DIVISION
Head of Division: Ms. Catherine Sanborn
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The IT Services Division currently manages over 120 PC's, 21dedicated terminals,
multiple servers (using NT, Linux and Unix), networked and local printers and a host
of peripheral devices. The Division is responsible for the installation, maintenance,
security and delivery of software for library systems, electronic databases, CD
databases, electronic journal access, ILL, NT public access, desktop applications, the
Library website and the Library's intranet. The user population includes the Library
staff, entire campus population of faculty, staff and students as well as remote users.
The equipment maintained by the Division are located in the Boole Library, the CUH
Medical Library and the Pouladuff Library Storage Facility.
The Division finally attained full staffing levels in November of 2001. This has meant
that a very high level of response and a quality service have been available to Library
staff during the past year. We have been able to move forward in several important
areas.
The IT Services Division is still impacted by the lack of a Head of Technical Services
in the Library. This continues to mean that certain efficiencies in Technical Services
can not be realised. The Library software package, Innopac, is not being used to its
potential.
Service Delivery
Day-to-day service cover was maintained to the fullest possible extent. The most
significant advance in this area was the working out of a proposal to outsource the
photocopy service. This proposal was approved and implemented beginning 1
September, 2002. Because this is a dedicated service by the vendor, the Library
benefits from an improved quality of service, improved up-time for the photocopiers
and better use of staff resources in IT Services and throughout the Library. This is also
considered by the Procurement Office to be a pilot project for the eventual outsourcing
of document management services for the entire UCC campus. The initial
implementation has met with approval by staff and users alike. We will continue to
monitor and fine tune the service.
A new microfiche reader/printer was put in place in Special Collections. This replaces
a very old machine and much improves the quality of print services for microfiche and
microfilm products in this area.
Implementation of the Euro proceeded throughout the final months of 2001 and the
beginning of 2002. In January, the vending machines for the photocopy cards were
converted to Euro. The transition period went smoothly.
Public Access IT Environment
A new server for Booleweb was purchased and installed along with 2 network cards
and a backup power supply. This has improved response time, increased disc space
for future needs and greatly increased security for this essential public access point.
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Staff Access IT Environment
A new networked photocopier was purchased and installed in Technical Services. All
the PCs in T.S. are now networked to this photocopier so that it can be used as a printer
as well as a copier. Staff have found this to be an efficient way to print large jobs and
it also reduces the need for local printers. Wand bar code scanners were purchased for
cataloguing staff to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
A review of anti-virus updates was made on all staff and public PCs to ensure that we
are current in this area. A number of staff PCs were replaced at the information desks
on all floors of the Library.
A new system printer for the Computer Room was purchased and installed.
Innopac Development
Implementation of the Millennium modules had to be delayed again this year due to
staff shortages. We are current with our installation of software releases for Innopac.
Access to Web Resources
The Exam Papers Database continues to be a great success with users. Procedures for
loading and scanning papers were reviewed and made more efficient.
The Booleweb Working Group was formed with one representative from each
Division/location in the Library. The Working Group has been meeting on a regular
basis and has been very successful in drafting a new Library homepage and banner.
Various sections of the Booleweb website are being reviewed for updating and
revision. The new Booleweb should be available in the new academic year.
Meanwhile, the current version of Booleweb has been kept up to date.
Remote access to databases was launched successfully. Staff attended training classes
in helping users with the instructions for access, pages were added to Booleweb and
procedures for dealing with queries from users were put in place.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES, LIBRARY STORE
Head of Division: Ms. Máire Domhnat Kirakowska
The Special Collections Section, Library Archives Service and the Library Store
together comprise a distinct division of the library, under the co-ordination and
management of a dedicated Sub-Librarian.
Special Collections
Special Collections Librarian: Ms. Helen Davis
Increased demand for access to UCC theses prompted a reassessment of the
appropriate location for a collection that was always regarded as having
manuscript/archival status.
Some collections were moved from the Aula Maxima to the Special Collections area
while the Aula undergoes renovation.
Collection
Theses
Langlands
Senft
CUP
OPB
Humour
X
Cathedral
Hawtin
1998/99 2,288 123 113 87 84 114 178 46 32 12 339
1999/00 2,539 132 120 91 185 123 188 62 36 12 419
2000/01 2,124 132 143 89 65 32 167 47 16 174 611
2001/02 2,228 141 120 91 148 64 186 47 34 80 515
Figure 9- Number of consultations to Special Collections
Library Depository, Pouladuff
Assistant Librarian: Mr. Max McCarthy
The following projects were completed during the year:
• Removal of all remaining stock (over 200 pallets) from the Cooperage building,
Irish Distillers site to transit storage at Victoria Cross;
• Removal of book stock (14 pallets) from the Aula Maxima to temporary storage
at Victoria Cross;
• Removal of backlogs of relegated stock from the Boole Library to the
Depository and Victoria Cross;
• Transfer of ex-Cooperage journal stock from Victoria Cross to the Depository
and the shelving of 70% of this;
• Purchase and installation of c8,500 linear feet of shelving for journals storage at
the Depository;
• The expansion of shelving for DDC stock using existing resources resulting in
a gain of over 3,000 linear feet.
The following activities are in progress:
• Occupation of additional floor space at Pouladuff, including selection, purchase
and installation of shelving;
• Re-sequencing of journals in Quadrant D;
• Completion of shelving of ex-Cooperage journals;
• Merging of journal locations series;
Store
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• Updating of journals finding list;
• Separation of 001-699 DDC stock run to allow for growth;
• Unpacking of other boxed collections.
A seminar on Remote Storage to which other University library staff were invited was
held in April. The inaugural meeting of the ALCID/CONUL Group on Cooperative
Collection Development, chaired by Max McCarthy, was held in April.
Activity 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Requests for documents 2,682 1,279 1,089
Proportion of requests (monographs) 40% 42% 100%
Proportion of requests (journal articles) 60% 55% none
Figure 8 - Store activities and statistics
Library Archives
Library Archivist: Ms. Carol Quinn
Working in accordance with the Library’s mission, the primary purpose of the
Archives Service is to support University College Cork’s research and teaching
programmes by providing access to archival collections and facilities which have been
developed to satisfy the research and information needs of the Library’s users.
Development of the service continues to be hampered by the lack of infrastructure. No
suitable storage area has been made available to the service, and these spatial
restrictions will pose difficulties for the accessioning of any major collections in the
near future.
Staff activities have concentrated on the listing of collections with the Bantry House
Collection nearing completion. Work has begun on the listing of the Nancy McCarthy
Papers, which it is hoped will form part of a major exhibition to commemorate the life
of Frank O’Connor planned for September 2003.
Collections Accessioned
An active collecting repository, the Archives Service accepts deposits of material
which meet its approved accessions policy. Because of the lack of storage space only
very small collections were accessioned in 2001/2002. These include:
BL/SC/01/4 Maura Twomey Collection (c. 1971 –1999) 46 items
Correspondence relating to the experience of Irish emigrants in Britain, donated by
Mrs Maura Twomey.
BL/P/TMD Thomas Mac Donagh Collection (1903 – 1916) 30 items
Transcripts of letters from Thomas Mac Donagh to his long-term friend Pádraig Mac
Suibhne, donated by Dr. Denis Wilson. The McDonough Collection is fully listed and
open to researchers.
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EXHIBITIONS
The Library continues to provide one of the main exhibition facilities for the College.
This role is welcomed and actively managed by the Library. However, the challenge
of providing a public exhibition space within a busy academic library can limit the
effectiveness of the area for exhibition purposes. Active collaboration between the
Library's Exhibition Officer, Ms. Carol Quinn, and the Heritage Office, as well as the
support of the Buildings Office has ensured that a number of important events and
exhibitions have been facilitated in this space.
Exhibitions are not held during October to facilitate Library tours and information
points.
2001
November Exhibition of recent paintings by Pauline Hayes, UCC
1 st – 30 th
December Cork Aids Alliance display
1 st – 7th
January 14 th - Exhibition of leather art by Billy Kirwan
February 25th
March
1 st – 31 st Group Exhibition, UCC Visual Arts Society
April 22 nd – Knocknaheeny Women’s Group
17 th May
2002
July – September New works by Mick O’Shea, Cork Artists Collective. Mounted
in association with the Munster Literature Centre.
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Margot Conrick (Head of Information Services)
Delivered a paper entitled “Hybridity – Striking the Right Balance” at the
CONUL Colloquium, 12 th & 13 th November 2001, Mount Juliet, Kilkenny.
John FitzGerald (Librarian)
Acting Chairperson, Cork Archives Institute
Board Member, IRIS Ltd.
Board Member, CHEST (Ireland)
Member, Editorial Board, SCONUL Newsletter
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Studies, UCD
Valerie King (Head of Customer Services)
Paper delivered to the CONUL group Skill-set portfolio needed for future Librarian
Paper delivered to the Library Association of Ireland Munster Regional Section
entitled Reaching out to our Customers – The Boole Experience
Máire Domhnat Kirakowska (Sub-Librarian, Support Services)
Delivered a paper entitled “Indigenous Issues and Infrastructure Development
Policies” at the CONUL Colloquium, 12 th & 13 th November 2001, Mount Juliet,
Kilkenny.
Breda Long (Assistant Librarian, Cataloguing)
Treasurer of the Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the Library Association of Ireland.
Carol Quinn (Library Archivist)
Council Member Society of Archivists (SoA)
Chair International Affairs Sub-Committee, SoA
Member Professional Affairs and Communications Sub-Committee, SoA
Co-organised and exhibition to the Early Books Society during their conference in
UCC.
Julian Walton (Project Officer)
31 Oct. 2000: Delivered a presentation on the history of Lismore at the Internet Linkup
between Lismore (Ireland) and Lismore (Australia).
28 Nov. 2000: Delivered a lecture to local residents on celebrities associated with the
parish of Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford.
5 Dec. 2000: Delivered a lecture to members of the Waterford Teachers’ Centre on
sources for the teaching of early modern history in Waterford Treasures Museum.
12 Dec. 2000: Delivered a lecture in St John’s College, Waterford, on Geoffrey
Barron (d.1650), lawyer and activist in the Irish Catholic Confederation.
12 Feb. 2001: Delivered a lecture to the Dungarvan Museum Society on the Kerlogue
rescue (Dec. 1943: Irish cargo steamer saved lives of 150 German sailors whose ships
had been sunk by British torpedo boats)
27 Feb. 2001: Delivered a lecture on the Library of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral to the
Munster Branch of the Library Association of Ireland. It was held in UCC and was
well received by the 25 members present.
24 April 2001: Delivered a lecture on “The Cathedral Lkibraries of Waterford and
Cork” to the Waterford branch of Probus.
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6 May 2001: Delivered a lecture in Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, on the life
and work of John Roberts, architect (1714-1796).
16-17 July 2001: Delivered a lecture on early printed books in the Boole Library to the
Early Books Society during their conference in UCC. With the assistance of Carol
Quinn (Archivist) and Amanda Belshaw (English postgrad), I set up an exhibition to
run in conjunction with this conference, entitled “Early books at the Boole”.
10 September 2001: Submitted to the New Dictionary of National Biography the
fourth of five articles requested. Subject: Richard Power, first Earl of Tyrone (d.1690).
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APPENDIX A - FURTHER STATISTICAL DATA
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Expenditure
Wages & Salaries
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2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99
€3,197,734
Non-pay (allocated) €1,682,403
Books (allocated)
Periodicals
Total Library expenditure (£K)
€274,581
€1,364,259
€5,214
£2,365,000 £2,106,000 £ 2,015,000
£1,325,000 £1,392,000 £ 1,339,000
£74,888 £69,959 £ 159,365
£1,141,045 £1,082, 573 £ 924,551
£3,988 £3,784 £3,629
College exp. Incl. Research (£K) €148,192 £105,662 £91,140 £87,522
College exp. Excl. Research (£K) €114,384 £80,943 £70,554 £67,741
% Allocation for Library (Incl. Research) 3.5 4 4 4.3
% Allocation for Library (Excl. Research) 4.6 3.8 5.2 5.5
Currently Registered Library Users
Postgraduate student numbers 2,143 2,199 2,166 2,289
FTE student/staff numbers 12,474 17,554 12,521 12,192
Academic staff numbers (incl. P/T 1999-) 2,557 2,443 2,374 602
External readers 592 551 767 1,060
TOTAL Library client numbers 17,766 20,548 15,662 20,759
Acquisitions
Expenditure (materials) per FTE student €141 £88 £118 £ 114
Periodicals expenditure per student € 114 £67 £85 £70
Books per student FTE
0.5
0.5 1.0 1.5
Loans
Books Issued - Boole Library 329,710 293,153 302,030 282,035
Books issued - CUH Medical Library 13,365 24,687 22,100 12,000
Interlibrary Loans 11,111 11,177 15,331 20,837
Staff-Student Ratio
Student FTEs per Library Asst. FTE 169 279 228 225
Student FTEs per Professional Staff 509 975 792 677
Student FTEs per Subject Librarian 1,247 2,194 1,782 1742
Figure 10- Statistical Summary
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LIBRARY STAFF NUMBERS
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Staff Category Sept
2002
Professional (Librarian, Deputies, Sub-Librarians, Assistant
Librarians, Archivist)
Library Assistants 76
Library Shelving Assistants 8
Departmental Operatives 5
Total (individuals) 113
Total (FTE) 91
Figure 12 - Library staff numbers
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APPENDIX B - PRESENTATIONS of materials by UCC STAFF *
Bielenberg, Dr. Andrew Department of History (1 item)
Blackshields, Mr. Dan Dept. of Economics (9 items)
Bridge, Mr. Derek Dept. of Computer Science. (3 items)
Carey, Dr. John Roinn na Sean -agus na Mean-Ghaeilge (1 item)
Chaplaincy, U.C.C. (388 items)
Chapman, Dr. Debbie Dept. of Geology (1 item)
Cronin, Mrs. Ann Boole Library. (1 item)
Cronin, Mr. James Department of History (1 item)
Cottey, Dr. Andrew Department of Government, (9 items)
De Almeida, Dr. S.M. Dept. of Electrical Engineering (50 items)
Department of Accountancy, Finance & Information Systems, U.C.C. (2 items)
Department of Applied Social Studies, U.C.C. (85 items)
Department of Economics, U.C.C. (5 items)
Department of Geography, U.C.C. (5 items)
Department of German, U.C.C. (25 items)
Department of History, U.C.C. (12 items)
Department of Microelectronic Engineering, U.C.C. (1 item)
Department of Nursing Studies, U.C.C. (44 items)
Department of Public Affairs (7 items)
Donnelly, Dr. Ray Department of Accounting and Finance, U.C.C. (13 items)
Dooley, Dr. Dolores Dept. of Philosophy, U.C.C. (1 item)
Dreike, Dr. Beate Department of German (1 item)
Fagan, Mr. Eamonn, Dept. of Accounting, Finance and Information Systems (4 item)
FitzGerald, Mr. John Library (13 items)
Fitzgibbon, Dr. Ger Dept. of English (5 items)
Fletcher, Ms. Valerie Boole Library. (26 items)
Folley, Prof. Terry Dept. of Spanish (1 item)
Hamid, Dr. Abdelhamid Dept of Microbiology (16 items)
Herrmann, Dr. Peter Dept. of Applied Social Studies, (12 items)
Hyland, Prof. Aine Vice President, U.C.C. (3 item)
Kelleher, MF, Office of the Secretary and Bursar U.C.C. (109 items)
Kilkelly, Dr. Ursula Dept. of Law (1 item)
Kirakowska, Ms. Maire Domhnat Boole Library. (3 items)
Lantry, Ms. Margaret Dept. of Ancient Classics (5 items)
Leane, Dr. Marie Dept. of Applied Social Studies (2 items)
Lucey, Dr. Siobhan Dept. of Economics (1 item)
MacKenzie, Prof. David Dept. of Hispanic Studies (3 items)
McCarthy, Prof. Geraldine Dept. of Nursing Studies. (4 items)
McHale, Prof. Des School of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
(1 item)
Moloney, Mr. Richard Dept of Economics. (29 items)
Morgan, Prof. David Dept. of Law. (6 item)
Morgan, Dr. Hiram Dept. of History. (15 items)
Mountaineering Club, U.C.C. (2 items)
Mullaly, Ms. Siobhan Dept. of Law. (1 item)
Murphy, Mr. Matt Dept of Food Science & Technology, (25 items)
Nicholls, Mr. Kenneth Dept. of History (15 items)
O’Connor, Mr. Tom Dept. of Government. (13 items)
* A listing of external donors of materials to the Library is available from the Librarian’s Office
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O Corrain, Prof. Donnacadh Dept. of History. (2 item)
O’Donovan, Prof. Patrick Dept. of French, (7 items)
O’Flynn, Dr. Siun Dept of Medicine, C.U.H. (2 items)
O’Kane, Mr. J.P.J. Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering U.C.C. (3 items)
O’Leary, Prof. Ted Dept. of Accounting, U.C.C. (6 items)
O’Manony, Ms. Mairin Department of Nursing Studies, U.C.C. (4 items)
O’Sullivan, Dr. Colm Dept of Physics. (80 items)
O’Sullivan, Fr. Gearoid (Deceased) Dept. of Education / Chaplaincy (189 items)
O’Sullivan, Ms.Kay Director of Nursing, C.U.H. Wilton. (2 items)
Parades, Mr. Xoan Dept. of Geography (1 item)
Powell, Prof. Fred Dept. of Applied Social Studies. (2 items)
Quigley, Prof. Eamonn Dept. of |Medicine. (2 items)
Rafferty, Ms. Susan Dept. of Plant Science. (1 item)
Richardson, Mr. Brendan Dept. of Marketing and Management (2 items)
Roberts, Dr. Geoffrey Dept. of History, (18 items)
Rowan, Prof. Alistair (194 items)
Sapouna, Ms. Lydia Department of Applies Social Studies (3 items)
Tabirca, Dr. Sabin, Dept. of Computer Science (1 item)
Waldron, Mr. Dave Dept. of Food Science. (159 items)
Walton, Mr. Julian Boole Library, (10 items)
Waterstone’s Bookshop, Boole Basement (6 items)
White, Ms. Fidelma Dept. of Law (1 item)
Wilbourne, Ms. Sara Cork University Press. (3 items)
Wilcox, Ms. Anita South Infirmary Library, S.I Hospital, Cork (1 item)
Woods, Dr. David Dept. of Ancient Classics (7 items)
Wrixon, Prof GT, President’s Office, U.C.C. (53 items)
Young, Dr. Gwenda Dept. of English (1item)
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APPENDIX C- LIBRARY STAFF
Librarian John A. FitzGerald, BA, MPhil (Wales),
DLIS
Librarian’s Secretary Esther Power
Deputy Librarians Edward F. Fahy, MA, DLIS, HDip in
Ed
Seamus McMahon, BA, DLIS
Executive Assistants Caroline O’Donnell
Angela Walsh
Sub-Librarians Margot Conrick, BA, HDip in Ed, DLIS
Valerie King, BA, DLIS(QUB), BCL
Maire Domhnat Kirakowska, BA(QUB),
DipLib, HdipMgtMktg
Catherine Sanborn, BA, MLIS
Assistant Librarians Richard Bradfield, BA, HDip in Ed,
DLIS
Rosarii Buttimer, BA, HDE, DCS
Catherine Clehane, BA, DLIS*
Virginia Conrick, BCL, DLIS, MA
Helen Davis, BA, DLIS(Wales)
Fitzpatrick, Olivia, BA, DipLib
Valerie Fletcher, BA(TCD), ALA
Breda Long, BA, HDip in Ed, DLIS
James P. McCarthy, MA, DLIS,
DipCompSci
Elizabeth Morris, BA, ALA
Helen Mulcahy, BA, DipLis
Joe Murphy, BA
Una Ní Chonghaile, B.Mus, HDip in Ed,
DLIS
Pat O’Connell, BA, ALA
Olive Rooney, BA, DLIS
Anita Wilcox, MA, PGDip.Lib(North
London Poly
Library Archivist Carol Quinn, BA, DAA
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Principal Assistant Trudy Ahern
Senior Library Assistants
Library Assistants
Part-Time Library Assistants
Ann Byrne
Garret Cahill, BA, MA
Ruth Cahill
Celine Doyle
Ann Foley
Mary Foley
Norma Garde
Marian Healy*
Annette Hogan, BA
Sinead Hurley, BA
Valerie Landry *
Jill Lucey
Rhona McCarthy *
Bernie McEvoy, BA, BBS
Colleen Minihane
Joan Moynihan Collins*
Lucia Murphy*
Teresa O’Driscoll, BA, HDE
Nora O’Reilly
Ger O’Sullivan
Phil O’Sullivan
Sheila O’Sullivan
Ger Plaice
Bernadette Ray
Sheila Spalding, BA, MA *
Sheyeda Allen
Charlotte Crowley, BA, DAA
Eileen Heaphy
Kevin McKenna, BA
Ronan Madden, BA, DipCompSc., HDE
Christina O’Sullivan, BA, Hdip in
Acc&Info Systems, Hdip in Ed
Susan Quinlan
Donal O’Sullivan, BA DLIS
Joe Stynes, BA
Breda Wims
Pat Byrne, BA
Neilus Casey, Bcomm
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Library Shelving Assistants (9 Month Contract)
Berit Brannstrom
Theresa Byrne
Nuala Hickey
Deirdre Kenneally
Bill O’Mahony
Ellmarie Rice
Diarmaid Ring
Margaret Turner
Peadar Cranitch
Ann Cronin, BA, HDip in Ed, ,DipCat
Breda Crowley
Jane Crowley
Valerie Desmond
Patricia Downing
Teresina Flynn, BA, HDip in Ed,
Clare Goggin ++
Catherine Horgan
Deirdre Hurley ++
Rachel Hutchinson, BA(Mod)(TCD)
Pat Kavanagh
Miriam Kirwin, BA, HDip in Ed
Mary Lombard
Nuala McCarthy
Sharon Marshall
Marianne Moore, BA
Annemieke Nagle ++
Ann Nicoll ++
Elizabeth Noonan, BA, MPhil
Thomas O’Carroll, BA
O’Connor, Martin
Martin O’Driscoll, MA(SSA)
Siobhan O’Dwyer
Eithne O’Leary, BA
Kathleen O’Sullivan, BA
Sabine Piro, BA
Elisabeth Pettit, ALA
Rita Philpott
Penny Wray
Library Systems Administrator Rosemarie Scanlon, Hdip(CompSc)
IT Support Assistant Orla O’Sullivan, BA, HDip(CompSc)
Project Archivist Emer Twomey, MA, DAA
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Temporary Project Assistant Julian Walton, MA (Oxon), HDipinEd
Boole Web Assistant Mary Keane ++
Library Dept.Operatives
* Job Share
* Part-Time
++
Part-Time 9 Month Contract
Red Acting Positions
Noel Barry, MA
Joe Melsop
Teresa O’Callaghan
Jerry Sheehan
Liam Walsh
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