Library Open This Saturday



The library at DIT Mountjoy Square will be open this Saturday, 2nd of November 2013.
Our opening hours are 10am-5pm.
We are  not open every Saturday. Please see our schedule.

Eileen Gray Exhibition IMMA













From  the 12th of October 2013 to the 19th January 2014 the Irish Museum of Modern Art are holding a major retrospective of the work of Eileen Gray.

There is also a series of talks and lectures taking place.

Further details can be found at the IMMA site here.

October Bank Holiday Closure.



October Bank Holiday Closure.


The Library will be closed on Saturday 26th and Monday 28th of October
for the Bank Holiday Weekend.  We are opening as normal for the rest of the week:
Tues - Thurs 09.30-21.30, Friday 09.30-17.15 and Saturday 10.00-17.00.

Art and Design Open Access Articles


More and more open access articles are starting becoming available.
Our Art and Design students and staff may find the following website useful,
Art and Design Commons, which has over 32,000 full
text articles and has over 270,000 downloads.

It's fairly easy to browse as you can browse by related discipline, sub-discipline, institution
and author.  There's a search box too; a search for 'Poster' produced 71 articles.

It can be accessed from here

Goodbye not Hi to High Heels?




 Is this the new foot binding?

Using a new 3D CAT scanner, researchers at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in London have taken 3D scans of women wearing high heels.  Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Andy Goldberg says that because all the body's weight is being forced onto the front of the feet, the toes get squashed , leading to bunions, clawed toes and other painful conditions.  Yet, while a survey of foot patients at the hospital revealed that 57% of them suffered from severe pain from wearing bad shoes, 86% said they found it difficult wearing comfortable shoes.
More, including video footage of the scans can be found at the following links

http://uk.reuters.com/video/2013/08/15/3d-foot-scanner-reveals-health-risks-for?videoId=249482978

http://www.medgadget.com/2013/08/new-ct-scanner-to-aid-fashion-victims-in-the-uk.html

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/the-3d-scan-that-will-shock-every-high-heel-loving-woman/story-fnet01u7-1226699916786

Library Open This Saturday

The library at DIT Mountjoy Square will be open this Saturday, 2nd of November 2013.
Our opening hours are 10am-5pm.
We are  not open every Saturday. Please see our schedule.