I got this interesting letter in the post this morning, about changes to the National Library. When a letter begins “with increased demand and fewer staff” you know the kind of road it’s heading down.
From now on books and items are no longer available on demand. While the library is currently open late, it is noted here that “…our figures show that numbers after 8pm are extremely low” and as such the library will now close at 7.45 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. This one is a real pity as myself and a few other Maynooth students used to avail of the later openings after a day in college.
You can’t blame the staff of course, in the face of cutbacks across the board these things are inevitable. For a historymad people, I deemed this worth sharing here:
Click on the book for more.
Click on the book for more.
Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
This is terrible for those who don’t have the luxury of being full time researchers! So much for lifelong learning. Also pre-ordering is not the way research works. I often come across references whilst researching and then want to call up that book.
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