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Autism awareness in dlr Libraries 2019
Did you know April is Autism Awareness Month, and Tuesday 2nd April 2019 is World Autism Awareness Day?
The percentage of children diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum (AS) in Ireland is growing year on year. Ireland does not have an autism registry, this means we do not formally record the number of people diagnosed with autism in Ireland. As well as this, we do not ask people if they are autistic on the Census. It is estimated that around 1 in 100 people have a diagnosis of autism. A recent prevalence study, conducted by AsIAm.ie and Dublin City University, found approximately 48,000
Call for dlr Writer in Residence 2019-2020
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council invites applications for a Writer in Residence for the period July 2019 to June 2020. This Writer in Residence is managed by dlr Libraries. The residency is open to writers working in any genre (e.g. fiction, non-fiction, poetry, script-writing, etc). The residency this year will focus on the theme of inclusivity and will have a particular emphasis on creativity for 6-12 year olds.
Cancellation of event
dlr Libraries wish to advise that the Drag Story Time event planned to take place on Wednesday 26th June at 3pm in Deansgrange Library will not now go ahead. This event was programmed as an age appropriate, family-friendly story time session. However, following a review in terms of age appropriateness, this event will not now go ahead at this time, and may be rescheduled as part of a future Book Festival lineup.
Careful planning and consideration go into all dlr Libraries’ programmes and services that are designed to meet the needs of our local community. Our events promote social inclusion
Cancellation of event
dlr Libraries wish to advise that the Drag Story Time event planned to take place on Wednesday 26th June at 3pm in Deansgrange Library will not now go ahead. This event was programmed as an age appropriate, family-friendly story time session. However, following a review in terms of age appropriateness, this event will not now go ahead at this time, and may be rescheduled as part of a future Book Festival lineup.
Careful planning and consideration go into all dlr Libraries’ programmes and services that are designed to meet the needs of our local community. Our events promote social inclusion
Cancellation of dlr libraries event - Drag Story Time
With regard to the cancellation of the Drag Story Time event in June, we wish to clarify that the cancellation was due to our significant concern at the high level of degrading, inappropriate comments on social media about the performers and library staff.
dlr Libraries object to homophobia in all its forms and as per our social media guidelines, we reserve the right to remove content or comments that may be considered offensive, abusive or defamatory.
Health and Safety is always at the forefront of our concerns. We would like to reassure the public that this event was age-appropriate and
dlr Libraries Easter opening hours
dlr Libraries will be closed from Friday 19 April to Monday 22 April inclusive.* The libraries will re-open on Tuesday 23 April.
Remember our online services are available 24/7 and the 24 hour book return at dlr LexIcon is available also.
*My Open Library is in operation in Deansgrange over Easter, please note you must register by Thurs 18 April at 5pm for this service.
My Open Library service at Deansgrange Library offers extended opening hours to library members on a self-service basis outside normal opening hours, from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week. Library members must be 16 years or
dlr Libraries new Android app
dlr Libraries are delighted to announce that our new app is available to install from the Google Play Store!
Features include:
- Keep your own and the entire family's account details in one place, with loans and requests for everyone available at a glance. Renew quickly from one place for everyone.
- You can search the catalogue easily, and request a book at a click. In addition there's a scan a barcode feature that allows you to scan the ISBN found on the back cover of any book, then linking seamlessly through to check the catalogue and allow you to request it.
- Ebooks, audiobooks, music, as well as
June 2019 bank holiday weekend
dlr Libraries will be closed from Saturday 1 June to Monday 3 June inclusive.* The libraries will re-open on Tuesday 4 June.
Remember our online services are available 24/7 and the 24 hour book return at dlr LexIcon is available also.
*My Open Library is in operation in Deansgrange over the bank holiday weekend, please note you must register before 4pm on Friday, 31 May to be able to use this service over the weekend.
My Open Library service at Deansgrange Library offers extended opening hours to library members on a self-service basis outside normal opening hours, from 8am to 10pm, seven
Cruinniú na nÓg 2019
Cruinniú na nÓg is back! 2019 is the second year of this nationwide festival of creativity for children, organised through the Creative Ireland Programme and this year there are 750 events planned in locations all around the country!
Fernhill Park and Gardens is the location for the biggest programme of events in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Fernhill opened as a public park earlier this year and we are delighted to be able to hold some great activities here as part of Cruinniú na nÓg! We'll have nature art workshops, forest rope play, treasure trails, circus skills and lots more!
In addition to the
Summer Stars 2019
It's summertime so it must be time for Summer Stars!
Summer Stars is a free national reading challenge which takes places over the summer months to encourage children to begin or continue reading for pleasure while on school holidays. Sometimes children can regress in their reading skills between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next so Summer Stars is a great way to keep up those skills in an enjoyable way. The challenge is open to children of all ages and all reading counts - independent reading, shared reading, bedtime reading. Children can count any books read as part of