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dlr Teen Entrepreneur STEM Camp
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Enjoy these highlights from the dlr STEM Camp Showcase day in dlr LexIcon on Nov 27. Over 60 TY students joined us in the library for an 8 week course incorporating hands-on workshops and maker days within the realm of STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). The Showcase Day was the culmination of all their hard work as they presented their ideas for products to improve modern living. Thank you to Science Foundation Ireland and dlr Enterprise Office for their support and to Jake and Ivan, the facilitators of the STEM Camp, for their hard
dlr Libraries Christmas Opening Hours
dlr Libraries staff would like to wish all of our users and readers a very Happy Christmas and New Year!
Remember all library items, including books, audio and DVDS, can be renewed and reserved online via our website. There are many online services on our website that can be accessed 24 hours/365 days a year, including downloadable ebooks and audio books, magazine and newspaper access, research and learning portals. Just make sure you have your library card number and PIN!
Remember also My Open Library service in Deansgrange library. My Open Library offers extended opening hours to library
Your Library - Take a Closer Look
A new national advertising campaign is asking everyone to take a closer look at what their local authority library has to offer.
dlr Libraries and all public libraries around the country are joining in the campaign, which is running for the next four weeks across radio, cinema, TV on demand, digital and social.
The aim of the campaign is to encourage people of all ages to join and use the library.
Speaking about the campaign, a spokesperson said, “People who use the library regularly know how great it is. But there are those who haven’t been in a while or don’t visit very often.
“We want
dlr LexIcon Family Day 01/02/20
The first Family Day of 2020 will be held in dlr LexIcon on Saturday, 1 February! We'll be celebrating St Brigid’s Day, the arrival of spring and the Chinese New Year (2020 is the Year of the Rat!). We'll have yoga, face painting, Polish paper-craft, authors, illustrators, circus skills, music, St Brigid's crosses and lots more. Do join us!
No booking required. First come, first served for all events. See you there!
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2020
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2020
26th – 29th March
All tickets now on sale!
The theme of this year’s Festival is The State of Us.
Through poetry, novels and non-fiction events, M2C 2020 brings you an entertaining programme of conversations, featuring some of our best-known and loved authors including all the way from the USA, Curtis Sittenfeld and Mary Cregan. James Shapiro joins us to explore Shakespeare in America and the Bard's enduring ability to shed light on human nature. We have rich pickings where novels are concerned with splendid new tales to explore from Anne Enright, Colum
Join us from your comfy couch as dlr Libraries remains open on-line for e-books, comics, magazines, music and even storytelling!
Join us from your comfy couch, or your leaba as dlr Libraries remains open on-line for e-books, comics, magazines, music and even storytelling! Simply go to libraries.dlrcoco.ie and select the Online Library to access your library in the sky, where the options are limitless! These include access to e-books, e-audiobooks, comics and graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, language courses, online courses and a large selection of podcasts.
With your library card and PIN number, you can download Overdrive and Borrowbox, for a large selection of e-audiobooks and e-books. Overdrive can also be
Tim Thurston's music choices for the week of March 30th
Renowned music lecturer Tim Thurston, a favourite with dlr Library members, shares with us his music choices in the hopes that music can provide some calming reassurance and will lift our spirits during this worrying time.
Tim Thurston's music choices for the week of April 6th
Renowned music lecturer Tim Thurston, a favourite with dlr Library members, shares with us his music choices in the hopes that music can provide some calming reassurance and will lift our spirits during this worrying time.
For well over 1000 years some of the most wonderful music has been composed for the services of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday through the intensity of Holy (Maundy) Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and then Easter Sunday itself.
Tim Thurston's music choices for the week of April 13th
Renowned music lecturer Tim Thurston, a favourite with dlr Library members, shares with us his music choices in the hopes that music can provide some calming reassurance and will lift our spirits during this worrying time.
Tim Thurston's music choices for the week of April 20th
Renowned music lecturer Tim Thurston, a favourite with dlr Library members, shares with us his music choices in the hopes that music can provide some calming reassurance and will lift our spirits during this worrying time.