Current On-Campus Services
Maynooth University Library will continue to provide essential services to support staff, students and researchers throughout the period of Level 5 restrictions. This will include maintaining access to online resources, to our Library study spaces, and to as much physical material as possible. Details of all our services, and how to access them, are set out below.
Please use our online services and content first and consider carefully if you need to avail of our on-campus services. Face coverings must be worn at all times when visiting the Library.
Studying in the Library
- Study spaces will be available on a limited, bookable basis. You must book a study space before arriving at the library.
- All study spaces are at least 2 metres apart. Please sit in the designated locations and do not move furniture for any reason or length of time.
- Please observe cough etiquette and 2 metres social distancing.
- Wipes to wipe down study spaces are available at the Admissions Desk.
- With the exception of bottled drinks, food and drink is not allowed in the Library.
- Please use hand sanitiser before and after browsing books on open shelves.
- When finished using a book, it should be placed on the nearest available trolley. Books should not be re-shelved.
- When leaving the building for any length of time, including breaks, please ensure that all books are placed back on trolleys and you take all of your personal belongings. Capacity is being strictly managed and you may not be able to re-enter the Library
Preparing for your Visit
- Library capacity is reduced and limited so please consider whether you need to come to the Library. We have significant resources and assistance available online.
- If you have symptoms of COVID-19 you must not come to the Library.
- Readers seeking entry to the Library must have a valid MU or SPCM ID.
Click and Collect Book Retrieval
Click and Collect items will be available for collection between 11:00 and 21:00 Monday to Thursday and between 11:00 and 16:30 on Fridays.
How does it work?
- Items can be requested using this form
- Please check in LibrarySearch to see that the book you want is available
- Please provide the library with as much information as possible regarding the titles requested
- Library staff will retrieve the titles requested (if available) and issue them on the requestor's account
- An email will be sent that items are available and on the requestor's account.
- Items will be available for collection between 11:00 and 21:00 (Monday – Thursday) and between 11.00 and 16:30 on Fridays following receipt of confirmation email.
- Books will be available for collection on tables in the foyer in bags arranged alphabetically by requestor's surname.
- We recommend collection of items as soon as possible after receipt of email as some items will have a loan period of 7 days.
- Items will be removed from foyer, cleared from requestor's account and reshelved if not collected within 7 days.
If you have any questions please contact us via LibraryChat on our homepage or library.information@mu.ie
Inside the Library
- Face coverings are compulsory at all times in the library: this includes while studying at your seat and walking around.
- Please use the hand sanitiser in the library foyer and at multiple locations elsewhere within the library. Regular hand sanitisation is essential and particularly important before and after handling books, using shared machines etc.
- Please observe cough etiquette and 2 metres social distancing.
- There is a one-way and 'keep left' policy for walking throughout the building. Please follow the signage
Digital on Demand
The library is currently offering a ‘digital on demand’ service for library material digitization requests. This service is free of charge and available for staff and postgraduate students only. Digital on demand refers to some material which cannot be borrowed or if you cannot physically make it to the library on campus.
How does it work?
- Items can be requested using this form
- Upon submission of a request you must accept our copyright declaration stating that you only use the content in support of your remote teaching needs for the duration of the Covid-19 situation, that you only host this content on MU controlled access education platforms e.g. Moodle and MS Teams and that you only use this copy for non-commercial research, teaching or private study. You must also permanently delete the copy if requested to do by the Library or the copyright holder
- Once the library receives the submission, library staff will create a scanned copy of the requested article or book chapter and this will be emailed to the requestor
If you have any questions please contact us via LibraryChat on our homepage or library.information@mu.ie
