General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library: university [We are currently a linked College of the University - We will become a faculty in September 2016.]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution: The Cregan Library, St. Patrick's Campus / DCU (Dublin City University)
3 Address: Drumcondra, Dublin 9
4 Phone / Fax / Email: 353 1 8842170 353 1 8376197 library@spd.dcu.ie
5 Name of the director of the library: Orla Nic Aodha
6 Contact person for enquiries: Orla Nic Aodha orla.nicaodha@spd.dcu.ie 353 1 8842174

7 Current readership, number of registered readers: 3200 [There are 11,000 students in the University, 3,500 are based in Drumcondra campus - all 11,000 have access in theory.]
8 Number of full time students: 2400
9 Number of part time students: 800
10 Number of staff in institution: 230 [There are 230 core staff with an additional 300 part time staff.]

11 Total floor area: 1224 sq. metres [1 library space and 1 Resource Center space:
Old Library: 1018 sq.m
Resource Center: 296 sq.m]
12 Number of reader seats: 240 [The old library building had 200 seats
The Resource Center had 40 seats.]
13 Total capacity of shelving: 3000 linear metres
14 …in open access storage: 3000 linear metres
15 …in closed access stacks
16 Number of library staff: 14 [We have 14 library staff and 8 shelvers (library attendants). 22 people = 14 FTE.]
17 Opening hours to the public: 63 hours per week semester time and 40 hours summer time, 279 days per year