DIT library Tourism and Food blog

The foodies are gathering!

2012-05-09T12:27:00.001+01:00

This June 5th and 6th, DIT Cathal Brugha St will play host to the inaugural Dublin Gastonomy Symposium, which will have the theme "Gastronomy: past, present and future."

Mairtin Mac Con Iomaire, Chair of the Symposium organising committee has said that "The study of gastronomy is uniquely multidisciplinary encompassing the arts, humanities, and the natural and social sciences, and all are welcome to attend this symposium to dine, debate and interact with likeminded foodies."

Keynote speaker will be Darra Goldstein, editor in Chief of the journal Gastronomica.

This looks set to be both a convivial and a scholarly occasion!

DIT School on Culinary Arts on TV

2012-04-27T09:53:00.002+01:00

TV chef Donal Skehan visited The DITs School of Culinary Arts in Cathal Brugha St. recently. Have a look at his show, Kitchen Hero, which airs on RTÉ 1 on Monday, April 30 at 8:30pm. You might see yourself or one of your fellow students on the show as he joins classes in the DIT kitchens and restaurant. See this link in the DIT News for details.

2012 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

2012-04-20T10:43:00.001+01:00

Four Irish books were honoured in the 17th annual Gourmand World Cookbook Awards this year.

Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland, by Glynn Anderson and John McLaughlin came in 2nd in the Cheese cookbook category.
Our Daily Bread, by Roz Crowley was 2nd in the Bread cookbook category.
Tweet Treats, by Jane Travers was 2nd in the Fund Raising, Charity and Community - Europe category.
Boiling Point: My Adventures in the Restaurant Game, by Nick Munier came in 4th in the World Cookbook Awards for Food Literature.

Have a look at these and other winning cookbooks (as well as books on wine and beer) from around the world at the Gourmand International website.

Hospitality and Tourism publications are popular reads on ARROW@DIT

2012-04-19T10:21:00.001+01:00

In March this year, Hospitality and Tourism papers were in the top 3 most read papers in the DIT Library's Arrow database - http://arrow.dit.ie/.

Festivals, events and tourism by Bernadette Quinn was in the 3rd most popular paper downloaded.
Articles written by the School of Food Science and Environmental Health were 3rd in the Most Popluar Publications category.
Have a look at these and other papers in the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism Collections and see what your colleagues have been writing.

SATURDAYS ARE BACK!

2012-04-11T09:46:00.001+01:00

Saturday opening will resume at Cathal Brugha Street Library from April 14th to May 26th inclusive. We will be open from 10am - 5pm each Saturday.

Easter opening and closing at Cathal Brugha St library

2012-04-03T14:52:00.002+01:00

Cathal Brugha Street Library will be open as normal (9am - 9pm) up to and including Wednesday April 4th.

On Thursday 5th we will close around 12.45pm as the building must close by 1pm.

The library will remain closed up to and including Tuesday 10th. We will reopen with usual hours (9am - 9pm) as from Wednesday 11th.

We wish all staff and students a happy Easter.

Early Closing Wednesday, March 21.

2012-03-21T09:58:00.000Z

Due to staff shortage because of illness, Cathal Brugha Library will close at 5:30 pm tonight, Wednesday, March 21. Apologies for any incovenience caused.

St. Patrick's Day Long Weekend

2012-03-12T15:17:00.000Z

Cathal Brugha St. Library will be closed this weekend - Saturday, March 17 through Monday, March19 - due to the St. Patrick's Day holiday. I'm sure the Hospitality and Tourism students will be taking notes of all the events taking place during the St. Patrick's Day Festival though. Our Food and Beverage Management students can also combine studies with leisure at the Irish Craft Beer Festival being held over the weekend. Have a great weekend and we'll see you bright and early when we reopen at 9am on Tuesday, March 20.

How's this for eco-cooking?

2012-03-09T11:50:00.001Z

Could the "Wonderbag" being increasingly used in South Africa be the key to environmentally better cooking?

Check out this story from the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/mar/09/can-slow-cooking-change-lives

Thursday Opening hours extended in Cathal Brugha St.

2012-03-05T11:42:00.000Z

Starting the week of March 5, 2012 Cathal Brugha St. Library will once again be open on Thursday evenings until 9:00pm.
So our term hours are now:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
*Saturdays (*Starting April 14 - Closed Saturdays through April 7): 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
(Check this link for our hours).

A Taste of Russia

2012-02-22T12:19:00.002Z

As part of Dublin City's Festival of Russian Culture a Russian Cooking Class is to be held on the evening of February 23, 2012. The course, called "A Taste of Russia" is a hands-on way to learn about Russian culture as well as enjoy some new foods.

Leisure and Tourism E-Books

2012-02-17T16:43:00.000Z

The Leisure and Tourism database on the DIT Library web pages has added new books to their E-book collection: Controversies in tourism, by Moufakkir, O., et. al.; and The business and management of ocean cruises, by Vogel, M. et. al. are just 2 of the most recently added books available.
Have a look at these and the other e-books available on their database. The link to the database is available on the DIT Library Database page as well as via the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Resources Subject Gateway.
(Note, you will need your ID# and PIN to access these e-resources off-campus).

Wikipedia Alternatives available at DIT Library Virtual Reference Desk.

2012-02-01T15:30:00.000Z

Wikipedia shut down 2 weeks ago to protest against anti-piracy laws. Quite a few students were upset by this apparently. But you need not be! DIT Library has alternative encyclopedias online that are free to our students too. So long as you are a registered DIT student you can access The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Oxford Reference Online, Wiley Encyclopaedia of Food Science and Technology, Oxford English Dictionary and many other reference books via the library's Virtual Reference Desk. You can access these directly on college computers via the library homepage. At home you just need to type in your ID number and PIN as you do with other electronic resources such as E-Books.

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you pleased to see me!

2012-01-30T15:12:00.003Z

Once upon a time a gentleman could be refused entry to a restaurant for not wearing a jacket and tie or worse still forced to wear a hideous tie produced by the restaurant manager. In Ohio however things have become much more interesting with the introduction of a senate bill which makes it legal to carry firearms into bars, restaurants and nightclubs. Unfortunately the killjoys have taken the fun out of it by making it illegal for gun carriers to drink alcohol or be drunk whilst carrying guns. This bill has caused uproar with many restaurants refusing to serve patrons carrying guns and some patrons retaliating by withdrawing their custom from restaurants which they regularly dined in. No doubt the matter will be resolved without resorting to arms.

New term-time hours

2012-01-17T14:27:00.002Z

Due to staffing changes, Cathal Brugha St library has had to revise term-time opening hours.

As and from Monday 30th January 2012, the library's opening hours will be as follows:

Mon-Wed: 9am - 9pm.

Thurs: 9am - 5.30pm (i.e. no Thursday evening opening).

Fri: 9am - 5pm.

The library will not be open on Saturdays in February or March. Saturday opening will resume from 14 April to 26 May.

Find Previous Exam Papers

2012-01-05T10:36:00.000Z

The most frequently asked question in the library this week has been "how do I access past exam papers". Please see the following outline to find the previous exam papers that the library has.

**Note** - If you are outside the DIT network you will need the Student Intranet Username and Password to access exam papers. Click on this link to access the Student Intranet username and password, as well as any other usernames and passwords needed to access all the library's electronic resources. Please note you will need your student number and your library PIN to open this file. (see the Password Page for any other password queries)

To access the current and past exam papers go to the library catalogue and click on the Exam Papers link.
You will be brought to a page with a search window and options to enter your course code/module code/course title etc. (Only use this search for older papers, see next step for new ones)
Click on the link at the top of the page Quick Link to Recent Exam Papers to access papers later than 2006. (For earlier papers, search using your course code/module code/course title.)
The next page lists the papers according to the different Colleges within DIT
Select College of Arts and Tourism, Cathal Brugha Street from this list
You will then be brought to a list of the exam papers by year.
Simply select the year you want to look at and then click on your module code to open up the exam paper for the that module. Alternatively click on this link to go straight to this page.
If you are within the DIT network you should go straight to the PDF of the exam paper. If not, enter the username and password as mentioned above.

Amended pre-Christmas hours

2011-12-15T12:08:00.004Z

Cathal Brugha St library will close for Christmas holidays at lunchtime, Thursday December 2012.

On the instruction of the Buildings Officer, the library will close at 5.15pm on the evenings of Monday December 19 - Wednesday December 21.

Normal opening hours will resume on Tuesday January 3rd.

Extra books at Christmas

2011-12-12T12:12:00.001Z

For the period of December 12 2011 to January 9, 2012 Cathal Brugha Street Library is allowing patrons to borrow up to 2 books above their normal borrowing allowances.

For example, Cathal Brugha St. undergraduates who normally can take out a maximum of 6 books will be able to borrow up to 8 books over for this Christmas period.

So no excuse for not studying over the holidays!

Holiday Hours

2011-12-12T09:27:00.001Z

Cathal Brugha St. Library will close for the Christmas holidays at lunchtime, Thursday December 22.
We will be closed from Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2.
Normal hours will begin again on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Have a happy Christmas.

E-textbooks are here!

2011-11-24T18:24:00.003Z

Here at Cathal Brugha St Library, e-textbooks are now part of our repertoire.

We now have a range of e-books including such standards as Clay's handbook of environmental health, Stephen Page's Tourism management, Chris Cooper's Tourism: principles and practice, Glenn Bowdin's Events management, John Cousins Food and beverage management and Stanley Cauvain's Baking problems solved.

Search for your desired textbook on the catalogue, and if it comes up as an "electronic resource" then you will probably be able to read it as an e-book on the screen in front of you.

There are legal restrictions on copying and downloading, but having the textbook to read on-screen is surely a real step forward!

October Bank Holiday

2011-10-28T14:20:00.001+01:00

Cathal Brugha Library will be closed this October bank holiday weekend - Saturday, Oct. 29 thru Monday, Oct. 31.
We will reopen with regular term hours on Tuesday, November 1.
Have a happy Halloween.

Early closing on 2 Thursdays

2011-10-13T18:08:00.002+01:00

Cathal Brugha St Library regrets to inform all users that due to unavoidable staff shortages the library will have to close at 5.30 PM on 2 Thursdays, namely 20th and 27th October.

We do, however, expect to open all other Monday-Thursday nights, and all Saturdays (except that of the October bank Holiday) right through to the Christmas break.

Cookbooks are here to stay (?)

2011-10-04T17:17:00.003+01:00

A blogger confirms what we in this library are always saying: cookbooks are not going anywhere you know!

http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2011/09/why-cookbooks-are-here-to-stay.html

Free food!

2011-09-28T11:57:00.002+01:00

Apparently there is free food to be had in Dublin. You just have to go looking (or foraging in fact) for it. An article in the Irish Times yesterday - The City where the wild things are - describes what is available out there and how it can be cooked. See the article by Catherine Cleary and maybe you could find your own windfalls.

Welcome back

2011-09-19T10:51:00.000+01:00

Term hours begin today, September 19, in Cathal Brugha Street Library. Term hours are as follows:

Monday - Thursday:	09.00 - 21.00.
Friday:	09.00 - 17.00.
Saturday:	10.00 - 17.00.