Changes to Study Space Access
Wednesday 28th April
From Wednesday 28 April 2021 students in Foundation Year, Medicine Years 1-4, Pharmacy Years 1-5, Physiotherapy Years 1-3, GEM 1 & 2, PA and MSSP can book study spaces in RCSI Library York Street and Ardilaun Block B between 7am-10pm Monday-Sunday. Medicine Year 5 can book study spaces in RCSI Library York Street and Beaumont Hospital.
Study spaces must be pre-booked using booking.library.rcsi.ie If you have any questions please email library@rcsi.com
Saturday 24th April - Changes to Study Space Access
From Saturday 24 April students in Foundation Year, Medicine Years 1-5, Pharmacy Years 1-5, Physiotherapy Years 1-3, GEM 1& 2, PA and MSSP will be allowed to book study spaces between 7am-10pm Monday-Sunday. Changes will be made to the online booking system over the course of Friday 23 April, to support the transition from the published study schedules to broader access. By 6pm Friday 23 April 2021, the system will be updated to reflect the booking parameters for the period 24-30 April 2021. Further changes will be made in the system next week to reflect the booking parameters for the 1 May onwards. For Learning Communities that have timetabled access Saturday 24 April, the booking parameters will be extended to cover 7am-10pm.
Study spaces must be pre-booked using booking.library.rcsi.ie If you have any questions please email library@rcsi.com
RCSI Library Services – Easter 2021
The Library virtual information desk will close at 1pm Thursday 1st April and will re-open at 9am Wednesday 7th April 2021. Emails received over the Easter closure will be responded to over the course of Wednesday 7th April.
Access to study spaces remain open as per the study schedules. Easter Study Schedules are published here for learning communities with scheduled study access to RCSI Library York Street and Ardilaun Block B.
Click and Deliver and Scan & Send will be unavailable while the Library virtual information desk is closed. Requests received by 10am Thursday 1st April will be processed. Requests received after this time will be processed on Wednesday 7th April.
Semester 2 Click & Deliver, Scan & Send Arrangements
During Level 5 restrictions the Click & Deliver and Scan & Send services are available to all students and staff. Click & Deliver services allow you to place online requests for print books held in RCSI Library, York Street and the library team will arrange for the materials to be posted to you. This is a free service. We are unable to fulfill requests for materials from the RCSI Library, BH Collection during Level 5 restrictions. Requests for materials held in RCSI Library, York Street will be processed.
The safety and wellbeing of students and staff underpins library service plans for the 2020/21 academic year. For returning students you will notice changes both to how we deliver services and to the physical study environments as we implement the necessary physical distancing measures.
One of the big changes for the Library service this year is that there is no drop-in access to library spaces in York Street and Beaumont. Working closely with colleagues across the university, learning communities will have scheduled access to study spaces in the library and Ardilaun Block B (read more).
Access to the Heritage Collections online catalogue is available here. Please forward all queries to archivist@rcsi.com. This email account is monitored 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday except for bank holidays.
The Heritage Collections reading room, Mercer Building is currently closed until further notice.
The SCONUL and ALCID reciprocal library access schemes are suspended for 2020/21. We cannot provide letters for introduction, SCONUL access letters or ALCID cards to RCSI members. We are unable to host visitors from other institutions participating in these schemes.