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Library closed on Saturdays

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  • 02-11-2008 3:13pm
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    evil-monkey
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    Why is our library closed on Saturdays?? Surely we are the only college in Ireland whose library is not open on a Saturday...anyone know why this is??


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    Webmonkey
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    evil-monkey wrote: »
    Why is our library closed on Saturdays?? Surely we are the only college in Ireland whose library is not open on a Saturday...anyone know why this is??
    Tell me about it, last weekend I drove up really early in morning just so I could spend day in library. Walked in and care taker tells me not opened saturdays, that he'd close the college if he got his own way as only few people around. I heard somewhere that they couldn't get staff for the library.


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    evil-monkey
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    Webmonkey wrote: »
    Tell me about it, last weekend I drove up really early in morning just so I could spend day in library. Walked in and care taker tells me not opened saturdays, that he'd close the college if he got his own way as only few people around. I heard somewhere that they couldn't get staff for the library.

    they couldn't get staff?? sounds like the usual excuse to me. surely they'd get staff. damn i know a haul of people that would do a saturday shift there if needed!!


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    evil-monkey
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    Gearoid, SU President, told me that they were working on it, apparently the powers that be put it down to resources...

    Did this place actually apply for University Status ?? And the library closed on a Saturday!!


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    deegs
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    You cant force staff to work saturday's when it wasn't origionally in their terms of agreement. I imagine for future contracts it will state this, I dont think university status really makes any difference either way.


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    towel401
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    evil-monkey wrote: »
    Gearoid, SU President, told me that they were working on it, apparently the powers that be put it down to resources...

    the recession?


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    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    deegs wrote: »
    You cant force staff to work saturday's when it wasn't origionally in their terms of agreement. I imagine for future contracts it will state this, I dont think university status really makes any difference either way.

    they can get in more staff, plenty of students would do it for them if needed be. UCC's library is open 10 - 10 on a Sunday!! the library is a key resource to any college and should be open on a Saturday...


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    jen_23
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    That's strnge it used to be open saturdays?
    (im gone just over a year) I dont think it used open the first few weeks but coming up to exams at christmas it usually did. And it used open on sunday too.
    Ask the librarians 'some' of them are nice enough to talk to.


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    MoonGoDown
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    It used to be open on Saturdays and seeing that there's well over 20 members of the library staff I don't think a staff shortage is the issue.

    But given the fact the college wants to cut €5 million off the wage bill alone for 2009, I'd just put it down to good ol' fashioned penny pinching as usual.


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    Creeping-Death
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    MoonGoDown wrote: »
    It used to be open on Saturdays and seeing that there's well over 20 members of the library staff I don't think a staff shortage is the issue.

    But given the fact the college wants to cut €5 million off the wage bill alone for 2009, I'd just put it down to good ol' fashioned penny pinching as usual.
    +1 penny pinching seems to be a pastime of the stuffed shirts of our wonderful institution


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    jank
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    Nice to know that not much has changed so. I graduated in 2004 and this was always an issue that came up.

    I was also in DCU and they are open saturday and sunday too all the time as far as i remember. Some services were curtailed like taking out books on the weekend but thats ok as the library is usally used as study or project work.


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    jk47
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    cit is a hole. im sick of this kinda ****. the library is a minimum requirement.


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    Webmonkey
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    jk47 wrote: »
    cit is a hole. im sick of this kinda ****. the library is a minimum requirement.
    Yep, UCC's is open until 2am sometimes as far as I know, least that what my friend there is saying.


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    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    Webmonkey wrote: »
    Yep, UCC's is open until 2am sometimes as far as I know, least that what my friend there is saying.

    And 24 hours on occasion...


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