On the 1st October 2021 Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) ceased to exist and the Technology University of the Shannon: Midlands and Midwest was born.
As a result LIT Library became TUS Library Midwest!
For now, nothing has changed in terms of our library service apart from our name.
Students can still access the library website at https://library.lit.ie.
We are excited for what the future will hold for TUS Library Midwest!
Sean De Bhulbh - Assistant Librarian (Serials)
I was born in Kerry, but have lived in Limerick all my life. I joined TUS Library in August 1999 and have happily given over 20 years service to the Library.
Prior to working in Moylish campus I have spent time acquiring foundation library skills in Mary Immaculate College library and the Boole library in UCC. I graduated from UCC in 1989 gaining an honours BA in Classical Studies and followed it up by achieving my post graduate Library and Information Studies at UCD. I also completed a Diploma in Art History and my Masters in History at UCC.
I love my time working in the TUS library especially when it affords me opportunities to visit our other campus libraries where I can share my information and researching skills with staff and students. I get great satisfaction helping students find the information sources they need to complete their projects and reach their goals.
My hobbies include, following the Limerick Hurling, Treaty Limerick soccer, hill climbing, visiting archaeological sites, yoga and Tai Chi.
The library has welcomed four new staff members in recent months.
Please learn more about our new team members below:
Elaine Gaumont
I was born in Waterford city and raised in County Kilkenny, just across the county boundary. I have had a few careers so far and have learned much on my travels, both nationally and internationally. When I left secondary school, I trained to be a hotel manager and later joined the crew of the QE2, in the restaurant section. On my return to Ireland, I qualified as an accounting technician, and worked for many years in accounts and finance, in Dublin and in Limerick where I settled down in 2000. Having raised my family, I followed a previous passion to return to university and I completed a BA in English and Sociology in 2021. I joined the staff of the library here in TUS as a part-time assistant in October.
My hobbies include, reading, baking, cycling and in fair weather I enjoy camping. I follow current affairs and national and international politics.
Jean Lambe
Samantha Hogan
The Library also welcomed Alex Cox to our team.
Huge congratulations to the first graduating class of TUS!
More than 1500 members of the class of 2021 graduated on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th of November 2021.
Graduates from Moylish, LSAD, Thurles, Clonmel & Ennis campuses gathered at TUS Gaelic Grounds over the course of four ceremonies with over 4500 people in attendance.
The Library would like to wish all graduates the very best of luck with their future careers and/or future study.
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"Speak Out is an online anonymous reporting tool available to students and staff to disclose incidents of bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, discrimination, hate crime, coercive behaviour/ control, stalking, assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape.
The information you provide using this tool is valuable as the data collected will help inform TUS' activities aimed at addressing bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct.
It is important to remember that as the Speak Out reporting tool is completely anonymous, there is no way of identifying or contacting any member of the university community who uses the tool.
The tool will help you to find information and contact details of relevant TUS supports and specialist external supports. Please report one incident, or series of related incidents at a time. This is to ensure that we can understand the nature of your experience."
Access the Speak Out tool HERE.
Quote Reference: Technological University of the Shannon Midwest and Midlands (TUS) (2021) Speak Out. Available at: https://lit.ie/en-IT/corporate-services/Equality-Diversity/Speakout (Accessed: 4 November 2021).
Merry Christmas to all TUS students and staff and best of luck with Christmas exams!
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Search @LIT.Library on Facebook to find our main library Facebook page.
Search @lsadlibrary on Facebook to find our LSAD library specific Facebook page.
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Looking for some new reads over Christmas? Check out some of the An Post Irish Book Awards Winners for 2021:
Catherine Ryan Howard
56 Days
Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Find in Moylish Library - Call Number 823.92 ROO
Keith Earls
Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices
Louise Nealon
Snowflake
Fintan O'Toole
We Don't Know Ourselves
Seamas O'Reilly
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
Donal Skehan
Everyday Cook
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
Aisling and the City
Laura De Barra
Decor Galore
Want to get lost in a good book? Here are some books recommended by library staff:
nature of their careers, they live apart for long stretches of time. Doc is the hero in the relationship. He faces into the Antarctic landscape full of courage and determination, however, when he suffers a stroke, Anna is obliged to take on the role of carer, and so the focus of the book shifts onto her. Equality Diversity and Inclusion Champions' forum recommended read:
The Equality Diversity and Inclusion Champions forum have teamed up with the library to recommend books associated with Equality Diversity and Inclusion.
We hope to include at least one book that touches on Equality Diversity and Inclusion themes in future library newsletters.
For more information on Equality Diversity and Inclusion at TUS please visit the Equality Diversity and Inclusion webpage or email EqualityandDiversity@lit.ie.
Milkman is a powerful read that touches on many themes and issues, most significantly repression, division and resistance. The novel, which won the Man Booker prize in 2018, is set in a small village near Belfast during the troubles in Northern Ireland. 
The narrator, known only as 'middle-sister', portrays a society made up of both the oppressed and the oppressors. While almost everyone the narrator knows is oppressed by some authority - whether it's the paramilitaries or the police - women in particular suffer an extra layer of repression within this society.
Although certainly not a light read, the quirky narrator elicits dark humour to create a few laugh out loud moments while also shining a spotlight on issues such as coercive control, harassment, stalking, grooming, and sexual assault experienced by women.
The narrator also highlights the negative effects of the local rumour mill, operating within her small community, that cares more about appearance and reputation than the truth.
Reference: Burns, A. (2018) Milkman. London: Faber and Faber.
-Aisling Slevin
The Library, Technological University of the Shannon: Midwest
