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Library open to the public

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  • 12-04-2015 6:51pm
    #1
    JessicaClare
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭


    Does anyone know if any of the TCD libraries are open to the public? I'm a DIT student but I'd like to use the library to study when the DIT one is closed like on a Sunday.

    Thank you!


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    #2
    galwayjohn89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,930 ✭✭✭galwayjohn89


    No they're not


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    NormalBob Ubiquitypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 297 ✭✭NormalBob Ubiquitypants


    If you are a postgrad you can get an ALCID card. Allows access to libraries in a lot of universities.


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    Bears and Vodka
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭Bears and Vodka


    It really wouldn't be fair on TCD students if the libraries were open to the public, given that we paid the fees. Particularly at this time of year when everyone is studying for exams.


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    Unshelved
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭Unshelved


    https://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/admissions.php

    You will need an ALCID card if you are a postgrad. Then apply for a Reader's ticket using the link above.

    Undergraduates are normally not admitted to the Library unless a particular item is only available at Trinity College Library Dublin. You will need a Letter of Introduction from your college library. Check the link above for the opening hours of the Library's Admissions desk.


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    evancunny95
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭evancunny95


    Good luck getting a seat


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,239 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    evancunny95 wrote: »
    Good luck getting a seat

    Impossible this time of year, what with the students from other institutions sneaking in.

    :D


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    GodlikeRed
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭GodlikeRed


    Without sounding like im attacking you OP, if you google search 'tcd library open to public' it is the second result.

    The answer is no


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    BeanbagBallbag
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭BeanbagBallbag


    endacl wrote: »
    Impossible this time of year, what with the students from other institutions sneaking in.

    :D

    Why don't we sneak you into St. James' and I'll give her my seat :)


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,239 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    BeanbagBallbag wrote: »
    Why don't we sneak you into St. James' and I'll give her my seat :)

    Ah, all that crammin' in the library is in the past for me now...


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    notabasicb
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭notabasicb


    Not a free seat in 24 hr atm with the number of leaving cert students in here. I'm floating b/n feeling bad for them because ewww that's a nasty few weeks they've got ahead of them and angry because hey get out of the tcd library.


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    gsi300024v
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭gsi300024v


    The national Library is a great place to study, anyone can go


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