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Welcome to the Library's blog page.

Keep up to date with Library news and events through the UCD Library's various blogs.

What is a Blog?

A blog (from "web log") is a user-generated website where entries are created in a journal style and displayed in reverse chronological order, i.e. the most recent entry first.

A typical blog combines text, images and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. These features, along with the reader's ability to comment on entries or posts, makes a blog an interactive user experience and blogs can be said to be part of the Web 2.0 or "next generation Web" phenomenon.
For a more detailed summary of what a blog is, please see the entry on blogs in Wikipedia.

UCD Library blogs UCD Library began blogging in April 2005, starting with a blog for students and academic staff in the Sciences. This blog, "Science@UCD Library", has since been joined by the other blogs listed in the blogs page. These blogs can help keep you informed of events happening in the Library, changes and amendments to Library policy, news about new resources relevant to your studies, and news from the wider world!

Why subscribe to an RSS Feed or Email alert ?

Subscribing to RSS feeds means that you can get the latest news from your favourite blogs delivered straight to your computer. To subscribe find a link on your blog to subscribing options. It could be a text link or have an icon like this or .

Click on the link and follow the instructions for subscribing. You can use RSS Feed Readers such as Bloglines or Netvibes to read your RSS Feeds on your computer.

Alternatively, you can register for email alerts by clicking on the following icon:

UCD Library RSS Tutorial

You may now view a short tutorial that shows you how to set up an account with a web-based RSS feed reader (Netvibes) and how to subscribe to a sample RSS feed. Links to further information on RSS and web-based feed readers are included at the end of the tutorial.

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