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The Postgraduate Research Centre

The Postgraduate Research Centre (PRC) is located in the James Joyce Library. It provides research and study space for Colleges of Arts & Celtic Studies and Human Sciences postgraduate students.

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What is the Postgraduate Research Centre (PRC)?

  • A quality research space available to registered post-graduate students in the College of Arts and Celtic Studies and the College of Human Sciences.
  • Available to those in these colleges who are undertaking a Post-doctoral, Ph.D., M.Litt or M.Phil, MA or MSc.
  • Ph.D., M.Litt. and M.Phil students have priority booking, masters students can avail of any remaining places.
  • Located on Level 2 of the James Joyce Library.
  • Spaces can be booked for one week at a time.

What does it provide access to?

  • 35 individual workstations all with networked desktop facilities.
  • 4 dedicated spaces for laptop users.
  • A meeting room for collaborative study with phone and network connections.
  • Network printing.
  • Locker facilities.

How can I book a place or gain other access to this space?

  • Bookings are made for one week at a time.
  • You need to have your student card with you.
  • Post-doctoral, Ph.D.,M.Litt. and M.Phil. students only may book a place one week in advance.
  • All bookings take place in person at the Level 2 Information Desk.
  • Any remaining places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis from 9.30 each Monday morning.
  • Access to the PRC space is controlled by an electronic keypad. Please collect your weekly booking card and the access code BEFORE you take up the place.
  • The access code is also given to eligible users who have not been able to book a space, but who can make use of unoccupied work-stations. This is on the understanding that, when required, they vacate the space in favour of the user who has booked it.

Conditions of use

These conditions are in place to ensure fair and equitable use of this service.

  • Lockers are available with weekly bookings only, and not with casual bookings.
  • Where possible, locker key numbers correspond with the workstation number booked.
  • Please ensure that Library material placed in your locker is on loan to you.
  • Empty your locker and return the key to the Information Desk, Level 2 at the end of each week.
  • Alternatively place the key in the “drop box” on the wall beside the Information Desk.
  • Empty your locker at the end of the week. Library staff will empty all unemptied lockers on Monday mornings before the beginning of the next booking period.
  • The Library reserves the right to check your locker at any time.
  • Items cleared from lockers will be available for collection from the Arts and Celtic Studies Office, Level 2