LibGuides: Online and Distance Learners: Getting started

Library support for Online Learners

Online Learner Queries

Geraldine Fahey

Email: library@itsligo.ie

Tel: 353 71 9137342

Frequently Asked Questions

Your library card

IT Sligo student cards are available from Yeats Library during Induction and throughout the year.

Online Learning students who are unable to visit the campus need to

Follow the steps in this guide to upload your photo to our system
You will get their ID card by post.
For further advice email library@itsligo.ie

You will need you card to borrow when you visit the library in person and for your exams.

Postal loan service

We can post books from the Main Collection to Online Learners who live outside Sligo.

Check Eolas to see if the book is available.
If the book is on loan to another user you can reserve it through your Library Account.
To borrow, email library@itsligo.ie with the details and your postal address.

Books can be borrowed for three weeks. They can be renewed for a further three weeks online through your Library Account, by email or by phone.

It is your responsibility to return the the book in person or by post using this address:

Geraldine Fahey,
Yeats Library,
Institute of Technology, Sligo,
Ash Lane, Sligo

F91 YW50

User education

Any of the guides provided on Yeats Library website are relevant to all registered students, as all our students access library resources from off campus.

We have some additional services for Online students:

At any stage make an appointment with a school liaison librarian. We can help you in person, over the phone or by email.
Library staff will also invite you to join Google hangouts during the year - feel free to make this request for yourself or your class.
We can record tutorials according to your specific query and provide tuition live on lin eor over the phone

Please contact Geraldine Fahey at any stage if you need assistance 0719137342

Take time to explore our website and and guides