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Local Studies online resources features in Irish Times

The 'Irish Roots' column by John Grenham in The Irish Times, Monday 16th January 2012, was all about the Limerick City Library online local studies materials. see below

 Major new addition to Local Studies section of Library website

The Field name Books of Limerick City and County, John O'Donovan, 1840

The Field Name Books of the County and City of Limerick is a collection of more than 1,700 pages of notes taken by surveyors during the first ordnance survey of County Limerick, c. 1840. They comprise a vast quantity of data on the geography, placenames, antiquities and other miscellaneous information relating to Limerick.

On-line publication of new Limerick Civic Trust book

Limerick City Library is delighted to present a newly-published book on its website, courtesy of its publishers, Limerick Civic Trust. The book is Limerick Municipal Elections 1841 - 2009 which was compiled by Civic Trust researchers John Cusack and Liam Hanley and edited by David Lee and Debbie Jacobs. Listing all councillors elected to Limerick Corporation/City Council since 1841 this publication will be an essential aid for anyone researching the history of Limerick and forms a very useful companion volume to the two books published in recent years by Limerick City Council on the subject of municipal history*.

Read Limerick Municipal Elections 1841 - 2009

*The Government and the People of Limerick: The History of Limerick Corporation/City Council 1197-2006 and First Citizens of the Treaty City: The Mayors and Mayoralty of Limerick 1197-2007, both books written by Dr. Matthew Potter

Foreign Language Books

We now have a selection of foreign language fiction books available for borrowing in our Granary Branch. The available languages include Farsi, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish. 

Assistive Technology

We now have Zoom Text 9.1, Kurzweil 1000 & Kurzweil 3000 available in the Granary. For details about availability and use ask at the Library Desk.

Zoom Text consists of two adaptive technologies - screen magnification and screen reading. It allows you to see and hear everything on the computer screen, and provides complete access to applications, documents, email and the internet.

Kurzweil 1000 is suitable for people who are visually impaired. They can use the scanner to scan a page from a book onto the screen and can magnify the text on the screen. With headphones it is possible to have the text read back to them.

Kurzweil 3000 is similar to Kurzweil 1000 but the scanned text and toolbars look different on screen. It is targeted primarily at people who have reading difficulties. People can increase/ decrease the amount of words read back to them per minute. They can also check for definitions and pronunciation.