Services, Kerry County Library, Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Services

How to Join Kerry County Library

Branches of Kerry County Library are open to everyone.
One does not need to be a member to read books, newspapers or magazines, to use the study areas or the Internet, to visit exhibitions or attend library events. However, one needs to be a member in order to borrow books or other items.

A member of the public may join the library service on completion of an Application form. There are no charges for the use of the library facilities or there is no initial joining fee. Both adults and children may borrow up to 6 items at any given time.

Charges are levied however, on the borrowing of books - 30 cents per each item borrowed. Children, Second level students and Senior Citizens are exempt from these charges.

Alternatively users may pay an Annual Charge of €12 which will cover all items borrowed over a 12 month period

It is necessary to provide identification prior to joining the Library, showing your current address, e.g. driver's licence, post office book, electricity bill.

Borrower library cards are not transferable.

From September 1, 2006 library users may avail of a loan period of up to 21 days. Fines on all Overdue items are charged at 10 cent per book per week or part of a week.

History of Kerry County Library

The Public Libraries Act was adopted by Kerry County Council in 1925, making the Local Authority responsible for all libraries in the county, except Listowel (which operated under a Trust until 1953). Prior to this, grants had been received from the Carnegie Trust for the erection of Carnegie Library buildings at Cahirciveen, Castleisland, Dingle, Kenmare, Killorglin, Listowel and Tralee. The Library service in Cahirciveen, Dingle, Castleisland and Kenmare still operates from these original or reconstructed buildings.

In September 1983, the new County Library Headquarters and Tralee Branch Library were opened. This gave a major boost to the Library Service and provided facilities for a modern Library Service to meet future educational, social, cultural and recreational needs of the community.

The new purpose built library in Killarney opened to the public in August 1980. Killarney Library with its wide ranging facilities is a focal point of cultural activity in the community. Lectures, displays and children's activities all form a major part of the library programme. It has established contact with schools, local festivals and community events.

A purpose built library opened in Killorglin in 1976. The library was an ideal location at the junction to the Iveragh Peninsula and is adjacent to a tourist information point. This library was in turn demoloished in 2005 to make way for a new library cum area services centre for the Killorglin area and opened to the public at Library Place on 28 November 2006. It was officially opened by Minister John O'Donoghue on 4 May 2007.

In May 1995, a new library, designed to modern standards, was opened in Listowel. The Library forms part of a Civic Centre with the Listowel Urban District Council Offices, Courthouse and Library all facing on to an attractive courtyard. Listowel has a strong literary tradition and the library is an important venue for lectures and literary activities throughout the year, particularly during the annual Writers Week Festival.

At present a new library is being built at Castleisland [to open end 2007] while plans are well advanced for a new library at Caherciveen. Both of these libraries will be part of Kerry County Council Area Office developments.

The mobile service was first introduced in the county in 1976 and operated very successfully until 1988, when it was discontinued. This service was re-introduced in 2001 to meet the needs of people not within easy reach of branch libraries. A second Mobile Library was introduced in 2004. The Mobile Libraries stop at 71 locations in total throughout the county and provide an important community service in rural areas.

Dewey Decimal Classification:

All non-fiction items within the library are classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. The basic categories are as follows:

000 Generalities

100 Philosophy & Psychology

200 Religion

300 Social Science

400 Languages

500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics

600 Medical / Technology

700 The Arts

800 Literature

900 Geography & History

For further information please ask a member of library staff.

Do you want a particular Fiction book ?

Find it through the Irish Joint Fiction Reserve Scheme.

You can read a copy of almost any quality novel ever published, through the I.J.F.R.S. - the Irish Joint Fiction Reserve Scheme.

The I.J.F.R.S. - the Irish Joint Fiction Reserve Scheme is a co-operative effort by Libraries throughout Ireland to hold a copy of all Fiction titles.

Each participating library is expected to hold and retain books by writers whose surnames begin with a pre assigned letter of the alphabet. Books may then be requested for out of print material from the holding Library

Kerry County Library collects and holds books by writers whose surnames begin with the letter : U

Other participating Libraries and Letters are :

A

Western Education & Library Board

N

Limerick County Library

B

Belfast Education & Library Board

O

Limerick City Library

C

Belfast Education & Library Board

PA-PK

Kilkenny County Library

D

North Eastern Education & Library Board

PL-PZ

Clare County Library

E

Westmeath County Library

Q

Wexford County Library

F

Western Education & Library Board

R

Wicklow County Library

G

North Eastern Education & Library Board

S

Cork City Library

HA-HH

Southern Education & Library Board

T

Meath County Library

HI-HZ

South Eastern Education & Library Board

U

Kerry County Library

I

Western Education & Library Board

V

Roscommon County Library

J

South Dublin County Library

W

Fingal County Library

K

Kildare County Library

X

Laois County Library

L

Dublin City Library

Y

Tipperary Joint Libraries Committee

M

Dublin City Library

Z

Laois County Library

Irish Language	James Hardiman Library, University College Galway
Short Stories	Donegal County Library

What is an ISBN ?

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a 10 digit number that uniquely identifies a specific edition of a book. It is assigned shortly before publication so that it can be printed on the book's title page.

A new 13 digit ISBN standard will come into effect in January 2007.

If a book is being published by a commercial publisher the ISBN will be assigned by that publisher. If you are publishing a book privately, and wish to have an ISBN, you should contact:

The ISBN Agency,
3rd Floor, Midas House, 62 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6LQ, England

PH: 00 44 870 777 8712
FAX: 00 44 870 777 8714 or E-mail: isbn@nielsenbookdata.co.uk

URL: www.isbn.nielsenbookdata.co.uk

All publishers are encouraged to apply for an ISBN, in particular publishers of Local Studies material.Charges apply.

International Standard Serial Numbers

If you are publishing a periodical, then you should consider applying for an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), an internationally used 8 digit number which uniquely identifies a serial publication. ISSN's are assigned by national centres throughout the world on behalf of the International ISDS Centre in Paris. Further information is available from the:

To apply for an ISSN, please request the application form from the ISSN Centre or download and complete this application form (Adobe Acrobat document), and return it by post or fax to the Irish ISSN Centre:

Irish ISSN Centre,National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street
Dublin 2.
e-mail: issnirl@nli.ie
Fax: 01-6030289

Legal Deposit in Ireland

Publishers in Ireland have a legal obligation to send one copy, without charge, of each of their titles to the National Library of Ireland, within one month of publication. If a publication is issued in both hardback and paperback, the National Library is entitled to receive the superior (hardback) version. All books received through legal deposit are acknowledged with a written receipt.The overall aim is to preserve and make accessible such material for future generations.

Address of the National Library of Ireland legal deposit offices

Books:
Copyright Section,
Printed Books Department,
National Library of Ireland,
Kildare Street,
Dublin 2. Periodicals & Newspapers:
Copyright Section,
Newpapers and Periodicals Department,
National Library of Ireland,
Kildare Street,
Dublin 2.

Tel. + 353-1-6030210 Tel. + 353-1-6030352

Other Irish Legal Deposit Libraries

Under Irish legislation there are eight Irish and five English copyright libraries. Irish legislation requires that a copy of all titles published in the State should be sent to all eight Irish copyright libraries plus the British Library within one month of publication. Irish publishers are not obliged to automatically send titles to the remaining four British copyright libraries, but if these libraries write and claim their copy then the publisher must send it.

Copies of works must be sent directly to the of each of the other seven Irish copyright libraries listed below:

The copy for British Library should be sent to:

The Legal Deposit Office, The British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BY

Four copies for the University Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge and the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales are entitled to be claimed and they may be sent to:

The Irish Copyright Agency, Trinity College Library, Dublin.

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Kerry County Library
Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry

Leabharlann Chontae Chiarraí
Tobar Muí Doire, Trá Lí, Co. Chiarraí

Tel: (066) 7121200 Fax:(066) 7129202
E-mail: info@kerrycolib.ie