Introduction
www.borrowbooks.ie
You can now find the item you need by searching across all of the online catalogues of the Irish public library authorities simultaneously.
BorrowBooks.ie is an online library loans service which, for the first time, brings together all of the online public library catalogues in one website. With the BorrowBooks.ie service, you can now search for an item of your choice across all of the online catalogues of the public library authorities simultaneously. Once the item is located, you can request the delivery of the item, via your local library service to your local branch. BorrowBooks allows members of the public, wherever they are in Ireland, to find the material they are searching for in one place.
Lifesteps
www.lifesteps.ie
Lifesteps consists of a series of guides, designed to help you complete a number of ‘life steps,’ using the Internet. They are prepared in a basic, jargon-free manner in order to be of help to people with little knowledge of the Internet, how it works, and how to access the information available there. Library staff members prepared all of these guides, and chose the subjects covered from the range of information-related queries they receive on a daily basis. There is a full list of the subjects on the left-hand side of the homepage. Many people are unaware that this information is easily accessible on the Internet, and the Lifesteps guides help them access this, and therefore help also to acquire basic Internet skills. You can read these step-by-step guides on the site, or you can easily print off the guides you require. You can use each guide to link to a number of websites relevant to the subject you are interested in. Published versions of the guides are also available from your local public library.
