The University College Dublin Library, composed of five separate bodies, holds varied ranges of digital and printed books on a wide range of topics, including[1] architecture,[2] arts and humanities,[3][failed verification] business studies,[4] engineering,[5] law,[4] medicine,[6] science,[7] social sciences[8] and veterinary medicine.

Wireless internet is available throughout all of the libraries, there are wired network points provided, and power outlets are available to about a half of study seats.

[citation needed] Approximately 7,500 purchased monographs, and 2,500 donations or legal deposit items are added to stock each year, and 99,000 current journal titles and databases are available, the vast majority of which are e-journals.

A holding of some 30,000 early printed books and special collections is housed in a separate bookstack with independent environmental control.

[citation needed] The institutional repository is based on DSpace and provides access to full text articles, working papers, reports, and other staff publications.

It also provides a means of exporting information to a national open access repository, RIAN, as well as other subject-specific portals.

A new Library Management System, from Innovative Interfaces, went live in July 2012, and upgraded to the newer Sierra platform in May 2015.

[15][failed verification] In 2013, the library piloted the LibGuides product as a complement to the website and decided to mainstream this from 2014 for subject and thematic guides.

These include IReL[22] (the Irish e-Library, an initiative funded by the Higher Education Authority[23] and Science Foundation Ireland to provide a world-class portfolio of e-journals to support research), IRIS (a company which manages the IReL initiative), ALCID[24] (a reciprocal access scheme for academic staff and postgraduate research students), CONUL Training and Development,[25] which provides a regular staff training and development programme, and the RIAN Project, funded through the Higher Education Authority's Strategic Innovation Fund[26] to provide e-repositories in each university, and a national portal, for open-access research publications.