Opening Hours
Tuesday: 9.30 am – 1 pm & 2 pm – 5 pm
Wednesday: 9.30 am – 1 pm & 2 pm – 5 pm
Thursday: 9.30 am – 1 pm & 2 pm – 5 pm
Phone: (067) 27199
Email: borrisokanelibrary@tipperarycoco.ie
Branch Information
- Free WiFi if your laptop or phone is WiFi enabled.
- 2 Desktop PC’s for Adults.
- Installed on each PC is Microsoft Office, Open Office and Read Write Gold.
- The PC’s can read USB memory sticks, CDs, DVDs and most memory cards from your digital camera or smartphone.
- Search for old news articles on our PCs using the Irish Newspaper Archive database; newspapers include the Nenagh Guardian.
Assistive Technology: We have software that can make reading more accessible for everyone. The software is designed to help people with reading, learning or sight difficulties to enjoy books and reading and it will also make access to the Internet and the PC much easier. If you have any questions on these, just give us a call or ask at the desk to arrange a demonstration.
Borrisokane Library
Fair Green
Borriskane
Co Tipperary
Eircode : E45 XK88
Phone: 067 27199
E-Mail: borrisokanelibrary@tipperarycoco.ie
Online Services
Universal Class is an online education service designed specifically for use by members of public libraries and has a growing catalogue of over 500 courses.
Vision-net gives you immediate online access to information on every Irish and UK company registered. It provides you with access to the original documents that companies have filed in the Companies Registration Office. You can click on any C.R.O document (filed since 1998) and a scanned image of the actual filed document will appear on your screen which you can then print, view or save.
Our online services eLanguage platform will be changing shortly in line with National Policy.
Mango Languages will be discontinued and will be replaced by Transparent Languages Online in February 2020.
Our online services international newspaper platform will be changing shortly in line with National Policy.
ProQuest will be discontinued and will be replaced by Press Reader in February 2020
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary collection of journals and other materials. It contains more than 70 titles, including journals with moving walls between 1 and 5 years and ceased journals from the 18th,19th, and 20th centuries.The content is international in scope, and also provides a rich focus on Ireland.
The IRISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE is the world’s largest online database of
Irish Newspapers from which it is possible to search, retrieve and view Ireland’s past in the exact format it was published. Membership allows access to the most comprehensive and complete Irish newspaper archive available.
The IRISH TIMES ARCHIVE is a complete reproduction of every page of The Irish Times from 1859. Every issue published is now available to view exactly as it was printed. It is easily searchable using key words or dates and articles can then be printed off or downloaded to your computer.
