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necessary tools for our students to learn the respective collections to help library
and practice their culinary skills. users find what they are looking for

Il-Menħir Restaurant (Gozo) The Library & Resource Room more easily. Most of this collection can
be taken out on loan for a maximum
Named after a prehistoric find in period of three (3) weeks. A range of
the village of Qala, Il-Menħir is the The Library of the Institute of Tourism periodicals related to catering, hospitality
restaurant on our campus in Gozo, Studies contains print and electronic and tourism studies are also available for
itself located in Qala. Managed by our information in the fields related to library users.
professors and students in Gozo, it catering, hospitality, tourism studies and In recent years, the Library has
is open twice weekly (Thursday and Maltese culture (Melitensia collection). expanded its electronic resources and
Friday) for lunch where patrons are In particular, it specialises in food maintains a catalogue of its collection,
served delicious 3-course menus of technology and techniques, tourist as well as access to electronic journals.
sophisticated modern dishes coupled guiding, food and beverage service, and The Library is always striving to improve
with the right bottle of wine from our offers patrons books, journals, reference electronic accessibility to introduce a
selective wine list. material, CD-ROM databases and all fully-fledged knowledge management
Further information may be obtained at local newspapers. and information environment.
www.its.edu.mt. There is also a Resource room attached
The Library’s mission is to support the
The Palms Lunchroom ITS teaching and research programmes to the library with more computers
available for student access.
This outlet is the training ground for by providing adequate scholarly The services offered by Library staff
the Institute’s foundation and certificate information resources, emerging include the management of the print
level students. All the food is prepared technologies and user support services. and electronic collection, answering
and served by students and to students As a customer-oriented and service- reference questions, direction to specific
and staff members. The outlet, besides driven organisation, the Library is research sources, instructions on the use
offering good value for money, is a busy actively committed to teach users how of electronic resources (Emerald Insight),
hub and considered to be the heart of to identify, locate, evaluate, use and and guidance on copyright issues.
the catering operation at the Institute. synthesise information as the pivotal
element of a knowledge-based society
The Kitchens which is an asset for the prosperity of
In addition to all of the above outlets, the Malta’s intellectual and economic growth. Centre for e-Learning Technologies
Institute also features three individual The various collections are arranged Computer based approaches to teaching
kitchens and a demonstration kitchen. on shelves in numerical sequences by and learning have become a major
These are also used for training their Dewey classification number. The feature of curriculum development.
purposes and are equipped with the labelled bookcases and shelves indicate

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