UCD Library dates from the establishment of University College Dublin (UCD) as a constituent college of the National University of Ireland in 1908. It supports the learning, teaching and research needs of some 30,000 students and staff (plus a considerable number based in affiliated and otherwise related UCD programmes abroad) in a wide range of disciplines including agriculture, architecture, arts and humanities, business studies, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences and veterinary medicine. University College Dublin (UCD) is the Republic of Ireland's largest university.