CONUL are signatories to the CILIP Green Libraries Manifesto -working together for people and planet. In partnership with Irish, UK, and International signatories CONUL’s member libraries pledge, ‘to lead by example through our own environmental actions and use our power and reach to inform and inspire people to take positive action and build resilience in...Read More

The 2024 UX in Libraries conference will take place at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK) from 11 to 13 June. Once again, we will be sharing user experience techniques, initiatives and stories, hearing from experts from both inside and outside of libraries, and engaging in interactive workshops and challenges. As ever, a significant and popular...Read More

In advance of Budget 2024, the Board of CONUL has written to the Minister of Education in support of Children’s Books Ireland’s ‘Right To Be A Reader’ Campaign, urging the government to provide sustained funding for school libraries in Budget 2024 and beyond.  As Library directors of third-level and research institutions, we see the direct benefits of...Read More

Libfocus presents the second prize post for the CONUL Training and Development Library Assistant Blog Awards 2023 The author is Kathryn Milligan, Library Assistant at University College Dublin (Special Collections). You can read the article on the Libfocus blog.Read More

The CONUL Unique and Distinctive Committee launched its Instagram account on 14 September. It will post weekly highlights from the heritage collections of each CONUL institution. Follow along @conul_udc. This Biblia Sacra comes from Northern France, ca. 1270 making it the oldest item in DCU Special Collections & Archives. Here is a hand-painted illuminated initial,...Read More

Libfocus is delighted to present the winning post for the CONUL Training and Development Library Assistant Blog Awards 2023. The author is Maeve Shanahan, Library Assistant at University of Limerick. You can read the article on the Libfocus blog.Read More

University College Cork Library is delighted to welcome musician and author John Robb to UCC Library on September 19th to discuss his new book, The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth. This event will consist of a talk from the author and audience Q&A, followed by a signing. Books will be available to purchase at the event. Booking...Read More

Since January, staff at CONUL member institutions have been participating in online training with the Irish Centre for Diversity. The training involved 6 online sessions, each one lasting an hour, and allowed library staff to build their awareness of diversity, inclusion and equality issues. The training began with an introduction to diversity and unconscious bias...Read More

Highly regarded programme with international scope, focuses on learning from diverse perspectives, contributing to connecting people across national boundaries and working towards a shared vision of the present and the future.   CLIR welcomes applications to one of its three inaugural New Zealand Institutes: https://institutes.clir.org Auckland: October 30-November 3, 2023 Wellington: November 6-10, 2023 Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland):...Read More

Ireland’s Survey of Open Repositories is now open until May 30, 2023.  Survey via the Website https://www.universityofgalway.ie/openrepositories/survey/ Short URL direct to survey https://forms.office.com/e/D6ksyNAXGuThe survey of open repositories in Ireland is open to any open research/scholarly repository based in Ireland. The survey has 40 questions about your repository and a further set on Plan S compliance. It should...Read More