The Glucksman Library in collaboration with the Department of History at the University of Limerick has developed an online tutorial called Digital Foundations http://libguides.ul.ie/digitalfoundations/ The broad topic is digital preservation,...Read More
The 2017 CONUL Conference will take place on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st May. The broad conference theme is ‘Research’ and papers will be invited to address the following areas;...Read More
Irish History Online (IHO) is an authoritative, up-to-date database listing of publications on Irish history. A major resource for research on all aspects of Irish history, this free resource is...Read More
This new online resource contains digitised items from the archive of Brendan Duddy, the Derry businessman who maintained and operated a secret channel of communication between the British government and...Read More
UCD Library has launched a special campaign in October, to be repeated in February, which focuses on the unacceptable levels of book defacement and damage taking place. The publicity posters,...Read More
The CONUL Teaching & Learning Group is proud to offer its annual award for outstanding excellence and innovation in the field of information literacy and teaching in Ireland. This award...Read More
On Thursday 20 October, the Library – in collaboration with The New Review of Academic Librarianship (NRAL) and Taylor & Francis Publishing – will host the seminar Academic Librarians Communicating...Read More
The one hundredth anniversary of the death of Professor Tom Kettle at Ginchy, fell on 9th September this year. Kettle was a graduate of UCD. He was called to the...Read More
Registration is now open! for the forthcoming 5th International Summit of the Book 2016, Limerick City, Ireland, November 2nd–3rd 2016 http://www.summitofthebook2016.com We are greatly honoured to announce the following list...Read More
The Library at National University of Ireland, Galway, will host a seminar on Tuesday 4 October which will tell the story of the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive, created by the...Read More
The University of Limerick’s online commemorative exhibition, Limerick and the 1916 Rising, available at Limerick1916.ul.ie, has been identified as of significant interest and selected for inclusion in two key web...Read More
Remembering 1916 A series of interviews made with Dublin people in the years 1979 and 1980 contain vivid eyewitness accounts of the 1916 Easter Rising and the events leading to...Read More
Library Strategy 2016-2020 and new edition of UCD Library general guide now available. We are pleased to present the UCD Library Strategy 2016-2020 including revised Mission, Vision and Values statements,...Read More
In the wake of the Brexit referendum, CONUL has sent a statement of support to our UK colleagues (via RLUK and SCONUL). We confirm our commitment to collaboration with our...Read More
‘Fit as fiddles and as hard as nails’ is the name given to an online project recently launched in TCD which draws on the special collections in the Library relating...Read More
National University of Ireland, Galway, has published its Library strategy to 2020. This document reflects a close alignment with the University’s Vision 2020 and an extensive consultation process. It is...Read More
On 30 June, a new exhibition ─ ‘Representations of Jews in Irish literature’ ─ was launched at the Royal Irish Academy Library by the Vice-Chair of the Irish-Jewish Museum, Ms...Read More
UCD held their inaugural UCD Festival on Saturday 18 June, aimed at encouraging staff, students, alumni and the local community onto campus. There were some 6,000 visitors to campus on...Read More
UCD Library again offered the opportunity to local Leaving Cert students to study and revise for their examinations in the quiet of the James Joyce Library. The fee was 30 euro...Read More
UCD Archives, UCD Digital Library, UCD Special Collections and the National Folklore Collection UCD (the four cultural heritage units which now form part of UCD Library) are planning a Twitter...Read More
Maynooth University Library is delighted to be one of four libraries (over 2,000 sqm) shortlisted for the prestigious SCONUL Library Design Awards 2016. The winner will be announced at the...Read More
A training day took place April 19th which included a half day workshop on marketing led by Ned Potter from University of York Library, followed by a range of short...Read More
The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) is delighted to announce that several new datasets are now available to researchers. ISSDA has just acquired the Healthy Ireland dataset, which provides...Read More
The Glucksman Library has an exhibition in the Hunt Museum in Limerick at present. Drawn from the archives of the Daly family of Limerick, the Limerick and the 1916 Rising...Read More
