The Special Collections and Archives Department has been awarded significant funding to digitise the Shannon Development photographic archive. UL’s Special Collections has been awarded around €125,000 (£107,365) in funding from...Read More
A frieze with the name of HSH Prince Albert II was unveiled on the Gallery of the Long Room of the Old Library alongside the founding donors to the Library....Read More
On 1 July The Library of Trinity College says goodbye to the legacy Digital Collections to welcome the new Digital Collections platform. All the digitised research collections that users are...Read More
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, visited UCD Library Special Collections on Wednesday to record a selection of his poems for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive. This digital repository...Read More
The presentations from the CONUL Conference 2021 – Virtual Event are now available to view on the CONUL Conference site. Click through for all the talks. Read More
This week The River-side will post a series of blog posts comprising a student-created online exhibition ‘Beggars and Artisans: A Cultural History of Cork’s Franciscan Friary.’ This online exhibition is curated and...Read More
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan made the announcement in the Old Library in Trinity College...Read More
LIBER/UCD Workshop on Citizen Science. Thursday 20th may 13.00-14.30. UCD Library is co-hosting a workshop on citizen science with LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries. This workshop will provide...Read More
As Ireland’s public policy objective is to transition to an Open Research ecosystem, TU Dublin is leading the way. TU Dublin’s digital repository Arrow@TUDublin celebrates its 10 millionth download. TU...Read More
Sir Charles A Cameron- new RCSI Library commemorative website To commemorate the centenary of the death of Sir Charles Alexander Cameron, which occured on Saturday 27 February 2021, the RCSI...Read More
On January 21st 2021 the CONUL Training and Development subgroup hosted an online seminar covering the topic of Librarians and Open Educational Resources. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds including...Read More
CONUL T&L is holding its annual seminar online on Thu, February 11, 2021 9:30 AM – 12:30 Title: Key lessons from a year of unprecedented change: academic libraries moving ahead...Read More
Thursday 21 January 2021, 14.00-17.00 GMT The importance of Open Education Resources, (OERS) has being growing in recent years, greatly accelerated by the impact of COVID. The rapid shift to...Read More
CONUL Board has launched its CONUL Strategy for the next three years. In developing this strategy, the directors of the CONUL libraries’ objective is to build on the progress already made...Read More
The Special Collections & Archives Department at the Glucksman Library, UL is pleased to launch its Advent Calendar for 2020. As we are all staying local this Christmas, this year’s...Read More
Academic libraries in Ireland have been meeting the challenges posed by COVID 19 since March 2020. They deserve praise for how they have exceeded expectations as they have continued to...Read More
Irish librarians call for action on the electronic content crisis facing libraries and library users Irish Librarians and library-related organisations across all library sectors call on the Irish Government, publishers...Read More
The COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted every aspect of life. Irish libraries have responded in a variety of ways to this challenge. This free half-day online seminar organised by Maynooth...Read More
NUI Galway will host a virtual ‘Open Scholarship Week’ (OSW2020) with the aim of showcasing the importance of research and education that is accessible to everyone. The event will take...Read More
The Minor Harbours of Ireland collection, an important record of the construction and evolution of small harbours in Ireland, is now available in UCD Digital Library. This collection contains the...Read More
In support of CONUL’s strategic objective of being the platform for our international presence, CONUL Training & Development is delighted to announce the fourth collaborative ERASMUS Library Staff Mobility week,...Read More
Theme: “Environmentally inspiring and engaging buildings, research, education and library services.” Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) with Preservation and Conservation (P&C) Section invites LIS professionals and students...Read More
Maynooth University Library will be hosting Love Data Week during the week of 10-14 February, 2020. The hashtag is #lovedata20. Similar to Open Access Week, the purpose of Love Data...Read More
