UCDiSchool - UCD School of Information & Communication Studies

🗣️ 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝘇𝗼𝗲𝗳𝗳, New York University:

𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨: 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙠𝙮

🗓️𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝟮𝟰𝙩𝙝, 𝟲𝙥𝙢- 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝙥𝙢
📍𝗠𝗼𝗟𝗜

👉𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: www.eventbrite.com/e/murmuratio...

Organised by UCD School of Info & Comm Studies & @maynoothuniversity.ie Media Studies

#Murmurations

💡𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆?

🎓 #𝗨𝗖𝗗 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆- 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴 24 𝘍𝘦𝘣, 𝟭𝟮- 𝟱𝗽𝗺
📍𝘜𝘊𝘋 𝘖'𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭
💬𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 & 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 & 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿
➡️𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧: www.ucd.ie/graduateadmi...

👉𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: www.ucd.ie/ics/study/

Portrait of Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance, along with her name and title. Text reads "Artificial Intelligence and global research data: a perfect pairing?"

The UCD community is invited to join us on Thurs, 5th Feb in the JJL for a lunchtime talk by Hilary Hanahoe @researchdataall.bsky.social (RDA), where she will present on the results of an RDA global research community consultation related to #AI.

Please register at
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎉𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝙈𝙎𝙘 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘍𝘢𝘰𝘭𝘢́𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭, 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘵𝘢 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯, 𝘔𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 & 𝘕𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 #UXDesignAwards!

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 #UCDhciDesign 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚- 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗱 & 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 @hselive.bsky.social

🙏𝙑𝙤𝙩𝙚- ux-design-awards.com/winners/2026...

Blue graphic with globe and university logos. Text reads Open Research Week 2026 - this three-day event will celebrate different aspects of open research such as citizen science, open research culture, open publishing, rights retention and open data.

Open Research Week is 9-11 February! Celebrate #CitizenScience, #RightsRetention, #OpenPublishing and more at this 3-day series of webinars for researchers & colleagues who support #OpenResearch.

Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide:
libguides.ucd.ie/openaccess/o...

❗DEADLINE TODAY❗19 January 2026

🎉 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛, 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝗨𝗖𝗗 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝙒𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

#HappyNewYear

🎄Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise.

Best wishes to all our students, staff, colleagues and friends. Enjoy the break!

📣📲🛵 #𝗣𝗵𝗗𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻- 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨: 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢

UCD School of Information & Communication Studies 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 #𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨: 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢

🗓️❗19 January 2026

➡ 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮: www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...

📣📲🛵 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿- 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨: 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢.

ℹ️ UCD School of Information & Communication Studies 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 #𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿

𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 12:00pm 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

➡️𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 & 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆:
www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...

#UCD

🎉Congratulations to our PhD student Orla Cooney on passing her PhD Viva!🎓

Thanks to her supervisor Prof Benjamin Cowan (UCD iSchool), Dr Jon Bird (Uni of Bristol) Dr Claudette Pretorius, PhD (UCD Sch Comp Sci) & Dr Páraic Kerrigan (Chair) for being on the exam committee

👏Congrats Dr Cooney!

#PhD

A recruitment poster for Munster Technological University (MTU) announcing a vacancy for a Head Librarian at the Kerry Campus. The poster states ‘We Are Hiring’ in large text, followed by details: Permanent Contract, and a closing date for applications of 1:00pm on Friday, 12th December 2025. A QR code is included for viewing job application details, and the background shows an exterior photo of an MTU campus building.

Applications are invited for the post of Head Librarian in the MTU Kerry campus library.

Further details are available on the MTU vacancies page mtu.ie/vacancies

@mtu.ie @ucdischool.bsky.social @clairemcguin.bsky.social #jobfairy

🎓🎉Congratulations to all our postgraduate students who graduated today! 🎉🎓

We wish our new UCD Alumni the very best in your bright future. We are very proud of you all 👏💚

🎓🎓🎓🎓🎉

#ucdschoolofinformationandcommunicationstudies #ucdischool #UCD #graduation #graduation2025🎓 #grad #Ireland #Dublin

📣🤖 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽- 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻-𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹

ℹ️Our school is recruiting a fully-funded #PhD student in #𝗔𝗜 & #𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

▶️ 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮 & 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨: www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...

#PhDscholarship

📣𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄!𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮 20𝙩𝙝 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 12:00𝙥𝙢

>>Naoise 𝗠𝗰𝗡𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝗮𝘁 Coimisiún na Meán, 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘗𝘩𝘋 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝗶𝗻 our School

❛❛𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 40 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩 (𝘿𝙎𝘼): 𝙄𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙'𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 ❜❜

#article40 #DSA

Internship Information Form | Claire McGuinness 📢 Seeking internship opportunities for UCD’s MLIS students for summer 2026! 📢 The School of Information & Communication Studies is again seeking internship opportunities in libraries and information ...

📢 Seeking internship opportunities for UCD’s MLIS students for summer 2026! 📢 All information in link - we are very grateful for the ongoing support from the LIS community, who support our students in so many ways 😊

Calling all 6th Year students, parents, teachers and career guidance counsellors. UCD Open Day 2025 takes place on Saturday, 8 November, from 10am to 4pm. Learn more about our Social Sciences courses, chat with staff and students, and experience life on campus at UCD.
Register now www.ucdopenday.ie

What are the challenges of a deep-tech career in 2025? In 2025 deep-tech professionals should make sure that they are aware of the challenges that come with a role in this space.

Deep tech has emerged as a new and exciting career route for professionals, but it doesn’t come without its challenges.

White and grey graphic with abstract design for UCD Library and UCD Research November 12 joint seminar on engagement for research impact.

Attend our joint seminar with @ucdresearch.bsky.social:

Engagement for Research Impact
12th November
2.30pm
Link 3, James Joyce Library

This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more.

Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211

It's a Halloween special from us this week, sharing (barely) spooky stories about emotional bog bodies and the data after life with special guest @dannysnow.bsky.social from @ucdischool.bsky.social 👻

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! 🎃
pod.fo/e/3472a6

📣🤖 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽- 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻-𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹

ℹ️Our school is recruiting a fully-funded #PhD student in #𝗔𝗜 & #𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

▶️ 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮 & 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨: www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...

#PhDscholarship

🗓 Students tell us about your Timetable!

🎉There are prizes!

We want as many students as possible to participate in the survey and all participants will be entered into a prize draw! 🎉

#StudentSurvey #survey #StudentSurveyTimetable

We're excited as UCD #DigitalPreservation Librarian Niamh Murphy will be delivering 2 sessions:
💠Auditing digital collections for long-term preservation
💠'Revisiting the Recordings': an appraisal of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive’s audiovisual recordings of poets (with intern Megan Asple).

#NTTW9

ISSDA Dataverse training session graphic in maroon and with mosaic of circuit board and folder icons.

Join ISSDA on Thursday, 16th Oct at 12 pm for a demonstration in finding and accessing Irish social science data through their newly launched Dataverse.

Bookable through Eventbrite: issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie

#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @issda.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social

🗓 Students tell us about your Timetable!

🎉There are prizes!

We want as many students as possible to participate in the survey and all participants will be entered into a prize draw! 🎉

#StudentSurvey #survey #StudentSurveyTimetable

Library scene with male and female students studying at desks.

What is #AcademicIntegrity & how do you avoid #Plagiarism?

See our guide to get answers and to learn how to properly cite sources used to create assignments using major citation styles.

libguides.ucd.ie/academicinte...

@ucdtl.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social

We welcome you to celebrate the launch of two new books, Platforming Cancel Culture and From the Bog to The Cloud,
this 15 October at UCD Humanities Institute, where there will be a lively discussion, Q&A and wine reception to follow!

RSVP at the QR code or email digitalpolicy@ucd.ie

Be sure to watch this PrimeTime investigation, and catch our own @elizabethfarries.bsky.social discussing the issue of consent fatigue, privacy and data marketing!

Brown maroon survey graphic with a series of drawings and illustrations taken from the UCD Digital Library.

Help shape the future of UCD Digital Library by taking our 10-minute survey.

We are embarking on an important digital transformation programme to improve services & enhance the user experience, & this includes the replacement of the Digital Library. Have your say!🙏

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