Cathal McCauley

We're excited to announce that Niamh Tumelty, Director of @lselibrary.bsky.social will be a keynote speaker at #ASL2026 on 24th March in @ria.ie - in conversation with the eminent @cathalmccauley.bsky.social no less! Find out more and reserve your conference tickets at aslibraries.ie/speakers-2026/

Best of luck Alex and thanks for everything’

We're thrilled that @lizjolly.bsky.social and @niamhtumelty.bsky.social will be joining us as keynote speakers at #ASL2026. Niamh Tumelty will be in conversation with @cathalmccauley.bsky.social so there's yet another reason to join us in March!

How did the saint who inspired Santa Claus end up in Co Kilkenny? The remains of St Nicholas are said to be in the grounds of a ruined chuch in Co Kilkenny thanks to some medieval adventurers

Interesting and festive piece from Helen Doyle @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

AI usage low in Irish workplaces but majority seeing benefits - PwC Around two-thirds of artificial intelligence (AI) users in Ireland are seeing higher productivity and higher quality at work, while more than half see greater

Global daily usage of generative AI tools and AI agents is lower in Ireland(10% & 3%) than globally(14% & 6%) according to new research by PWC. Those using the tools in Ireland report higher productivity, higher quality, and greater creativity at work.

businessplus.ie/news/ai-surv...

"The scandal exposes the windfall profits of scientific publishers, who in recent years have amassed billions of dollars in earnings from public funds earmarked for science."

Quite.

A regular issue in the Russell library too!

Today we were delighted to welcome colleagues Lorraine & Rowan from MU External Relations as part of @mulibrary.bsky.social “Outside In” staff lecture series. Attendees received an update about the website project & upcoming developments in internal comms. Thanks @hughm.bsky.social for organising.

Congrats @lauraconnaughtonmu.bsky.social & @mulibrary.bsky.social Self Assessment Team: the first professional unit at Maynooth University & the first library in Ireland & the UK to receive the award.
The real work of implementation is only beginning but let’s acknowledge & celebrate this success.

The first year students taking Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social enjoyed a visit to the gorgeous Russell Library this morning @maynoothuniversity.ie 📚📜

Excited to be attending the Athena Swan Ireland Awards at SETU Carlow campus. So important to acknowledge and celebrate achievements. @maynoothuniversity.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social

Last week at our Arqus alliance Libraries of the Future seminar @Graz I presented our host Pamela Stückler with @maynoothuniversity.ie pennant as a symbol of our partnership. We also discovered that a member of Graz library staff had studied at Maynooth & had fond memories @mulibrary.bsky.social

2nd Arqus Libraries of the Future hybrid seminar is a wrap. Grateful to all at University of Graz for their excellent organisation, programme & friendly welcome! lnkd.in/eaPXerb9 Our next hybrid event will be hosted by @dulib.bsky.social in Jan ‘26 & will focus on the topic of European heritage.

Today @hughm.bsky.social spoke at Arqus Libraries of the Future CoP hybrid seminar at the University of Graz about Artificial Intelligence in @mulibrary.bsky.social & Irish academic libraries. Key points incl the eco-impact, diversity of approaches, governance, academic implications & workflows

Delighted to see this guest blog post from Helen Fallon as part of our events to mark 30 years since the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa. It catalogues the amazing work of Helen and library colleagues to promote and share Ken’s archive and includes Helen’s poetry. mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com

Job opportunity at @mulibrary.bsky.social
If you would like a change and have a passion for digital services this could be of interest. Closing date is 20th Nov 2026.
universityvacancies.com/maynooth-univ

A pleasure to attend the launch of the School of Nursing @maynoothuniversity.ie . Speakers incl Prof Fintan Sheerin, President Eeva Leinonen , Minister James Lawless Rachel Kenna , Carolyn Donohoe & Kate Killeen White . Superb keynote from Michael Dowling. Well done & good luck to all
Involved.

This is wonderful news - the first library in Ireland and the UK to be awarded the Athena Swan award. Well done to all of my library colleagues esp Laura Connaughton the chair. Special thanks to our superb @maynoothuniversity.ie EDI team who helped us.The work to live up to the award starts now!

Well done Faculty of Arts & Humanities ADR Dr. Loïc Bourdeau for organising the Research Connections event @maynoothuniversity.ie .Great turnout & highlighted the strength of faculty research. Special thanks Ciaran Q for his contribution about ORCID. It was an inspiring & engaging session.

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Well done Lori on the news at one on @news.rte.ie news at 1 this afternoon a great ambassador for libraries and libraries ireland open day tomorrow 27th September 2025
@lorimoriarty.bsky.social

A great programme for Culture Night @mulibrary.bsky.social 👇

You now have access to the Cochrane Library, a trusted database of high-quality, independent medical and healthcare research. You can access it now via the Linktree in our bio🩺 #MULibrary #MULibraryeResources #CochraneLibrary

Check out our newly advertised full-time, permanent position for a Book & Paper Conservator, based in the Russell Library here at Maynooth University📚🕰️ Applications close Wednesday 24th September ✨Apply now by searching for Library roles on 🔍maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

Thanks to everyone who helped to make today’s Arqus Alliance Libraries of the Future Community of Practice seminar @mulibrary.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie such a success. Delighted that over 50 participants from 8 countries participated.

Thanks again Lisa!

Up next this morning is our Arqus & Open Scholarship & Open Science feat. Lisa Schilhan from Graz University, @librarystuart.bsky.social from @durham-university.bsky.social , Iñaki Aréa de la Villa from the Universities of Sevilla and Granada and Dr. Erivelton Nepomuceno from @maynoothuniversity.ie

We welcome our Keynote speaker @lisagriffith.bsky.social from @dri.ie who will discuss The Future of Open Scholarship and Open Science in Europe at this mornings Arqus Seminar.

We are excited to host the Arqus European University Alliance Libraries of the Future Community of Practice Hybrid Seminar today. Featuring speakers from Ireland, Spain, Austria and the UK this seminar will consider the challenges for libraries associated with open scholarship.

Ten years of DLR LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire: ‘People thought it was a vanity project and too much money’ Award-winning but initially controversial building has become Ireland’s busiest public library

Celebrating 10 years of the Lexicon public library. I had the pleasure of bringing LBES to see it in 2016 as part of a mid-year. It was also the venue for the fantastic cultural evening during @ifla.org WLIC 2022. A beautiful library and a resounding success!

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbots

AI company Anthropic agrees $1.5bn to settlement with authors . Worth about $3,000 for each of an estimated 500,000 books.
“it’s the largest copyright recovery ever,” said, a lawyer for the authors. “It is the first of its kind in the AI era.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...