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Job alert!!! Join a really super team working with @rmadden.bsky.social @stephaniechen.bsky.social Ben and Paul on delivering exceptional services to our students.

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Thank you to both Martin and Marta for speaking with us all today. You were both amazing and shared wonderful advice. Until next time! #CDGASLWriting2025

Question from the audience on if there is funding for smaller scale projects. If you're in a university, SATLE funding from the National Forum could be a good option, here's a list of institutional leads: www.teachingandlearning.ie/funding/satl... #CDGASLWriting2025

Titles Matter - is your title good for more than just the proposal? Does it fit websites, posters, and so on? Marta shares tips. #CDGASLWriting2025

The project plan: an account of all the activities you intend to carry out as part of the project and the time it will take to complete them.

Often funding calls will require you identify specific work packages for your project such as: creation and delivery of specific project outputs, project evaluation, dissemination, and project management and reporting

Useful slides from Marta on the project plan - good to have these down and they will also be helpful for when you're successful and now have to actually deliver the project! #CDGASLWriting2025

Align projects with funder's themes. You can also contact the funders to find out if your project fits.

Great advice from Marta: have a clear idea of a project in mind and then look for funding so that calls are in alignment with your project rather than trying to fit a project into a funder's theme #CDGASLWriting2025

A few things to think about for grant applications: have an executive summary to describe the project in a short paragraph, who will be on your team, who is the funder, what documentation do you need to gather, what permissions or signatures for approval do you need, and what are the key deadlines

Read all the instructions slide - be sure to read all of the instructions again and again for the grant application.

Excellent slides from Marta on things to think about when pulling together a grant application and a reminder to read all the instructions! #CDGASLWriting2025

Marta Bustillo from UCD Library

Introduction to grant writing for librarians presentation title slide

Up now for @laicdgroup.bsky.social & @aslibraries.bsky.social event is another great speaker, Marta Bustillo from @ucdlibrary.bsky.social who will be giving an introduction to grant writing for librarians #CDGASLWriting2025

Looking forward to seeing how many guest posts will appear on @libfocus.bsky.social after this talk by @martinoconnor.bsky.social 😉

If you need a bit of inspiration, have a look at previous posts: www.libfocus.com

#CDGASLWriting2025

Presentation slide on Libfocus - a communal blog on all things libraries. They welcome guest posts and it's a friendly and supportive space.

Big fan of @libfocus.bsky.social! Wrote a post back in 2022 and remember being so nervous about it but @martinoconnor.bsky.social was super encouraging. Glad I did now as it was a good reminder of some achievements I'd forgotten about which I was able to use for an application #CDGASLWriting2025

Presentation slide title text reads: let's flip the script. Body text outlines reasons why someone should blog including having an impact, telling a story, giving your perspective, and showing courage and authenticity.

Encouraging words from @martinoconnor.bsky.social on why someone should blog - it's easy to let the voice in your head talk you out of something so these are good reminders! #CDGASLWriting2025

Presentation title slide text reads: let's talk library blogging: why your voice matters - and what you could write about from Martin O'Connor in UCC Library

Martin O'Connor from UCC Library

Always a pleasure to hear fellow @ucclibrary.bsky.social colleague @martinoconnor.bsky.social speak! Tonight, he's talking all things library blogging for @laicdgroup.bsky.social & @aslibraries.bsky.social event on writing for LIS professionals #CDGASLWriting2025

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A presenter stands at the front of a room. Images on the television screen show Lego and the process of using it to build a house.

A presenter stands at the front of a room. The presentation slide shows how Lego can be used to demonstrate reproducibility. One image shows the original Lego creation. Next to it is the reconstructed Lego creation showing a few differences from the original.

Finishing up day 1 with an afternoon Lego session with @padraigmaca.bsky.social, Caroline Philpott & Aoife Coffey who have been using Lego to demonstrate the value of metadata @ucclibrary.bsky.social

A presenter at the front of a room. The title of the presentation slide on the television screen reads Find Someone Who ice-breaker.

A presenter at the front of a room. The television screen shows a padlet with various superheroes.

A presenter places slips of paper on a table for a getting creative with words activity.

Mairéad Mooney on a find someone who icebreaker, Ben Williamson on using superheroes as networking prompts and @alfiedavis.bsky.social on a getting creative with words activity.

A presenter at the front of the room introducing UCC Library's gamifying learning and engagement in library services and beyond day.

A presenter at the front of a room. The title of the presentation slide on the television screen reads One-up, One-Down.

A presenter at the front of a room. The title of the presentation slide on the television screen reads Sock Fight.

A presenter at the front of a room. The title of the presentation slide on the television screen reads Wason Selection Task.

Really enjoyable morning of lightning talks & demos in @ucclibrary.bsky.social for day 1 of the Gamifying Learning & Engagement in the Library event. Aoife Coffey on One-up, One-down for getting feedback, @walkerabroad.bsky.social on sock fights, and @rmadden.bsky.social on the Wason selection task

Writing skills for LIS Professionals: blogs, bursaries, journals and more is an online event between the Career Development Group and the Academic and Special Libraries Section of the Library Association of Ireland. The event will take place on May 20th at 6:30pm, online via Zoom.

Registration is open for our next event with @aslibraries.bsky.social

Writing Skills for LIS Professionals: Blogs, Bursaries, Journals, and More with @martinoconnor.bsky.social & Marta Bustillo 📝

📅 Tuesday, May 20th
🕡 6:30 - 7:30 pm
📍 Online via Zoom

Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/writing-sk...

Librarians and other info professionals, what do you think is the most important career advice that MLIS students need right now?

Advert for Get that job, got that job event from the LAI Career Development Group. The free event will cover CV and interview tips for LIS professionals. Online via Zoom on March 26th at 7pm.

Get that job, got that job! Registration is now open for our always popular CV and interview tips for LIS professionals event on Thursday, March 26th at 7pm. Free event, online via Zoom. Get your ticket now at www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-that-j...

Thank you!! ❤️

A picture of a smiling woman (Stephanie Chen) on an orange background. In the centre of the image. Above her are the words 'Best of luck in your new role' and beneath the picture the words Stephanie Chen: Stephanie starts a new role at UCC Library as one of our Learning & Teaching Librarians

A big congrats to our colleague @stephaniechen.bsky.social who is our newest Learning & Teaching Librarian
Stephanie joined UCC Library in 2019 and previously was our Digital Learning Specialist as part of the award-winning Digital Scholarship Studio Team
Wishing her loads of luck in her new role

thanks Molly - right back at you! 💫

thanks Martin ☺️

I've created a Starter pack for Irish Libraries & Libraries. It's by no means comprehensive so please let me who I should add to it.
And let's try to build a lovely little Irish Library community like we used to have on the other place.
go.bsky.app/HZuHx7y

Image of UCC Library exterior at night. Top of image, right hand side text (white lettering on a green background) says Join our Team: Head of Content Services. Bottom of image, left hand side text (white lettering on a green background) says Closing Date 14 January.

📢📢 JOB KLAXON📢📢

UCC Library is looking for a Head of Content Services (Permanent Whole Time Post) to join the team

Closing Date; 14-Jan-2025 12:00

Application and more details at: ore.ucc.ie

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What if, and like hear me out right, universities *didn’t* run like businesses which need to turn a profit.