Sandra Collins

Photo of five people. Left to right: Allison Kavanagh (Head, TU Dublin Libraries), Ciara McCaffrey (Chair of CONUL and University of Limerick Librarian), Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless TD, Dr Sandra Collins (University College Dublin Librarian) and Cathal McCauley (Maynooth University Librarian).

Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science, James Lawless TD, celebrated the launch of the new #CONUL Strategy earlier this wk at an event in Maynooth University.

You can read more, & find the new CONUL Strategy 'Shaping Tomorrow 2025-2029', at conul.ie/minister-law...

It was my pleasure as Chair of CONUL to mark the launch of the new CONUL strategy with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, this week. #conul @collinssandra.bsky.social @cathalmccauley.bsky.social conul.ie/minister-law...

Super *Thursday Late* evening at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social - loved the french theme and the Gallery was buzzing!

All of us across UCD Library will surely miss Eugene & especially those of us in UCD Special Collections & our other Cultural Heritage units.

Best of luck and a long and happy retirement to you Eugene!✨🎉

@ucdarchives.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Lovely celebration of everything Eugene Roche has done for @ucdlibrary.bsky.social and the Library’s Special Collections as he retires after 26 years in @ucddublin.bsky.social 👏

A group of people standing next to movable shelving units.

Last week we were delighted to welcome staff from the UCD School of English, Drama and Film for a tour of the James Joyce Library redevelopment plans, including a visit behind the scenes to UCD Special Collections.

@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @mgtkell.bsky.social @collinssandra.bsky.social

Exciting news from #CONUL25 as the new CONUL Strategy 2025-2029 has been announced! Shaping Tomorrow: The Next Chapter for Irish Research Libraries was unveiled this morning and can be viewed on the CONUL website.
conul.ie/conul-strate...

We are thinking about the question "How open should we be?", particularly regarding AI. Oxford are piloting a collaboration with OpenAI, which completes in the Autumn, looking at
- if it can help with workload (think card catalogues!)
- work regarding existing datasets
- scaled digitisation

The new CONUL Strategy document in green with an orange stack of books on the right side of the cover. The orange CONUL logo is also displayed.

CONUL Strategy 2025-2029 document cover in green and with a stack of orange books on one side. A screenshot from the Strategy is shown with the headings "Connections and Community", "One Voice" and "Research Collections".

The new #CONUL 'Strategy 2025-2029' was announced at this morning's session of the #CONUL25 Conference in Tullamore.

The Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) is the representative body of research libraries in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Read at
conul.ie/conul-strate...

Richard Ovenden, @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, University of Oxford giving the keynote address now at #CONUL25

Composite image of conference speakers, powerpoint slides and CONUL Conference branding.

Interesting reflections & points from 4 Irish University Librarians, including UCD's Dr Sandra Collins, on strengths, future trends & challenges facing academic/research libraries:
threats to EDI
AI (Artificial Intelligence) challenges
threats to archived data & information
Climate change
#CONUL25

Members of the CONUL Board, including the Chair of CONUL ciara McCaffrey, with the brand new 2025-2029 Strategy "Shaping Tomorrow: The Next Chapter for Irish Research Libraries"

conul.ie/conul-strate...

event at the NLI celebrating Yes Equality donation

event at the NLI celebrating Yes Equality donation

event at the NLI celebrating Yes Equality donation

event at the NLI celebrating Yes Equality donation

Last night, we hosted a special event celebrating 10 years since Ireland said 'Yes!' 🌈

The #YesEquality Campaign's digital archive was generously donated to the NLI in 2020. The digital archive comprises photographs, videos and digital records from the campaign: catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Resul...

University College Cork - Head of Content Services University College Cork - Head of Content Services vacancy represented by Anderson Quigley executive search firm in London, UK.

We are looking for a new Head of Content Services here at @ucclibrary.bsky.social! Deadline 27 May: andersonquigley.com/ucc-library/ #libraryjobs

The exhibition 'Women in Mathematics from around the world' launched yesterday in the Hardiman Foyer to mark #InternationalDayofWomeninMathematics, in collaboration with @UniGalwayMaths with items from @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social spotlighting historic impactful women in the field.
#WomenInMaths

The UCDA reading room service will resume on Monday 19 May, in a shared Special Collections/UCD Archives reading room on Level 1 of the James Joyce Library. The service hours are:
Monday–Thursday
10.00–13.00
14.00–16.30

Please email archives @ucd.ie with any queries and to make an appointment.

Wonderful event @nlireland.bsky.social celebrating 10 years #YesEquality with Brian Sheehan, Anna MacCarthy, Karl Hayden, Anna Nolan and fabulous NLI colleagues. Explore the born-digital photo collection here catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Resul... #DigitalPreservation

Reader looking at an open book on a cushion on a white table with bookshelves in the background.

📢 An exciting opportunity for conservators & archivists!

UCD Library is seeking a Book and Paper Conservator to establish a Conservation Laboratory, part of a new Cultural Heritage Centre to be developed in the James Joyce Library.

Full job description➡️ buff.ly/IqKpdP6 Apply by 19 May
#jobfairy

The image gives details for the talk on Wednesday 21st May from 6 to 7 pm in the Oak Room of the Mansion House, an abstract and a bio for the speaker, Oein DeBhairduin.

There are still tickets left for Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller History in Ireland's National Collections' which will explore the importance of co-curation & community-led approaches. More info here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/reclaiming...

UCD James Joyce Library and the lake on a summer's day overlaid with a green gradient. Graphic outlines the UCD Library activities taking place at the UCD Festival on June 7th, 2025. It shows the colourful UCD Festival logo and a circular purple icon with an outline of a book.

We have activities planned for this year's #UCDFestival!
Come along to the James Joyce Library on Sat 7th June to

🟡explore print making
🟢discover treasures from UCD Special Collections
🔵listen to our poetry jukebox
🟣and bring the kids and take away a free children's book.

See festival.ucd.ie

Lorna Dodd @UCDLibrary is elected President of the @laibluesky.bsky.social and receives the chain of office from Eileen Morrissey and addresses attendees as President.

Librarian // Poetry Ireland (Dublin 1) @poetryireland.bsky.social #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy
libraryjobs.ie/item/librari...

Millennium-old monks’ manuscripts return to Ireland for exhibition Books include religious scriptures and scribbled jokes, giving glimpse of daily lives of early medieval Irish monks

Millennium-old monks’ manuscripts return to Ireland for an exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland
Books include religious scriptures and scribbled jokes, giving a glimpse of the daily lives of early medieval Irish monks.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Exterior photograph of Bank of Ireland

📣 We're #hiring: Visitor Experience Assistants for our exhibition #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again

Visitor Experience Assistant (Specified Purpose Contract)
Visitor Experience Assistant/Guide (12-month Fixed-Term Contract)(2 posts)

⭐ Info + apply: www.nli.ie/about-us/wor...

Apply by: 9 May at 3pm

White shelves with labelled cardboard archival boxes. Job opportunity for an Interim Head of UCD Special Collections.

Mon 5th May is the deadline to apply for our Interim Head of UCD #SpecialCollections position!

Lead this important repository of rare books, journals & archival materials through an exciting transformational period.

Apply by 12 noon: universityvacancies.com/university-c...

#LISjobsIE #JobFairy

Reader looking at an open book on a cushion on a white table with bookshelves in the background.

📢 An exciting opportunity for conservators & archivists!

UCD Library is seeking a Book and Paper Conservator to establish a Conservation Laboratory, part of a new Cultural Heritage Centre to be developed in the James Joyce Library.

Full job description➡️ www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
#jobfairy

One park. Ten days. A world of stories. 📚✨

This May, Merrion Square Park becomes a literary wonderland with the International Literature Festival Dublin. With 200+ events for all ages, tasty food trucks, and a pop-up bookshop, there’s a story for everyone. 🌳🌮🍺

🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com

Five people standing looking at old books on white shelves in the storage area of UCD Special Collections.

UCD Librarian @collinssandra.bsky.social & Director of #CulturalHeritage Evelyn Flanagan were delighted to welcome Kelly Fitzgerald, Head of School @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social, & colleagues, to the James Joyce Library to view plans for the new Cultural Heritage Centre & a visit to Special Collections.

Five people standing looking at a book in the storage area of UCD Special Collections.

Bhí an-áthas ar Sandra Collins agus Evelyn Flanagan fáilte a chur roimh Kelly Fitzgerald, Ceann Scoile, agus comhghleacaithe ó @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social chuig Leabharlann James Joyce le pleananna don Ionad Oidhreacht Chultúrtha nua a fheiceáil agus le cuairt a thabhairt ar stór Shainchnuasaigh UCD.

We're seeking an Interim Head of UCD #SpecialCollections to lead this important repository of rare books & journals, archival/manuscript materials through a transformational period.

If you are a dynamic leader with expertise in these areas apply by Mon, 5 May: buff.ly/UjZb1C3
#LISjobsIE #JobFairy