Today we are pleased to bring the first of three blog posts by our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's post is written by Michelle McMeekin, Senior Library Assistant in Queen's University, Belfast.
www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...
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Today we are pleased to bring the first of three blog posts by our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's post is written by Michelle McMeekin, Senior Library Assistant in Queen's University, Belfast.
www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...
Teddy llama and turtle looking at book retrieval crane in UL library
@conulconference.bsky.social 2025 is the gift that keeps giving! Look who arrived to @ullibrary.bsky.social - Thanks @technologyfromsage.bsky.social
19.06.2025 15:54 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Digital Archivist // RCSI Library (Dublin 2) @rcsilibrary.bsky.social
#LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy
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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
Why preserve?
"Libraries & Archives = Essential Infrastructure for Democracy" @richove.bsky.social
- education
- reference points for facts and truth
- preserve the rights of citizens
- diversity of information
- a sense of identity
DRI's annual report, showcasing key statistics, highlights, and future objectives for the year.
We are delighted to share our Annual Report for 2024 with members and the general public!
This report details work by our team in 2024, including: training and engagement activities, repository technical developments, policy development and funded research projects.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-pub...
Looking forward to Richard Ovenden's keynote speech tomorrow #CONUL25
27.05.2025 15:32 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1NORFest 2025 – Call for Proposals is LIVE! 📣
Ireland's National Open Research Festival encourages submissions of lightning talks and interactive workshops that will spark curiosity and inspire action in #OpenResearch. #OpenScience #FAIR
🗓️ Submit your proposal at norf.ie/irelands-nat...
exterior of glucksman library building
Applications for our Leaving Certificate Study scheme are now open. Leaving cert students who would like to use the Glucksman Library to study from 22 May - June 24 should apply online www.ul.ie/library/leav...
13.05.2025 10:03 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0📣 (Re)introducing DARIAH-IE 📣
Join us for this online seminar, reintroducing DARIAH-IE and reconnecting Irish scholars with DARIAH, the pan-European Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities !
📅 May 27th
🕒 11am (GMT)
📍 Register tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Cover of the book "Digital Preservation Terminology," featuring a modern design and relevant imagery related to digital archiving.
📣 Announcing the launch of Digital Preservation Terminology: an Irish Language Glossary for Repositories and Archivists.
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
Librarian // Poetry Ireland (Dublin 1) @poetryireland.bsky.social #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy
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The #CONUL25 Conference Programme is now live! Please visit conference.conul.ie/programme-20... for more information. You can also find more information about our keynote speakers, Anne Jarvis and @richove.bsky.social, on our website.
25.04.2025 09:04 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Can you believe it's only 1 month to go until #CONUL25? To get you ready for the big event, here are some photos from previous conferences.
And don't forget, standard registration fees end this week!
conference.conul.ie/registration...