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ISSDA website screenshot with large graphic showing a young girl and adult male writing at a table.

Check out the new @issda.bsky.social website with increased accessibility & user-friendly interface.
Combined with the new ISSDA Dataverse this represents a significant improvement in how researchers interact with Ireland’s leading repository of quantitative social science data.
See www.ucd.ie/issda

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UCD Library opening hours remain the same, with a few exceptions, through Sunday, 7th September.
See here and our opening hours webpage for full details: buff.ly/wGA5TRN.

Poet Iggy McGovern facing toward the camera with shelves of books as a backdrop.

Thanks to poet & physicist Iggy McGovern for reading 8 of his poems for the #IrishPoetry Reading Archive. He has published 5 poetry collections with Dedalus Press & Quaternia Press. His poems explore the common ground between science & poetry.

Find his readings at buff.ly/rkmK9gI

UCD James Joyce Library concrete brise soleil with EBSCO logo and red 'Library Alert' text.

A listing of EBSCO databases affected by the upcoming migration to a new user interface. Action is required!

🚨EBSCO will migrate to a NEW user interface this coming Tues, 5th August.🚨

Before this date, if you have a personal EBSCO account you must move your saved searches from custom folders to saved searches in MyFolder on the current interface.

Migration guidance is at bit.ly/ebscomigration

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Happy 1st August!

Take a look at the August Document of the Month @ucdarchives.bsky.social - focusing on the formation & development of the Albert Agricultural College & its eventual evolvement into UCD's Faculty of Agriculture.

Read the history of the AAC Collection at www.ucd.ie/archives/col...

Francis Ledwidge d. #OTD 1917. He writes to editor Joseph Maunsell Hone shortly before his return to the front, asking about poems he had submitted for an anthology, desiring to know 'the destiny of my work as I may not ever return to see it in the better days to be' (1 September 1916).

🟢Did you know UCD are members of @dri.ie & have a Zenodo Community?🔴

Do you know where to publish your #ResearchData? Read about suitable data repositories on our #ResearchDataManagement Guide: libguides.ucd.ie/data/publish...

#OpenScience #RDM #OpenResearch

@ucdscience.bsky.social

UCD James Joyce Library concrete brise soleil with EBSCO logo and red 'Library Alert' text.

A listing of EBSCO databases affected by the upcoming migration to a new user interface. Action is required!

🚨Reminder!
EBSCO will migrate to a NEW user interface next Tues, 5th August.

Before this date, if you have a personal EBSCO account you must move your saved searches from custom folders to saved searches in MyFolder on the current interface.

Migration guidance is at bit.ly/ebscomigration

👆 @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdsociology.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucdclassics.bsky.social @ucdspswsj.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

Poet Iggy McGovern facing toward the camera with shelves of books as a backdrop.

Thanks to poet & physicist Iggy McGovern for reading 8 of his poems for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive. He has published 5 poetry collections with Dedalus Press & Quaternia Press. His poems explore the common ground between science & poetry.

Find his readings at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Orange open access themed graphic with the logo for publisher Taylor and Francis and white UCD crest and UCD Library text.

📢UCD authors! The Taylor & Francis APC (Article Processing Charge) quota for 2025 is fully used up. This agreement is now closed for the remainder of the year.

Queries? Please email oapublishing@ucd.ie

Updates on #OpenAccess publishing agreements can be found at libguides.ucd.ie/oapublishing...

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.@issda.bsky.social is pleased to announce the new & modern platform ISSDA Dataverse, enhancing how users interact with archived #socialscience data.
Supported by @researchireland.ie funding, it offers multiple benefits including ease of data access, discoverability & use.

Find it at issda.ucd.ie

A graphic announcing ISSDA Dataverse launch with relevant logos.

“UCD Library is proud to take this step in supporting open access, transparency and responsible stewardship of data for future generations.” -Arlene Healy, Director of Collections & Digital Services, UCD Library.

Find out more and see the new look website at www.ucd.ie/issda

#ResearchData

🚀 We are delighted to share some exciting news from the #ISSDA based in UCD Library...

The #ISSDADataverse, an #OpenSource platform that enhances how users access, discover and work with archived social science data has just been launched♻️

Check it out here 👉 www.ucd.ie/issda/ @issda.bsky.social

👆 @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdsociology.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucdclassics.bsky.social @ucdspswsj.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

UCD James Joyce Library concrete brise soleil with EBSCO logo and red 'Library Alert' text.

A listing of EBSCO databases affected by the upcoming migration to a new user interface. Action is required!

🚨Reminder!
EBSCO will migrate to a NEW user interface next Tues, 5th August.

Before this date, if you have a personal EBSCO account you must move your saved searches from custom folders to saved searches in MyFolder on the current interface.

Migration guidance is at bit.ly/ebscomigration

📢 Here are some important updates for UCD authors & researchers, concerning the status of APC (Article Processing Charge) quotas for #OpenAccess agreements with academic publishers.

Check the UCD Library Open Access Publishing Agreements guide for news and updates: libguides.ucd.ie/oapublishing

A group of yellow typed and handwritten papers, letters and memoranda concerning Éamon de Valera and the role of governor-general in the Irish Free State.

In the most recent #UCDCulturalHeritage blog post, Kate Manning @ucdarchives.bsky.social takes a look at the second part of a file in Éamon de Valera's papers concerning the largely ceremonial role of governor-general in the Irish Free State.

Read:
ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/07/24/a...

UCD James Joyce Library concrete brise soleil with EBSCO logo and red 'Library Alert' text.

🚨Reminder!
EBSCO will migrate to a NEW user interface on Tues, 5th August.

Before this date, if you have a personal EBSCO account you must move your saved searches from custom folders to saved searches in MyFolder on the current interface.

Migration guidance is at bit.ly/ebscomigration

A group of yellow typed and handwritten papers, letters and memoranda concerning Éamon de Valera and the role of governor-general in the Irish Free State.

In the most recent #UCDCulturalHeritage blog post, Kate Manning @ucdarchives.bsky.social takes a look at the second part of a file in Éamon de Valera's papers concerning the largely ceremonial role of governor-general in the Irish Free State.

Read:
ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/07/24/a...

Ash trees in early Autumn. UCD Citizen Science welcomes Ash for Future on 31 July at 10.30am in the James Joyce Library.

Want to help rescue our beautiful native ash tree from dieback disease?🍃🌲 Attend this #AshforFuture talk this Thursday.

📆Thu, 31 July, 10.30am
📍James Joyce Library Link 3

Register forms.gle/ZLSxNeZ7FdKG...

Presented by UCD #CitizenScience & @ucdsustainability.bsky.social

@ucdscience.bsky.social

“A considered policy”: the Governor General and Éamon de Valera (Part 2) In part one of this post, we looked at a file in the papers of Josephine McNeill’s papers concerning her husband, James McNeill, governor-general of the Irish Free State. The office of governor-gen…

The latest post on the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social Cultural Heritage Blog is part two of Kate's post on the controversies concerning the role and function of the governor-general in the Irish Free State.

ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/07/24/a...

UCD James Joyce Library concrete brise soleil with EBSCO logo and red 'Library Alert' text.

🚨Don't forget!
EBSCO will migrate to a new user interface on Tue 5th August.

Before this date, if you have a personal EBSCO account you must move your saved searches from custom folders to saved searches in MyFolder on the current interface.

Migration guidance is at bit.ly/ebscomigration

Check out the Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA)’s new data repository, the ISSDA Dataverse, funded by @researchireland.ie 🔶🔷🔸

📢 Here are some important updates for UCD authors & researchers, concerning the status of APC (Article Processing Charge) quotas for #OpenAccess agreements with academic publishers.

Check the UCD Library Open Access Publishing Agreements guide for news and updates: libguides.ucd.ie/oapublishing

UCD James Joyce Library concrete brise soleil with EBSCO logo and red 'Library Alert' text.

🚨Don't forget!
EBSCO will migrate to a new user interface on Tue 5th August.

Before this date, if you have a personal EBSCO account you must move your saved searches from custom folders to saved searches in MyFolder on the current interface.

Migration guidance is at bit.ly/ebscomigration

👆 @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social @ucdengarch.bsky.social @ucdchemistry.bsky.social @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @letshani.bsky.social @mishdalton.bsky.social

📢 Here are some important updates for UCD authors & researchers, concerning the status of APC (Article Processing Charge) quotas for #OpenAccess agreements with academic publishers.

Check the UCD Library Open Access Publishing Agreements guide for news and updates: libguides.ucd.ie/oapublishing...

Ash trees in early Autumn. UCD Citizen Science welcomes Ash for Future on 31 July at 10.30am in the James Joyce Library.

Want to help rescue our beautiful native ash tree from dieback disease?🍃🌲 Attend this #AshforFuture talk:

📆Thu, 31 July, 10.30am
📍James Joyce Library Link 3

Register forms.gle/ZLSxNeZ7FdKG...

Presented by UCD #CitizenScience & @ucdsustainability.bsky.social

@ucdresearch.bsky.social

Check out the Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA)’s new data repository, the ISSDA Dataverse, funded by @researchireland.ie 🔶🔷🔸