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Based in five locations at University College Dublin, we provide access to a large range of print and electronic resources, and services to support your studies.
Introducing the second half of the excellent performers for our Black History Month collaboration with @poetryireland.bsky.social 🎤
✨Ola Majekodunmi
✨Samuel Yakura
✨Nandi Jola (chair)
24th October, Irish Writers Centre
More info + booking: irishwriterscentre.ie/irish-writer...
Two female presenters at a podium delivering a talk.
Screenshot of slide with text 'Revisiting the Recordings'
Poet Paula Meehan sitting at a desk, looking at a camera with an open book in her hands.
Excellent talk this AM by #DigitalPreservation Librarian Niamh Murphy & Archives & Records Mgmt student intern Megan Asple on the complexities of appraising born-digital files associated with the #IrishPoetry Reading Archive. #NTTW9
@ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social
@mediaarea.net
@nttw.bsky.social
Congratulations to UCD #DigitalPreservation librarian Niamh Murphy on delivering a fantastic talk yesterday on Day 2 of the No Time To Wait 9 Conference. We're very proud of Niamh and the work she has undertaken on the digital collections across the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social #NTTW
17.10.2025 10:35 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0👆🙏 @jencoll.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdchemistry.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @ucdcs.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdengarch.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social
17.10.2025 08:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
International Open Access Week workshops at UCD Library - blue with profile of the UCD James Joyce Library building.
International #OpenAccess Week is next week (20-26 October). Attend one of our 2 workshops related to #OA:
Mon 20th: Your Open Access Publishing options
Wed 22nd: #OpenData -what is it & why have it?
Both workshops are at 11am in Link 3, James Joyce Library.
Register: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
Black History Month graphic in red green yellow and black, showing book covers and a web address libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight
It's Black History Month! We have been celebrating with a display in the James Joyce Library of selected book titles from our collections & accompanying guide libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight.
Our Instagram has featured poetry readings by @landawo.bsky.social, Nithy Kasa & with more to come. #BHM25
📣 Call for feedback from Humanities researchers and data specialists! 📣
DRI and @dariahie.bsky.social collaborated on a Research Sustainability Workflow, with generous input from DRI members and the broader Irish research community.
Comments are welcome until Nov 15: dri.ie/news/researc...
👆😊 @arlenehealy.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social @issda.bsky.social @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy @ucddublin.bsky.social
16.10.2025 09:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Foundations for the Future presentation slide by Niamh Murphy, UCD Library
Librarian Niamh Murphy at No Time to Wait conference
Crowd of attendees seated at No Time to Wait Conference.
Screenshot of laptop image with blog post and web address
UCD Digital Preservation Librarian Niamh Murphy at #NTTW9 this am @nlireland.bsky.social on the challenges & opportunities undertaking a technical audit of UCD Library digital collections to ensure longevity. Also helping build shared responsibility across units!
@mediaarea.net
@nttw.bsky.social
Looking forward to meeting UCD Researchers to talk about getting the best out of open access and how to avoid the pitfalls.
16.10.2025 09:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Eoin MacNeill, professor of early Irish history @ucddublin.bsky.social, revolutionary, politician, Irish language enthusiast, and Gaelic revivalist, d #OTD 1945.
UCDA holds an large collection of his papers, which are available to consult by appt in our reading room.
www.ucd.ie/archives/col...
Our Digital Collections team is thrilled to host the 2025 #NoTimeToWait conference on #DigitalPreservation with MediaArea. Over 3 days, we're hosting experts and participants from around the 🌍 https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/no-time-wait-conference-returns-its-9th-edition-nli-15-17-october-2025
15.10.2025 07:01 — 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
A coastal scene showing beachcombers looking down on tidal pools with boats and a town in the background.
Join Dr. Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts.
Topics incl. how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits these activities bring to environmental monitoring & community engagement.
Register at forms.gle/CpNWS3SEFtzi...
James Joyce's Ulysses in a glass exhibition case with other items on a blue field.
Please note: Thursday, 16 October
The UCD Special Collections team will not be available to facilitate the retrieval of collections items between 2-4.30pm.
The Reading Room remains open. Please email in advance at special.collections@ucd.ie so they can let our colleagues know to expect visitors.🙏
Brown maroon survey graphic with a series of drawings and illustrations taken from the UCD Digital Library.
Help shape the future of @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social by taking our 10-min survey.
We are embarking on an important digital transformation programme to improve services & enhance the user experience & this includes the replacement of the Digital Library. Have your say!🙏
forms.gle/LgomRFrXrzvL...
👆👆 @niamhelizamurphy.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @dri.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social @lcollins232.bsky.social @ursulabyrne.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social
14.10.2025 07:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We're excited as UCD #DigitalPreservation Librarian Niamh Murphy will be delivering 2 sessions:
💠Auditing digital collections for long-term preservation
💠'Revisiting the Recordings': an appraisal of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive’s audiovisual recordings of poets (with intern Megan Asple).
#NTTW9
👆 @ucdarchives.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social
13.10.2025 14:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
James Joyce's Ulysses in a glass exhibition case with other items on a blue field.
Please note: Thursday, 16 October
The UCD Special Collections team will not be available to facilitate the retrieval of collections items between 2-4.30pm.
The Reading Room remains open. Please email in advance at special.collections@ucd.ie so they can let our colleagues know to expect visitors.🙏
A coastal scene showing beachcombers looking down on tidal pools with boats and a town in the background.
Join Dr. Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts
Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement
Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
Light blue graphic with UCD James Joyce Library facade and blue and yellow geometric shapes. Research Essentials (free workshops) at UCD Library. Open Access Week logo included.
See the remaining schedule of UCD Library Research Essentials workshops on our Training page: buff.ly/u9baEeA
#OpenAccess Week is coming Oct 20-24 & we will feature two sessions on #OA publishing and #OpenData
@ucdtl.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social @ucdgender.bsky.social @mishdalton.bsky.social
A coastal scene showing beachcombers looking down on tidal pools with boats and a town in the background.
Join Dr. Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts
Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement
Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
Irishman and soldier with the French Foreign Legion, Michael MacWhite, writes from the Front #OTD 1916.
Transcription below and in ALT text for each image.
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Black and white photos of Irish folklorists from the 1930s.
The work of part-time folklore collectors was an important contribution to the #IrishFolklore Commission in the 1930s-40s.
In this #CulturalHeritage blog post Ailbe van der Heide introduces us to 2 collectors from Co Mayo- Máire Ní Chróinín & Pádhraig Bairéad.
ucdculturalheritagecollections.com
Black and white photos of folklorists from the 1930s.
The work of part-time folklore collectors was an important contribution to the #IrishFolklore Commission in the 1930s-40s.
In this #CulturalHeritage blog post Ailbe van der Heide introduces us to 2 collectors from Co Mayo- Máire Ní Chróinín & Pádhraig Bairéad.
ucdculturalheritagecollections.com
Help shape the future of UCD Digital Library by taking our 10-minute survey.
We are embarking on an important digital transformation programme to improve services & enhance the user experience, & this includes the replacement of the Digital Library. Have your say!🙏
forms.gle/LgomRFrXrzvL...
Light blue graphic with UCD James Joyce Library facade and blue and yellow geometric shapes. Research Essentials (free workshops) at UCD Library. Open Access Week logo included.
See the remaining schedule of UCD Library Research Essentials workshops on our Training page: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
#OpenAccess Week is coming Oct 20-24 & we will feature two sessions on #OA publishing and #OpenData
@ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdchemistry.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
ISSDA Dataverse training session graphic in maroon and with mosaic of circuit board and folder icons.
Join ISSDA on Thursday, 16th Oct at 12 pm for a demonstration in finding and accessing Irish social science data through their newly launched Dataverse.
Bookable through Eventbrite: issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @issda.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social
This impressive social science database includes access to resources also useful for humanities scholars issda.ucd.ie
08.10.2025 15:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
ISSDA Dataverse training session graphic in maroon and with mosaic of circuit board and folder icons.
Join ISSDA on Thursday, 16th Oct at 12 pm for a demonstration in finding and accessing Irish social science data through their newly launched Dataverse.
Bookable through Eventbrite: issda_dataverse_demo.eventbrite.ie
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @issda.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social
