Tonight! We hope to see you there!

⏰ Reminder: ISA AGM & Lecture – 13th November at 6 PM ✨ Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚 🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM 👉 Register now via Eventbrite #IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives

“Dear Cara-Friend”: Widening access to a key PRONI LGBTQ+ archive Tues Dec 2nd @ 1pm This presentation will focus on letters sent to Cara-Friend in the 1970s & 1980s from people seeking advice, support and friendship. @araukie.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social @aranewprofs.bsky.social

JOB POST - Project Digital Archivist, 1FTE, Fixed Term University of Galway Library invites applications for a fixed term, full time post of Project Archivist period of 6 months. The successful candidate will manage the Imirce Collection Full POST : www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... #skybrarians

🎉 Here’s the next #WDPD2025 blog — a fresh take on this year's theme #WhyPreserve 🎉 This World #DigitalPreservation Day, we sat down with DPC Supporter Preferred Media to ask: why preserve, and who benefits? The answer is everyone: because preservation is […] [Original post on digipres.club]

🚨BREAKING NEWS On #WDPD2025, the #DPC has released a new version of the Global #BitList of Endangered Digital Materials: a powerful call to action from the global #digipres community. The Bit List identifies the digital materials most at risk of being lost […] [Original post on digipres.club]

Fantastic news to share on this World Digital Preservation Day! iPres2030 will be held in Belfast & Dublin in Sept 2030. The 5-day conference will be led by a consortium group across the island of Ireland. See link below ⬇️ dri.ie/news/dublin-...

🎉 It’s World Digital Preservation Day! 🎉Watch a brand new #WDPD2025 vlog and hear directly from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick on why they preserve their digital records👉🏼 👀 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/vlog-uni-warwick-wdpd2025 […] [Original post on digipres.club]

💫 New Theme! 💫 The new #ExploreYourArchive monthly theme for November is #EYAReligion / #EYASpirituality ✨ We can’t wait to see your posts for this theme - make sure to tag us and use the hashtags! 😊

Got an object with a story? We believe every object holds a piece of history - and yours could be part of it. From heirlooms to gig tickets- bring yours to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks & chat with curators 📍 Thursday, 6th Nov 6-7 PM 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/late-night...

We’re delighted to see photos from our collection featured in this fascinating initiative by our friends at #NationalArchivesofIreland. They’re seeking stories from Irish people aged 100 and over - a wonderful opportunity to preserve and celebrate living history: www.irishstar.com/news/ireland...

Join us for the Irish Society for Archives AGM & Lecture! 🗓️ Thurs, 13 Nov 2025, 6pm 📍 Dublin City Library & Archive 🎙️ @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on the Mary Robinson Archive: 60 years of advocacy & activism. Register via Eventbrite! We hope to see you there! #IrishArchives #EYA

Missing out on @ipres2025.bsky.social this week? You can join #iPRESradio each day in different time zones to catch up: www.dpconline.org/events/event... DRI's @lisagriffith.bsky.social and Jaye Weatherburn, NFSA Australia sent the hosts a lovely video postcard to make us feel like we're there. ❤️

Save the Date! 📢 Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive. Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.” More details & registration link coming soon! 👀 #IrishArchives #EYA

Delighted to have had Dr. Elaine Mahon give such an engaging lecture for us last Thursday! We explored how food, ceremony, and diplomacy shaped Ireland’s early global identity and so much more. 🍽️ 📖 A huge thank you to all who joined us! #ISAevents #IrishArchives #EYA

📣Tomorrow, Oct. 16th: Dr. Elaine Mahon explores “Irish State Hospitality, 1922–1963” at the Irish Architectural Archive.📣 Discover how food, ceremony, and diplomacy shaped Ireland’s early international image. 🕰️ 6:00 PM (Talk at 6:30) Free & open to all! #IrishArchives #EYA #DublinEvents

📢 Call for Senior Editor: #DigitalHumanities on our growing broad scope open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities ✨ Apply by 23 November 2025 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social

New in Transactions: 'Russian History without Russia: Archive Encounters in an Era of Restricted Access', by Jamie Bryson bit.ly/3IUFMr5 What's the experience of an independent early career historian of Russia today? What are the challenges since 2022 of conducting research at distance? 1/2

🍂Our Autumn Newsletter is out!🍂 Explore seasonal updates from the ISA and its members including: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community initiatives 📅 Upcoming talks & exhibitions Members, check your inbox for your copy!📥 Not a member? Join us today! #Archives #ArchivingSociety #IrishArchives #Newsletter #CulturalHeritage

An online lecture series promoting the principles of diversity & inclusion across archival collections and the wider record-keeping community will kick off on Oct 22nd at 1pm. 1st talk will be about Preserving Records in support of Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland @araukie.bsky.social (1 of 2)

🚨Location Change: Our upcoming talk with Dr. Elaine Mahon will now be held at the Irish Architectural Archive!🚨 🍽️ “The Minister Requests the Pleasure: Irish State Hospitality, 1922–1963” 📅 Oct. 16 🕕 Refreshments @ 6PM | 🕡 Talk @ 6:30PM Free + open to all! Register below!

Ever wonder how Ireland hosted dignitaries in the early days of the state? 🍽️ Join the ISA for a talk with Dr Elaine Mahon: “The Minister Requests the Pleasure: Irish State Hospitality, 1922–1963” 📍Dublin City Library & Archive 📅Oct. 16 🕕Talk @ 6:30 pm sharp 📖 Free + open to all! Register below!

Come along to a coffee chat about @ipres2025.bsky.social on Wed, Oct 8th @ 10:00am! dri.ie/events/dri-c... DRI members @niamhelizamurphy.bsky.social, Leanne Harrington and @killdowning.bsky.social talk with DRI's Kevin Long how past iPRES events have helped their #DigitalPreservation practices.

Don't forget you can attend in person (in Dublin!) or virtually for our next event...

It's World Letter Writing Day! We look after letters from many enthusiastic correspondents, incl. writers, poets, students, folklorists, nuns, journalists, historians, politicians, diplomats & environmentalists. Search our archives here! ➡️ lib-archives.ex.ac.uk #WorldLetterWritingDay #Archives

Registration closes 7 Sept. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 12-13 Sept. @maynoothuniversity.ie Please share widely. @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @mu-ssi.bsky.social @mulibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

🎉 Join #DPConnect on Thursday, September 11th at 2pm UTC 🎉 #DPConnect is your online space to drop in and discuss all things #digipres! This session is timed to accommodate participants in Europe and Africa 🌍 It´s short & informal, 30 minutes max, no agenda […] [Original post on digipres.club]

🎉 Exciting announcement….🎉 The daily themes for EYA Focus Week are here!! ✨ Focus Week will take place from the 29th November to the 7th December. It’s time to start planning your posts! 👀 We can’t wait to see them in November ❤️ #ExploreYourArchive

We are delighted to release the full conference programme for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians. Full details and registration available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish...

We're pleased to share our July newsletter: mailchi.mp/ria/dri-july... Read on for updates on new collections in the DRI repository, #OpenResearch developments in Ireland, upcoming #Heritage events, and other #DigiPres activities! Subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-... #DigiPresNews

We're fundraising to catalogue our Greenham Women's Peace Camp collection. You can watch Lara talk about one of the items from this collection in a video from 'Our Favourites' exhibition: bit.ly/3rP0XSV Donate here: bit.ly/4kidMud

We're Hiring: The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History 🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00 📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #museumjobs

There’s still time to register for our AGM and guest talk from Kirsten Wright on trauma informed archival processes! Join us next Wednesday by registering early :)

Attention book lovers!📖 Check out the launches of "Telling the Truth is Dangerous", a biography of Robert Dudley Edwards, the founder/ first director of the ISA. Dublin 📍 Hodges Figgis Bookshop 📅 Thursday, 26 June 2025 🕕 6:00 PM Galway 📍 Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop 📅 Friday, 27 June 2025 🕕 6:00 PM

✨Job fairy ✨ The IFI Archive is currently hiring for a FT Digital Deliveries Officer. Interested in working with born-digital material, check out the full job spec - ifi.ie/about/jobs/ Closing date is Friday June 6th 2025 @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social

✨️ Committee Vacancies ✨️ Are you interested in being a part of the committee? There are 2 vacant roles - Hon. Secretary & Training Officer Full description of each role can be found on the ARAI website - www.araireland.ie/news If interested please contact @niamhnicharra.bsky.social

✨New blog✨ Check out our new blog post for May’s theme #EYAFunandGames from the National Circus and Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield! 🎡🎠🎪 @uoscollections.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive www.exploreyourarchive.org/photographic...

Very last day for our Early Bird discount for our 2025 conference (although you do have until 31st May to pay). Get registering here.. openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/regi...

📢 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

Had a blast at last Thursday's ISA lecture on the History of the Royal College of Surgeons! 🩺📖 Learned so much about the impact of @rcsi.bsky.social on modern surgery and how far we’ve come. Huge thanks to Dr. Ronan Kelly for delivering such an engaging talk! #IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive

🎟️ Tonight’s the night! Don’t forget to grab your tickets for the lecture — we can’t wait to see you there!

🌸 Spring 2025 Newsletter Alert! 📢 ISA members, check your inbox for your copy. 📬 Not a member yet? No worries! You can still read the full edition on our website. Why wait? Become an ISA member today and enjoy exclusive updates on upcoming events and everything else related to Irish archives!

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/5JgwHVh #LISjobsIE #JobFairy

Don’t forget to register for this Thursday’s lecture on the history of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland @rcsi.bsky.social and its Archive! Details and tickets available on Eventbrite. We hope to see you there!

Are you part of the UK & Ireland record-keeping sector? We'd like your views on our 2025-30 Strategy. Find out all about it here www.archives.org.uk/strategy-con... If you were one of our members who took part in the 1st phase consultation - this is a new survey - we still need your views!

Register to attend #ARA2025 by 1 May to receive an early bird discount ➡️ openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/

📣 Ireland's National Open Research Forum (NORF) has opened the NORF 2025 Open Research Fund to new proposals! This year, the fund specifically targets the sustainability and growth of open research networks. Find out more: dri.ie/news/norf-20... #OpenResearchIE #OpenResearch #OpenScience

🌎 Happy April! Spring is in the air and Earth Day is on its way. To celebrate, we have a new theme. Earth! 💫 Use #EYAEarth to get involved, share the items in your archive, and celebrate our lovely planet with us. #ExploreYourArchive

Registration is now open for #ARA2025! Register now for an Early Bird discount: openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/

Join us on Thursday 10 April 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library and Archive for 'Every Branch of the Healing Art: A Short History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and its Archive', delivered by Dr. Ronan Kelly of @rcsi.bsky.social. See Eventbrite for more details!