Shout out to our colleague @louiseoc.bsky.social who spoke at the @conulconference.bsky.social this week. Her paper was titled. "Caring for Collections – New directions at UCC Library." #CONUL2025 #UCCLibrary (5/5)

Swing on by @ucclibrary.bsky.social now until 2pm to see a great selection of items that we brought out for the SOFEIR-UCC “Ireland and Transnational Solidarities” Conference. Special Collections and Archives are located in the basement of Boole Library, just follow the signs to find us!

Fury. Rage.

We brought out another great spread from our collection for this semester's Research Essentials! Special Collections and Archives will be hosting these guided introductory visits every Autumn and Spring, so stay tuned or email us at [email protected] to make an appointment now.

Delegates from @eua.eu L&T Forum viewing one of @ucc.ie treasures - The Great Book of Ireland. Huge thanks to @ucclibrary.bsky.social #EUALearnTeach

My highlight of the day 🔎: a private viewing of the Great Book of Ireland @ucclibrary.bsky.social for #EUALearnTeach Forum participants. This is Samuel Beckett's page. Probably his last handwritten piece, as he passed away two weeks after writing it.

Job alert - conservator, Special Collections & Archives, University of Limerick. Closes 5 Feb 2025. universityvacancies.com/university-l...

We're hiring a new University Librarian for @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social. For further information please click on andersonquigley.com/ucc-librarian/

The value of handwriting… t.co/YK6lEAkUAC

Last week @stephenroddy.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of visiting @ucclibrary.bsky.social special collections with our MA in Digital Arts cohort. Some of these beautiful artifacts will serve as inspiration for their Audiovisual Essays.

#Maps on the radio? Why not? Check out two @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social #Maps podcasts broadcast by @wrfm.bsky.social. Find out more from 'Science on the Radio' at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ with programmes on #digitalmapping and the #GoughMap. @westoxon.bsky.social @bcsmaps.bsky.social

Hear UCC scientists talk food, artificial intelligence, ancient scripts and dinosaurs at free public lectures! Our popular @ucc.bsky.social Science in Society lectures will run from 14 January to 3 April, every Tuesday & Thursday at 6:00 PM in Boole 2. Details below www.yaycork.ie/hear-ucc-sci...

Delighted and relieved that our peer-reviewed article, with the first on colourants in Irish art, is published with @amjournal.bsky.social. Free to access - amjournal.org/current-papers.

@louiseoc.bsky.social preparing items for our winter display! Now on view @ucclibrary.bsky.social on the ground floor of the Boole. Come on in and have a look. Happy Christmas!

Festive feeling in this #marbledpaper for #marbledmonday. The paper was made Cockerell in Cambridge England.

Library conservation at UCC - we've a new lab. Short read about it here - www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

A new Preservation Lab at UCC - theriverside.ucc.ie/2024/11/13/n... @ucclibrary.bsky.social

British Library is hosting a series of webinars focused on #libraries and the climate crisis. The aim of the series is to bring together international library leaders to share their different responses to the climate emergency. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-...

Snippets of #oldcork #irishhistory #corkhistory now on view @ucclibrary.bsky.social

Join us Friday 31 May 13:00-14:00 for the final Dive In & Discover: Sea & Shore session. View naval intelligence reports in 18th century newspapers, graphic designs from Elizabeth Friedlander, photographic materials of beaches & seascapes from the Alen MacWeeney archive. @ucclibrary.bsky.social

Lots to enjoy tomorrow @theriversideucc.bsky.social free lunchtime discovery session @ucclibrary.bsky.social - just drop in ;)

Happy New Year to all! From 3 January - 2 February 2024 Special Collections & Archives is open Monday-Friday 11:00-16:30. Access the request form via libguides.ucc.ie/req... #speccolls #archives

Digitisation ≠ preservation.

Needed: Book and Manuscript Conservator DL: 4 January 2024 The Cambridge Colleges' Conservation Consortium, based at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge offers an opportunity to join the small team, working in the conservation studio at CCCC www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/about/opport...

Join us Wednesday 6 December 2-3 in Special Collections & Archives @ucclibrary.bsky.social for our 3rd themed #DiveIn session: Political. View letters, scrapbooks, posters, prints & photographs. All items can be used for assignments & research. No booking required, just call in!

Nice job in a great team @maynoothuni.bsky.social library. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

I was delighted to meet the Inks & Skins team last week

📜 3D modelling for ‘Beyond the Book’, bringing rare books to life by photogrammetry technique - State Library of Victoria, Australia. blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/3d-mode...

Conservators where are you all? Its oh so quiet! #culturalheritage #irishhistory #paperconservation #librarylife

My dirty books in the limelight! A Library of Congresss blog from the conservation lab on my research. Come and examine with me 18th c. British drawing manuals for stains of artists’ materials to reflect on who used them. Book history 🗃️ 1/2 blogs.loc.gov/preservation...

So where did they get their paper? Delighted my musings on 17th century paper watermarks and is trade is now available, open source & free in - hicsa.pantheonsorbonne.fr/collection-c... #irishhistory #irishlibrary #paperhistory #paperconservation #librarylife #culturalheritage

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