Announcing the A&SL Blog Post Competition! Library staff & LIS students in Ireland - send us your blog posts on the theme 'The representation of librarianship, libraries & information work in media and popular culture' by 31st August to be in to win €100, €75 or €50! aslibraries.ie/asl-blog-pos...

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the A&SL and HSLG Summer Networking Evening in @ria.ie yesterday. We enjoyed a talk by the inspiring Jane Burns about how librarians can use their skills to thrive across different sectors. We hope you got your murderous librarian badge!

We're looking forward to this joint Summer Networking event this Thursday. If you're a current member of the A&SL or HSLG then book your free ticket before sales end at 1pm Wednesday. It's set to be a great night with a talk by Jane Burns and an opportunity to catch up with library colleagues.

Only 1 week to go to our joint summer networking evening with @healthlibraries.bsky.social from 5.30pm on 11th June in @ria.ie! Open to current members of the A&SL and HSLG - register for your free ticket now to enjoy a talk by Jane Burns and connect with library colleagues tinyurl.com/ya9ufb4y

Join us for our joint Summer Networking Evening on 11 June in The Royal Irish Academy! Current @healthlibraries.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social members are invited to book their free tickets to meet with library colleagues & attend a talk by the wonderful Jane Burns tinyurl.com/ya9ufb4y

New Libfocus post by @stephaniechen.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social, based on delegate input at @aslibraries.bsky.social conference reflecting on what librarianship means today & for those in the profession: evolving roles, skills, and focus on access and users. www.libfocus.com/2026/05/what...

Save the date for our joint A&SL and HSLG Summer networking evening on 11 June in The Royal Irish Academy! Open to current @aslibraries.bsky.social and @healthlibraries.bsky.social members - watch this space for more details...

If you joined us at #ASL2026 in March then check your inbox please! We'd be very grateful if you could fill out our conference survey to help us deliver an even better experience next year - thanks everyone!

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me! I feel very lucky to work in a profession that I'm very passionate about, and to be surrounded by a wonderful community of librarians 🏅😊

And that's a wrap for #ASL2026! The A&SL committee would like to thank our keynote speakers, case study and poster presenters, sponsors and attendees for their enthusiasm and engagement. Thanks also to the @ria.ie staff and our photographers for helping to make this year's conference such a success.

Sarah Cleary is the winner of the best #ASL2026 post competition with this lovely post

Congratulations to Niamh McHenry @librarymie.bsky.social who won our #ASL2026 poster competition! No mean feat considering the high standard of posters from Anne Byrne and Emberly Davey from Hibernia College, Sarah Timmins @mulibrary.bsky.social and Andrew Ryan from City Education Group

After a (self-imposed) hiatus from conferences last year, I'm so glad I submitted to #ASL2026 to ease myself back into it. Well done and thanks to the @aslibraries.bsky.social committee for putting on an interesting and inspiring programme ✨

#ASL2026 Another excellent demonstration of librarian transferable skills from Jenny O'Neill of Asiera.

#ASL2026 Librarians do do a lot of this.

Presentation slide from @jennylibrarian.bsky.social asking are you a data steward? (I'd argue the answer for everyone is yes...yes you are a data steward so check out @sonrai.bsky.social) #ASL2026

Our final two #ASL2025 speakers!Ann O'Sullivan from A&L Goodbody speaks about the changes in the information landscape over her 30 years of librarianship. Jenny O'Neill from Asiera explores how core library competencies are increasingly essential within national research infrastructure initiatives.

#ASL2026 Good point. What's the difference between a collection and a library? Custodianship and collaboration. "Preservation keeps books alive Collaboration keeps libraries alive".

Dr Robert Whan showing some examples of UX in libraries from Queen's University Belfast (and of course there was an @andypriestner.bsky.social shout-out) #ASL2026

A great afternoon @aslibraries.bsky.social with an interactive session about values and papers about prioritisation of decisions, change in the profession and reimagining/reframing our roles and skills #asl2026

Dr Bláithín Hurley @waterfordlibraries.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social discusses the position of Irish Anglican diocesan libraries in Ireland at #ASL2026. Robert Whan @nlireland.bsky.social reflects on what it means to reframe librarianship for the next generation.

Given we have a website review coming up in Griffith, Francisca’s piece on a collaborative website redesign project will be one I’ll definitely be referring back to. And similarly Genevieve’s presentation resonated - the power of prioritisation!

Genevieve Larkin examines the considerations that shaped strategic decisions in a recent service development and modernisation in @librarymie.bsky.social. Francisca Silva walks the #ASL2026 attendees through the processes involved in completing a website redesign project in @librarydbs.bsky.social.

Would love to see where this goes, really interesting talk. The range of responses to the polls were very illuminating!

Stephanie Chen @ucclibrary.bsky.social leads the #ASL2026 attendees through a workshop that encourages them to consider their professional values. Keep an eye out for the results in @libfocus.bsky.social in a few weeks!

Join a committee! @laicdgroup.bsky.social is a great one 😉 #ASL2026

#ASL2026 Interesting point about being lucky. I've been lucky in libraries, but as Niamh said her mother was fond of pointing out, don't confuse being lucky with making your own luck. When opportunity knocks, make sure you're sufficiently presentable to open the door!

#ASL2026 More memes, please

#ASL2026 The afternoon keynote is a conversation and it's lovely stuff that works very well. It's like @laurarooneyferris.bsky.social's Librarians Aloud podcast*, but in person. *https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/librarians-aloud/id1203773906

#ASL2026 If you're interested in joining a library committee, volunteer to be the treasurer; it's the best role!* *not really!

Sunshine 🌞 finally making an appearance at #ASL2026 Ample timing ahead of this afternoon's lightening talks!!

Appreciate how @aslibraries.bsky.social are open to trying new things. Having the second keynote be a conversation rather than a presentation is refreshing. Love how authentic Niamh is #ASL2026

Niamh Tumelty @lselibrary.bsky.social discusses her career path and her approach to librarianship with Cathal McCauley @mulibrary.bsky.social at #ASL2026.

#ASL2026 Also how many other jobs have such a disconnect between public perceptions of roles and actual skill sets?

#ASL2026 Library journeys. So many accidental librarians, including myself. I wonder how many other jobs people fall into?

Steven Giannoni updates the #ASL2026 attendees about @ebsco.bsky.social's high quality information resources and technology solutions for libraries. Learn more at www.ebsco.com

Well done to our social media superstars Grace O'Connor and Áine Brennan who showed everyone that there's life after Twitter at the Academic & Special Libraries Conference in the @ria.ie today #ASL2026

Interesting insights from our colleague Emma Rothwell with @rialibrary.bsky.social on how she balances traditional curation and outreach demands at the A&SL Conference 2026. @aslibraries.bsky.social

Best of luck to Sarah Timmins representing Special Collections today at #ASL2026 @mulibrary.bsky.social

Colm O'Connor from Innopharma Education, Jane Buggle @iadtlibrary.bsky.social and Margaret Irons @scs-dias.bsky.social discuss open access publishing and research dissemination at #ASL2026

Áine Brennan and Grace O'Connor talk about how they doubled social media interactions in @dculibrary.bsky.social post-Twitter. Emma Rothwell shares how she balances traditional curation with outreach demands in @rialibrary.bsky.social at #ASL2026

Strong start @aslibraries.bsky.social @rialibrary.bsky.social Insightful discussion: values,OA & more.Many speakers addressing the enormous loss of Aisling Coyne. #ASL2026 @laibluesky.bsky.social @martinoconnor.bsky.social @janebuggle.bsky.social @usernameerror.bsky.social @libraryjobs.bsky.social

Beth Tyrrell talks about the benefits of running the @setulibraries.bsky.social Make and Mend Library Project at #ASL2026. Dolores Mee @mulibrary.bsky.social discusses the Rainbow Library Network and the evolving mission of libraries in a diverse world.

#ASL2026 There's a challenge, a tension, I think, between instilling ethical values but not developing Fobazi Ettarh's (gone far too soon) idea of vocational awe.

Our first #ASL2026 keynote speaker is @ucclibrary.bsky.social Librarian Liz Jolly. She addresses the importance of reflective practice, having clarity about your own values, relentless optimism, the ethical values of librarianship and...the 1972 Cup Final.

A&SL chairperson Martin O'Connor and @laibluesky.bsky.social President Lorna Dodd open today's #ASL2026 in the beautiful @ria.ie. In Martin's first welcome as chairperson he expresses our thanks to our former chairperson Fiona Logan for her leadership over the last few years.

#ASL2026 I do not believe that AI is going to win. LLMs produce slop and will poison the well concerning attitudes towards more "proper AI".

Always a highlight on the conference calendar, we're at #ASL2026 today in @ria.ie, looking forward to being inspired by some fantastic speakers!

@aslibraries.bsky.social and we’re off! Looking forward to a great day at #ASL2026 with fabulous librarian friends & colleagues regimaginging our profession

Great to see @ucclibrary.bsky.social representation at #ASL2026 today with @martinoconnor.bsky.social as chair of @aslibraries.bsky.social and keynote from @lizjolly.bsky.social