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📢Call for Abstracts!!! The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change and Innovation. #CONUL26 invites submissions for presentations and posters. 📩 Submit Your Abstract here: https://ow.ly/5TpU50XMy7S

The LAI/CILIP Ireland Library Ireland Week team is delighted to announce the winner for the Staff Champion Award: Tracy McEneaney of Ardkeen Library, Waterford. Congratulations Tracy! A truly inspiring and transformational Library colleague who goes above and beyond! #LIW25

Congratulations to the winner of the Library Ireland Week 2025 public competition 'How do libraries light the way for you?' Irene McLaughlin! 🙌 Irene had some lovely words to share about her local library [see in thread!]. #liw25 #librarieslightheway

Our Library Ireland Week Public Competition is still live and looking for YOUR submissions! How do libraries light the way for you - what do you they truly mean to you? Enter the competition by posting on your social media platform and use the hashtag #LIW25!

You still have until 23.59 TODAY (03 Dec) to get your Staff Champion Award nomination in for #LIW25 Do you have a Library colleague who you think is an inspiration to work with and could do with a shout out? Info and tips on how to nominate on libraryirelandweek.ie#LIW25

It's Library Ireland Week! Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! We want to hear from you! And remember to use the hashtag so we can find your submission! Visit https://libraryirelandweek.ie/ for further details! #LIW25

Library Ireland Week is taking place from Sunday 30th to Saturday 6th December. Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! Remember when posting, to use the hashtag #LIW25

Some lovely photos from the An Post Irish Book Awards last night, featuring host Miriam O'Callaghan and LAI Author of the Year Award winner, Elaine Feeney. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. #IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards

Great blog post here from @openaire.bsky.social on our packed workshop at #NORFest2025, which brought together librarians, data stewards, and #OpenScience practitioners to shape the next phase of Ireland’s #OpenResearch monitoring! @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest

Library Ireland Week will be here again (30 Nov - 6 Dec) and that means a chance to nominate a valued Library colleague for Staff Champion! Nominations are anonymous and can be posted on https://ow.ly/G0gJ50XsKFg! #LIW25

Make sure to catch this lecture by @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social Archivist Kieran Hoare and his work on the Micéirs Archives. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan... #archives #skybrarians #community #digitalarchives

IReL is kicking off Friday's #NORFest2025 sessions, with a full house for a workshop on "The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice" - with presentations from @openaire.bsky.social, @sonrai.bsky.social, ABOARD, & MOSS-I @norfireland.bsky.social

Some very interesting insights emerging at this afternoon's #NORFest2025 workshop on public engagement with @engagedroadmap.bsky.social @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest #CitizenScience

We are looking for a new Irish Language Officer to join the team ☘️ Get your applications in before Monday! ✨Tuilleadh eolais anseo: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...

Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections. Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland. Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959

Great start to #NORFest at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, and check out this physical version of Sonraí's recently published guide at the front desk! Navigating Open Research - A Guide for Early Career Reseachers! More info and download here: lnkd.in/e3AQRS9y

Huge thanks to Chester Beatty Library and our tour guide Mary who introduced us to the history and fascinating collections of @chesterbeatty.bsky.social last night. It was great to catch up with our A&SL members too - thanks for joining us!

Today @hughm.bsky.social spoke at Arqus Libraries of the Future CoP hybrid seminar at the University of Graz about Artificial Intelligence in @mulibrary.bsky.social & Irish academic libraries. Key points incl the eco-impact, diversity of approaches, governance, academic implications & workflows

Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State. @lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

For the month of November our Library Spotlight shines on books that have banned over the years, from James Joyce's 'Ulysses' to Marjane Satrapi's 'Persepolis'. See the book display in the JJL, the related UCD Special Collections items display, and our online guide: libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight/ba...

Closing out Day 1 of #NORFest2025 with a panel on #OpenResearch for innovation, with (L-R): Joy Owango of TCC Africa, Kalpana Shankar of ROCHE, Aedin Culhane of the Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre, Lautaro Matas of LA Referencia, & Clare Dillon of @openirelandnetwork.bsky.social.

Love the mix of global and Irish at NORFest! Great presentation from my colleague Donna from @ucclibrary.bsky.social on UCC APCs. The bottom line: we pay at least €400k per year on top of OA agreements.

We are thrilled to announce that Dublin and Belfast will host iPRES (the International Conference on Digital Preservation) in 2030🎉 We're delighted with this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with our partners to create a fantastic iPRES 2030! Read more: dri.ie/news/dublin-... @ria.ie

Love this article by our Learning and Teaching team setting out how they have worked together to strengthen their combined evidence synthesis skills to support research across @ucc.ie

Make sure to cast your vote for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards. Follow the link below to select the titles you would like to win in each category. https://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/academy/ Voting closes at 6pm on 16th November. Thank you for taking part.

Call for Submissions for Health Sciences Libraries Journal (HSLJ) Summer 2026 🔹 Research deadline: Jan 10 🔹 All other submissions: Apr 1 📧 Email: [email protected] if you have any questions. Submit here: journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hslj… #hslg #hslj

The survey "AI in Libraries - Horizon Scanning Bodleian Libraries" is till open to participants from library professionals across a wide range of institutions and technical backgrounds. You can access the survey at https://ow.ly/Q7EX50XfunI

We are pleased to announce that throughout Open Access Week, from 20 – 26 October, all Royal Society journal content is freely available. Explore our journals here: royalsociety.org/Journals/ #OAWeek #OAWeek25

Calling library and professional services staff! Do you want to learn more about open research and how it impacts on your role? Join us during #OAWeek for 'A Practical Guide to Open Research'! Find out more and register: www.sup.ac.uk/news/upcomin... @scurlscottish.bsky.social

Really looking forward to joining a few of the @copim.bsky.social events to celebrate #OAWeek. Check them out ⬇️ This year's theme (Who Owns Our Knowledge?) is incredibly relevant and important for all of us to reflect on and take action where we can to promote #Openness #transparency & #fairness.

And we’re back up and running! #DBF25 Book to join us at some of our 100+ events taking place in venues all around Dublin next month ➡️ bit.ly/46ixJu1 #BookFestival

We can't wait for our Black History Month Celebration Event with @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social this Friday! Listen to our host Nandi Jola discuss the event on @925phoenixfm.bsky.social's D15 Today Show. 🎫 Tickets still available via www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-writ...

🖊️🎨🎵 Upcoming deadline: Dublin city council bursary awards for artists (4 Nov) www.dublincityartsoffice.ie/funding-supp...

Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq

It's #OpenAccessWeek! Attend this UCD Library workshop on Wed (22 Oct): Open Data - with Research Data Management Librarian Jade Smith 🔓What is Open Data? 🔓Why have Open Data? 🔓FAIR Data Audience: PhD students & early career researchers Register on our Training Page hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...

Available to view now, a pre-recorded talk from our Library Digital Publishing & Data Services Manager, Fran Callaghan on the Open Access Monitor #ResearchWeek2025 https://ow.ly/mjkp50XeWoJ

Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access

📢 Just 1 week to go! Join us for HSLG’s in-person CPD event: Ovid Platform + Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Training 📅 28th Oct. 2025 ✅ LAI CPD credited 🎟️ LAI members register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ovid-platf... 📩 Non-members: email [email protected] to join the waitlist #CPD #HSLG

We regret to announce the passing of Beatrice Doran, former LAI President on 13th October. She was a valued member of the LAI and served as president in 1998. May she rest in peace. Funeral details are available here: https://rip.ie/death-notice/beatrice-doran-dublin-donnybrook-608096

Our E-Portfolio Power workshop is now sold out! We're excited to hear from our expert speakers Isabelle Courtney and Robert Alfis tomorrow. Isabelle specialises in CPD, workplace learning, and accreditation. Robert is the Library Development Officer at Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)

The NLI preserves our cultural heritage by safeguarding born-digital and digitised collections. We ensure valuable digital materials—from modern culture to historical archives—remain accessible for future generations: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-work-collections/digital-collecting

We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...

Congratulations to Arran Bradstock from Maynooth University Library! Arran's blog post 'A Story for the Ages: A Tale of Engagement and Impact' was highly commended in the CONUL Training and Development Library Assistant Blog awards. Read it now over at www.libfocus.com

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...

We'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

📢 Registration is open for our next event! E-Portfolio Power: An Online Workshop for LIS Professionals. Join Isabelle Courtney and Robert Alfis in this webinar to explore the power of ePortfolios 📅 Tuesday, October 14th 6:30 to 8 PM 🎟️ €15, students/unwaged €10 🔗 www.eventbrite.ie/e/e-portfoli...

It has taken us YEARS to be able to do this! Even before Mick & Kevin took over at Chapters, when the Internet was still new & web addresses came in a directory, they talked about being able to trade in via a website … 30 years later I give you … chaptersbookstore.com/collections/...

Job alert!✨ We are looking for a multimedia designer - a role creating visual content for digital & physical displays, utilising skills in graphic design, video production & editing to enhance UCD Library comms & engagement initiatives. Apply by 12 noon 7 Oct at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... #jobsIE

📢 #Job Reminder! Come work with us as our new Student Engagement Librarian. Lead on the development & delivery of UCD Library’s Orientation and engagement activities & programmes with both new & existing students. Apply by 12 noon, 25 September www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... #LISjobsIE #LibraryJob