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CONUL T&D are delighted to announce the winner of the 2018 Research Award, the objective of which is to encourage practitioner-based research and innovation among librarians in CONUL member libraries.... Read More

An exhibition showcasing the highlights of the Gwynn family papers will be on display in the Long Room of Trinity College Dublin from 11 January.  The Gwynns are an extraordinary... Read More

Maynooth University Library, in conjunction with Maynooth Student’s Union (MSU) Londis Shop, is delighted to launch the Innovation Competition 2018/19. The concept of the competition – “If students did libraries….”,... Read More

  Making an Impact with your Library’s Social Media is the theme of the inaugural joint CONUL Training & Development & CONUL Communications and Outreach training event. The seminar /... Read More

RCSI Library Seminar on the Spanish Flu: A century of Medical Science and Public Health Response To mark the centenary of the Spanish Influenza or ‘Great Flu’ of 1918, RCSI... Read More

Get Real! Dealing with the Practical Challenges of Digital Preservation Join us in the National Library of Ireland on the 29th November to celebrate World Digital Preservation Day 2019. Digital... Read More

The Library of Trinity College Dublin has curated a number of exhibitions throughout the Decade of Centenaries, and those commemorating the Irish in the First World War were among the... Read More

Non-discriminatory access to education is enshrined in human-rights law and female access to education is recognised world-wide as a social and economic accelerant. It was only well into the twentieth... Read More

The UCD Library Cultural Heritage Collections blog has been instrumental in bringing to life aspects of collections from across the range of our four Cultural Heritage units, which include UCD... Read More

Ellen’s story is of a remarkable young woman with a curiosity and determination to find out more about seaweeds and other plants. The exhibition has a selection of Ellen’s beautifully... Read More

“Working collaboratively with academics and partners: showcasing opportunities” is the theme for this year’s Conul Teaching and Learning Seminar. The Seminar takes place on Thursday the 1st of November from... Read More

‘Taking Back the Web: Participation, panic, power – public and private’ October 19-20th 2018 The second annual conference of the Centre for Critical Media Literacy at Dublin Institute of Technology... Read More

The Book of Durrow, one of the earliest surviving decorated Gospel books in Western Europe, will go on loan to the British Library for a landmark international exhibition of early... Read More

CONUL Training and Development are pleased to announce the sixth Research Award. The objective of this award is to encourage practitioner-based research and innovation among librarians in CONUL member libraries. ... Read More

Seán Lemass (1899–1971), was a veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. He was first elected as a Sinn Féin TD for the... Read More

UCC Library’s latest exhibition Claude Pélieu: On all Frequencies curated by James Horton is now open and runs until 30 September 2018. Claude Pélieu (1934–2002) was a French writer, poet,... Read More

CONUL Training & Development Library Assistant Blog Award 2018 The winner is …  The 2018 CONUL Training & Development Library Assistant Award required entrants to submit a blog post on... Read More

CONUL is delighted to announce the second collaborative ERASMUS Library Staff Mobility week, 18-22 June 2018, in Dublin.  The event is organised by the CONUL Staff training and Development Group... Read More

Date & Location:  9.30am – 12.30pm, Thursday 21st June 2018, RCSI, 26 York Street. This half day seminar will explore research and practice concerned with the design and alignment of... Read More

RCSI’s healthcare education facility designed by Henry J Lyons wins the Public Choice Award at the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2018 Friday, 8 June 2018: The Royal Institute of the... Read More

Date & Location: Friday 8 June, 3pm-4.30pm, Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. The Royal Irish College of Surgeons is one of the oldest educational establishments in Ireland. It’s... Read More

The Centre for Critical Media Literacy (CCML) at Dublin Institute of Technology is seeking proposals for papers and panels at its second annual conference.  With societies experiencing a widespread loss... Read More

Recordings of plenary talks from the 2018 CONUL Annual Conference now can be viewed on the CONUL Conference YouTube Channel. Presentation slides and posters can also be found on Slideshare at https://www.slideshare.net/conulconference

A very well attended workshop, sponsored by the CONUL Research Group, took place on April 20th in the Berkeley Library in Trinity College Dublin. The workshop was presented by Dr... Read More

The University of Limerick (UL) is currently seeking expressions of interest from ambitious researchers interested in applying for Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Fellowships in collaboration with the Centre for Early... Read More

Join us for a seminar on copyright and licensing in third level institutions on Thursday 24 May. In the digital age of sharing, copyright and licensing seem anachronistic but they... Read More

The Centre for Early Modern Studies, Limerick and the Glucksman Library, UL, will co-host a seminar series, commencing in April 2018 and extending into the 2018-19 academic year, to celebrate the... Read More

The UCC Library Green Energy Team have won the Best Library Team Award  at the Irish Education Awards in Dublin last week. The awards recognise excellence in the third level education... Read More

CONUL is delighted to be sponsoring, along with the Library Association of Ireland, the closing reception of the Information Professionals Network information professionals careers exhibition being held in Dublin Business... Read More

The Glucksman Library at UL will host the Islandora Foundation for its 2018 EU Islandora Camp on June 20th to 22nd this year. Islandora Camp is a three-day event consisting... Read More

For the month of March, which includes International Women’s Day, the Library of Trinity College Dublin launched two female-centric exhibitions, plus held a Wikipedia editing workshop as part of the... Read More

Understanding Altmetrics to determine where your research is gaining attention. John Cox, University Librarian at NUI Galway, is delighted to invite you to a public lecture by Jane Burns, Altmetric... Read More

Introduction to Regular Expressions Speaker: Peter Corrigan, NUI Galway Library’s Digital Publishing Team head Sponsored by NUI Galway Library and the Moore Institute Thursday, March 21st, 2018, 12 – 1... Read More

Great care and attention is required in the judicious use of online sources in academic work. No online source has gained more publicity than Wikipedia, whose distrust perhaps stems from... Read More

The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the CoreTrustSeal 2017-2019, confirming that ISSDA is a recognised Trusted Digital repository. The CoreTrustSeal... Read More

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the 2018 CONUL Annual Conference, which will be held on 30th-31st May in the Galway Bay Hotel. The conference theme, Transformative Experiences:... Read More

UCD Digital Library and An Garda Síochána are delighted to present the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Civic Guard (Garda Síochána) Personnel Registers collection. This wonderful collection comprises of two large... Read More

Similar to Open Access Week, the purpose of the Love Data Week (LDW) event is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data... Read More

The Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick, together with Professor Raymond J Friel, School of Law at UL recently launched the UL Resource Guide for Brexit.   The guide was... Read More

The NUI Galway Library invites you to a seminar which will take place on Thursday 8th February at 13:00, G011 Hardiman Research Building.  Please register via this link, a sandwich... Read More

We are delighted to announce that CONUL (Consortium of National & University Libraries) is once again providing funding for two enthusiastic individuals to attend its 2018 conference, with the theme... Read More

UCD Library is the first library in Ireland to sign up to OCLC Sustainable Collection Services to tackle collection management challenges UCD Library has embarked on a plan to review... Read More

UCC Library are very proud to be hosting an exhibition of work by renowned American photographer and academic Judith Aronson. The exhibition is titled Likenesses: Portraits of Literary and Cultural... Read More

Abstract submissions are welcome for consideration for the 2018 annual conference of CONUL, the Consortium of National and University Libraries in Ireland, which will be held in Galway, Ireland on... Read More

UCC Library is proud to be the winner of a 2017 Cork Environmental Forum Award. UCC Library won the Public Sector award for their #loveourlibrary campaign. The campaign has led... Read More

From the 13 to 24 of December, Maynooth University Library we will be featuring a Christmas card each day on our social media pages. The Christmas cards come from the... Read More

In support of CONUL’s strategic objective of being the platform for our international presence, CONUL Training & Development is delighted to announce the second collaborative ERASMUS Library Staff Mobility week,... Read More

Beginning December 1, UCD Library’s Cultural Heritage units will be tweeting a new photo, document and other items from our vast range of collections every day until December 24. Follow... Read More