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Research Librarian @DBSLibraryTwits | Senior Editor @TheDBSJournal | #CILIP125 Recipient

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Joined April 2021
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So honoured to be recognised on the #CILIP125 list!
We are so proud to announce the #CILIP 125 List and introduce the next generation of professionals who will help lead the sector into a new age of information. Are you on it? Congratulations to all and huge thanks to those who took the time to nominate. cilip.org.uk/news/645604/CIL…
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Great to see @KerryLibrary featured in the Indo today - what a great initiative with Music Generation
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Those working in libraries or part of a book club can nominate their favourite author on behalf of the LAI Author of the Year Award @@AnPostIBAS! Scan the QR code or submit your entry at libraryassociation.ie/nomina… 📚📖 @conulireland
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Louise Cooke-Escapil retweeted
Call for applications for the 2025/26 edition of The Europe Challenge. For more details see the accomapnying images.
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Wonderful 2nd keynote of the day from Claire McGuinness highlighting the disruptive impact of 'agitators' on library staff and library practice with regard to LGBTQ+ resources. Hugely important & timely research @ASLIBRARIES
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Employees often use tricycles to retrieve records at the National Archives and Records Administration facility in Valmeyer, Illinois. Located inside a cave, the facility holds up to 2.4 million cubic feet of records.
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Would have never thought of using AI to come up with Dewy number of a specific topic!
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Replying to @UCD_iSchool
@UCD_iSchool's Conor Keogh talking about our Digital Media Literacy module that was launched last year on our MLIS and MSc Communication & Media programmes! For teaching librarians, this is an important knowledge and skill set that increasingly includes AI literacy awareness.
‘The objective was to bridge the gap between theory and practice and create Media Literacy Champions who would disseminate good practice’. Dr Conor Keogh provides an overview of the Digital Media Literacy module offered at @ucddublin . #MLIConf24
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Calling all citizen archivists! Check out these crowdsourced archival initiatives working to preserve Palestinian heritage, memory, and narratives, compiled by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. (1/3)
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If anyone is in Naas in the next hour this is great episode of Hands, and a chance to meet the man himself!
Join us for a very special #HeritageWeek2024 Week screening of the beautiful Hands episode featuring @TuttysShoes of Naas. Michael Tutty, the current manager of the family enterprise, will be in attendance for a Q&A Book your free ticket here: tickettailor.com/events/naas…
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Dublin City Library and Archives are delighted to announce that both the Lord Mayor's Certificate in Local Studies and the Lord Mayor's Certificate in Oral History 2024-2025 will be open to applicants from September 2nd.
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Replying to @CILIPinfo
@CILIPinfo are looking for a researcher to conduct a study into the economic, social, cultural, educational, and innovation & research impacts of enabling more sustainable and inclusive eBook lending - could it be you? #ebookSOS cilip.org.uk/news/678837/Inv…
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How do we archive Palestine with care? Check out our latest zine to learn more about digital activism and archival ethics.
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This #HungerStrikeMedal belonged to Maud Joachim who was arrested, imprisoned & force-fed for campaigning for votes for women. Don't forget to use your hard-won vote tomorrow - so many have fought for this right! #GeneralElections2024 #VotesForWomen
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Learn about how the Israeli library software company profits from Palestinian dispossession and land theft - and how libraries are complicit.
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“...librarians are best equipped to tackle truth decay, by distinguishing between fact & opinion, assessing reliability of sources, identifying potential sources of objective information, & offering a historical perspective.” Read more👇 (click image) cilip.org.uk/news/675106/Lib…
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We hope many of you were lucky enough to witness those beautifully rare night skies over the weekend ✨ In celebration we’re sharing these images from ‘Aurorae: their characteristics and spectra’ by J.Rand Capron, from the RCScI collection #AuroraBorealis #UCD #rarebooks
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Our call for papers is open! Our journal is open access, international, interdisciplinary, with no author fees To look at our submission guidelines and submit your work, click the following link: journal.dbs.ie/index.php/dbs… #OpenResearch #AcademicChatter #scholcomm #OpenAccess
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