LIR HEAnet USER GROUP FOR LIBRARIES

The LIR User Group has begun its 2009-2010 Workshop Series, covering the theme ‘Rising To The Challenge’.

For information on each workshop, and on the series in general, visit the Workshops page.

Established in 1993 LIR exists to:

• Provide a forum for discussion on the use of electronic resources and networks by HEAnet Libraries.
• Assist in development and training for their effective use
• Encourage communication and co-operation between member libraries in accessing electronic resources.
• Represent the views of the HEAnet Libraries on the NIS Advisory Committee and to other relevant organisations.

Full membership is open to HEAnet affiliated Libraries and associate membership to all other interested institutions. Current membership includes the Universities and many of the Institutes of Technology.
The LIR Committee meets on a regular basis and organises the activities of the group.
The AGM provides a forum for discussion for the member institutions, and each may nominate two voting delegates. LIR also maintains this website and an e-mail list, LIR-L, for all Irish library staff.
To subscribe to LIR-L send an e-mail with the following message in the body Subscribe LIR-L [your name] You will then receive confirmation and details of how to send messages to the list.
LIR-L acts as a forum for the exchange of information and advice and serves as a medium for discussion for all issues relating to library and information work. It is somewhere one can raise issues or find out about similar practices in other institutions. The LIR-L archive offers a view of previous discussions.