Past Seminars
The LIR Group has run an annual seminar every year since 2000. Details of past seminars are listed below.
2000: Annual General Meeting 2000
Annual General Meeting 2000
Thursday February 24th, Room 4050A Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin.
Programme
- 2:00 The Builder Project
Ruth Jenkins, Birmingham University will talk about this eLib Hybrid Library Project - 2.45 The Institutes of Technology MIS project
Ann Cleary, MIS Project - 3:30 Discussion, questions
- 3:45 Tea / Coffee
- 4:00 AGM, Election of new committee members
Discussion on future of LIR
2001: From a Distance: Web based information management
From a Distance: Web based information management (followed by AGM)
Friday 27th April – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Programme
- 2:00 Welcome
- 2.05 OpenLibr@ry: creating library service at a distance
Nicky Whitsed – Director Open University Library - 2:40 Discussion
- 3:00 The Liberated Librarian – facing change in academic libraries
Dr. Judith Palmer – Keeper of Scientific Books – Radcliffe Science Library of Oxford. - 3:40 Discussion
- 4:00 Coffee followed by AGM.
2002: Strategies for quality retrieval in the web environment
Strategies for quality retrieval in the web environment (followed by AGM)
Ussher Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. Tuesday 26th March, 2002
Programme
- 11:00 Coffee & Registration
- 11:30 Chairperson’s Welcome
- 11:40 The Search for quality: productive web searching
John Cox, Deputy Librarian, NUI Galway - 12:20 The National Information Server: a key resource for the Irish higher education community
Marie Reddan, Librarian, NUI Galway. - 12:35 Demonstration of NIS (National Information Server)
Patricia Soria, Web/Information Manager - 12:45 Lunch.
- 2:00 Keeping alert:the productive use of web-based current awareness
Alison McNab, Collection Manager, Journals and Discovery Tools, JISC/DNER. - 2:45 Questions
- 3.00 LIR AGM
- 4:00 Close
2003: The Hybrid Library: Dream of Reality?
The Hybrid Library: Dream of Reality?
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 14th February, 2003
Programme
- 10:30 Coffee & Registration
- 11:00 Chairperson’s Welcome: Overview of the Hybrid Library
- 11:05 The Hybrid Library: Revolution or Evolution
Miriam Corcoran, Sub-Librarian, Planning and Administration, Dublin City University. - 11:30 Managing Electronic Resources
- Managing Management issues in the development of a hybrid library
Sean Phillips, Librarian, Trinity College, Dublin - Hybrid or Hydra? – Managing E-Journals at Trinity College Dublin
John Cremin, Periodicals Librarian, Trinity College Dublin - IRIS: Current State and Future Development
Fiona McGoldrick, Manager IRIS Project
- Managing Management issues in the development of a hybrid library
- 12:30 Lunch.
- 1:30 Virtual Learning Environments
- Linking Digital Libraries with VLEs: The 4i Project at the University of Ulster library
Clare Uhomoibhi, Systems Officer, Library, University of Ulster - Bodington: An Open Source Learning Environment
Jon Maber, Learning Systems Development Officer, University of Leeds
- Linking Digital Libraries with VLEs: The 4i Project at the University of Ulster library
- 2:30 The Hybrid Library Building
- To Build Anew: the University of Ulster Experience
Elaine Urquhart, Assistant Director, Library, University of Ulster - The New Library Project at University College Cork
Seamus McMahon, Deputy Librarian, University College Cork
- To Build Anew: the University of Ulster Experience
- 3:00 Coffee
- 3.20 Staffing the Hybrid Library
- Towards a New Culture in Staffing
Dr. Alan MacDougall, Director of Information Services & Systems, Kings College London
- Towards a New Culture in Staffing
- 3:50 Discussion
- 4:15 AGM
2004: Digital Library Directions: Current Initiatives
Digital Library Directions: Current Initiatives
Davis Theatre, Trinity College Dublin. Friday 26th March, 2004
Programme
- 10:30 Coffee & Registration
- 11:00 Chairperson’s Welcome
- 11:05 Electronic journals: current trends/future directions Helen Fallon, Deputy Librarian, NUI Maynooth
- 11:45 Developments in electronic theses
Geraldine McFeeley, Sub-Librarian, Dublin City University. - 12:00 DAEDALUS: developing an agenda for institutional e-print archives
William Nixon, Glasgow University. - 1:00 Lunch.
- 2:15 TEXTACCESS: Ireland’s resource guide and union catalogue of alternative format resources for print-disabled students
Anne Madden, Project Resource Officer, TextAccess. - 2:30 How to make your e-resources earn their keep.
Ruth Stubbings, Academic Services Manager, Loughborough University Library - 3:15 AHealyLir
Arlene Healy, Sub-Librarian, Trinity College Dublin - 3:45 Questions, Comments, followed by LIR AGM, Close
2005: Digitally Challenged: Recent Trends in Academic Libraries
Digitally Challenged: Recent Trends in Academic Libraries
Mont Clare Hotel Dublin-Friday 25th February, 2005
Programme
- 10:30 Coffee & Registration
- 11:00 Chairperson’s Welcome
- 11:05 Virtually Irrelevant: the digital library conundrum.
Prof. Derek Law Librarian & Head of Information Resources Directorate. - 11:45 SPARC Europe
Paul Sheehan, Director of Library Services, Dublin City University. - 12:15 Google Scholar
Tony Eklof, Information Skills & European Documentation Centre Librarian. University College Dublin. - 12:35 Questions & Debate.
- 12:45 Lunch (not provided).
- 2:00 IReL e-resources
John Fitzgerald, Librarian, University College Cork. - 2:45 Link Resolvers: Serials Solutions
Aine Finucane, Acquisitions Librarian, University of Limerick. - 3:10 Link Resolvers: SFX
Niall McSweeney, Sub Librarian, Information Services, NUI Galway
Monica Crump, Sub Librarian, Bibliographic Services. NUI Galway. - 3:40 Questions, Comments, Close
- 3:45 LIR AGM
2006: In cyberspace no one can hear you scream: managing electronic resources
In cyberspace no one can hear you scream: managing electronic resources
Joly Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin – Tuesday 14th March 2006
Programme
- 10:30 Coffee & Registration
- 11:00 Welcome
- 11:05 Sometimes a Scream is Better than a Thesis.
Peter Brophy, Professor of Information Management and Director of the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM) at the Manchester Metropolitan University. - 11:50 Marshalling the Troops – Tools that Facilitate the Management of Electronic Resources
Yvonne Desmond, Faculty Librarian and Brian Widdis, Assistant Librarian, DIT - 12:10 Needles in Haystacks: Metasearching and Management of Miscellaneous Material
Ronan Kennedy, Electronic Resources Co-ordinator, NUI Galway. - 12:30 Questions & Debate
- 12:45 Lunch (not provided)
- 2:00 One Size Fits All? Metadata for a Multimedia Virtual Library and Archive
John McDonough Project Manager IVRLA, University College Dublin. - 2:20 National Digital Learning Repository
Sean O’Brien, Network Engineer, HEAnet. - 2:40 Revelations: the Introduction of Electronic Theses and Dissertations in TCD
Niamh Brennan, Research Support System Administrator, Trinity College Dublin. - 3:00 Developing Digital Resources for Art and Design Teaching: the NCAD Digitization Project
Dr. Marta Bustillo, Slide and New Media Librarian, National College of Art and Design, Dublin. - 3:20 Questions and debate followed by LIR AGM
2007: The Virtual User: Are You Being Served?
The Virtual User: Are You Being Served?
Organised by LIR HEAnet user group for libraries
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Trinity College Dublin
24 D’Olier Street, D2 (Map) : Thursday 29th March 2007
Draft Programme
- 09.45 – 10.30 Coffee & Registration
- 10.30 Welcome Remarks
- 10.35 – 11.30 Responsive Service Delivery in the Digital Age.
Ellen Breen, Sub-Librarian Information and Public Services, DCU. - 11.30 – 12.15 OJAX: A Web 2.0 search user interface
Dr Judith Wusteman, UCD School of Information & Library Studies - 12.15 – 12.45 New LIR Web site
Tony Murphy, Systems Librarian, Institute of Technology, Tralee. - 12.45 – 2.00 Lunch (not provided)
- 2.00 – 2.40 NDLR and Communities of Practice
Dr Philip Cohen, Head of Library Services, DIT. - 2.40 – 3.05 Podcasting and RSS Feeds
Aine Meehan, Systems Librarian, Sligo Institute of Technology - 3.05 – 3.30 Learning to talk-UCD library’s Pilot Chat Service
Cathal McCauley, Sub-Librarian Reader Services, UCD - 3:30 – 3.50 Questions and Discussion followed by LIR AGM
2008: Empowering Our Users
Empowering Our Users
Organised by LIR HEAnet user group for libraries
Liberty Hall, Dublin : Monday 14th April, 2008
Programme
- 09.45 – 10.30 Coffee & Registration
- 10.30 – 11:45 Welcome Remarks by LIR Chair, Donna O Doibhlin, (UL),
followed by “The network reconfigures the library: place, collections, people and systems.”
Keynote Speaker: Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President and Chief Strategist, OCLC - 11.45 – 12.15 “Semantic Web: What is it? How does it affect libraries?”
Professor Mary Burke, School of Information and Library Studies, UCD - 12:15 � 12:45 “Strategy for improving access to core text materials.”
Elizabeth Murphy, NUI Maynooth - 12:45 � 14:00 Lunch provided for all attendees
- 14:00 � 14:30 “An Irish perspective on emerging social networking technologies and their possible implications for the library world.”
John Breslin, DERI - 14:30 � 15:00 “Personal Technology as an Enabler for Students – Technologies students are using and their experiences.”
Michael Nowlan, independent network and IT consultant - 15:00 � 15:30 “Self service information kiosk”
Tony Clarke, UCD. - 15.30 Seminar Close
- 15.45 LIR AGM
2009: Annual Seminar
2009 Annual Seminar
- New models for scholarly communication – building on thepromise of open access David Prosser, SPARC Europe
YouTube video of David’s talk divided into 4 sections: Part1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
- How to pay for open access Fred Friend, JISC
- IRELOpen for business soon Rachel Hill, DCU
- Is peer review peerless? Tony Eklof, UCD
- The Spiral initiative – Open access at Imperial College, Debbie Shorley, Imperial College, London
- Open data licensing: Trojan horse or sunken treasure Eoin McCarney & Caleb Derven, UCD
- Edugate federated access Glen Wearen, HEAnet
2010 Annual Seminar
2010 Annual Seminar
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS (NOT VERIFIED) ON WED, 06/22/2011 – 10:31
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Ronán Kennedy, LIR Chairman | Seminar Opening |
| Nicky Whitsed, Director of Library Services, The Open University | The Future is mobile; A View from the OU Library, |
| Glenn Wearen, HEAnet | Mobilising at the Campus Border |
| Liam Earney, JISC | When is an access management issue not an access management issue? |
| Deirdre Judge, IADT | RFID Tag Project at IADT |
| Peter Reilly, UL | 23 Things @ UL: Navigating Learners through the Web 2.0 Universe |
| David Kane, WIT | SMS Integration With OPAC, |
| Fiona McGoldrick & Rita Pinhasi, IRIS | IReL Delivers: experiences of an Irish consortium, |
| Niamh O’Sullivan, IBTS | Recessionista Research |
| Tony Eklof, UCD | The European Library and other freesources |
| Aoife Lawton, HSE | Lenus – The Irish Health Repository |
2011: E-Books: Caressing The Divine Details
E-Books: Caressing The Divine Details
25th of March, 2011 at the Davenport Hotel, Dublin.
The programme for the seminar was as follows.
- Opening Address: Ronan Kennedy, Chair LIR
- Keynote: Sarah Thompson and Steve Sharp, York and Leeds Universities
- e-Books -some food for thought: Terry O’Brien WIT
- Digitisation of an 18th Century Limerick Publication: The Magazine of Magazines: Yvonne Diggins, UL
- Rolling out e-Books at NUI Galway: Neil O’Brien, NUI Galway
- Acquiring & accessing ebooks: Claire Kenny DkIT
- e-Books: implementation/administration@DCU: Mary Kiely, DCU
- Keynote II: Paul Harwood JISC
- I want that one: obtaining major textbooks electronically at Trinity College Library: Greg Sheaf, TCD
- Check out a Kindle!: Dan Holden, Queens
- If we lend them they will come? Experience of lending e-book readers at the Glucksman Library, UL: Michelle Breen, UL
- eBooks in St. Patricks College: A Leap in a Year. Liam O’Dwyer, St Patricks College
2012: Collaboration in the cloud: Blue Skies or Grey?
2012 Annual Seminar
Collaboration in the cloud: Blue Skies or Grey?
March 30th, 2012; Liberty Hall, Dublin.
| 09:15 – 10:10 | Coffee & registration |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Seminar opening, Brendan Devlin, Chair LIR group (slides / video) |
| 10:20 – 11:05 | Knowledgebase+: Building a shared service to support the management of e-resources by UK academic libraries Liam Earney, JISC (slides / video) |
| 11:05 – 11:35 | IUA LMS project, Peter Corrigan, NUI Galway (slides / video) |
| 11:35 – 11:45 | Questions & discussion (video) |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Short interval |
| 12.00 – 12:15 | QR Codes: Engaging library users at NUI Maynooth, Elaine Bean, NUI Maynooth (slides / video) |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Mendeley: Warts and all, Peter Reilly, University of Limerick (slides / video) |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | The LIR website, which cloud? Glenn Wearen, HEAnet (slides / video) |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Teachmeets: What they are and why they are gaining popularity with librarians Alison Sharman, University of Huddersfield (slides / video) |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Questions & discussion (video) |
| 13:10 – 14:00 | Lunch (provided) |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Strategies for cloud mobility, Eoin Kenny, HEAnet (slides / video) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Is the future secure?, Brian Honan, Cloud Security Alliance (slides / video) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | An arrow in the cloud: Outsourcing an IR, Yvonne Desmond, DIT (slides / video) |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Short interval |
| 15:40 – 15:55 | Delivering services to mobile constituents, Peter McKiernan, UCD (slides / video) |
| 15:55 – 16:05 | Questions & discussion (video) |
| 16:10 | Close followed by LIR AGM |
2013: Publishing, Partnership and Innovation: the imperatives for the 21st Century Library
2013 Annual Seminar
Publishing, Partnership and Innovation:
the imperatives for the 21st Century Library
March 22nd 2013: Liberty Hall, Dublin
#LIRHEAnet2013
| E-support for research David Groenewegen (Monash University) and Martin Borchert (Queensland University of Technology)(video) |
| One card – Six libraries Jamie Ward (Dundalk Institute of Technology) and Amanda Branigan (Louth County Library)(video, slides) |
| Gender, Sexuality & Feminism; Lessons in starting an Open Access Journal Joseph Greene (University College Dublin)(video, slides) |
| A Libguides pilot at UCD Library: aims, plans and progress to date Ros Pan (University College Dublin)(video, slides, slides on slideshare) |
| Internet Librarian International 2012: Re-imagine, Renew, Reboot: Innovating for Success Marie Cullen – Bursary Presenter (NUI Maynooth)(video, slides) |
| Adventures in Augmented Reality Peter Dudley, Siobhan Dunne, Paraic Elliot (Dublin City University Library)(video / slides) |
| On becoming an author Helen Fallon (NUI Maynooth) and Anne Murphy (Tallaght Hospital Library)(slides) |
| Sharing our practice: the Northants experience Miggie Pickton (University of Northampton)(slides) |
| Community of Practice for Information Literacy Online Teaching Nancy Graham (Birmingham University)(slides) |
| MyRI: the development and use of an RLO Ellen Breen (Dublin City University) and Michael Ladisch (University College Dublin)(slides) |
2014: Pride and Prejudice: the Challenges with Open Access and Open Source
2014 Annual Seminar
Pride and Prejudice: the Challenges with Open Access and Open Source
Friday, March 21st
Trinity College Dublin School of Nursing and Midwifery
D’Olier Street Dublin 2 (map and venue location)
Follow us on Twitter #LIRHEAnet
| 09:15 – 10:10 | Registration |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Seminar opening: Peter Reilly interim Chair LIR group |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Morning Session Keynote: Niamh Brennan, TCD |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | The Power of 3: CUA pools academic research (video)
Jim Foran, Institute Librarian IT Sligo and Meave Mc Cauley, Acting Institute Librarian LYIT. |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Q&A |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | opensource@HEAnet (video)
Glenn Wearen, HEAnet |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | The NUI Maynooth Ken Saro-Wiwa Audio Archive: Creating an Open Access Archive in Soundcloud (video)
Helen Fallon, NUI Maynooth and Anne O’Brien, Kairos Communications |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Portals in the context of open access (video)
Yvonne Desmond, Dublin Institute of Technology |
| 12:30 – 12:40 | Q&A followed by lunch (provided) |
| 13:45 – 14:25 | How to buy free software (video)
Scott Wilson, OSSWatch, Oxford University. |
| 14.25 – 14.45 | Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway! (video)
Niamh Walker Headon, ITT Dublin : Institute of Technology Tallaght |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Writing your own open source software (video)
David Kane, Waterford Institute of Technology |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Q&A |
| 15:10 – 15:25 |
Hugh Murphy and Padraic Stack, NUI Maynooth |
| 15:25 – 15:40 | Open Educational Resources: Nuts and Bolts of Developing an Online Plagiarism Tutorial. (video)
Jennifer Collery, University College Dublin |
| 15:40 – 15:55 | Lightning talks
Deirdre Judge (slides) IADT / David Kane (slides) WIT / Michael Ladisch, UCD (Slides) |
| 15:55 – 16:00 | Q & A |
| 16:00 | Seminar close followed by LIR AGM |
2015: Uncharted Territory? What Next for Webscale Discovery
2015 Annual Seminar
Uncharted Territory? What Next for Webscale Discovery
Monday 30 March 2015
Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
| 9.30-10.10 | Tea/coffee & Registration |
| 10.10-10.15 | Seminar Opening (video) |
| 10.15-11.00 | Transitioning a Vision to Reality: The Wales Higher Education Library Forum (WHELF) Shared Library Project Gareth Owen & Mark Hughes, Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum(slides / video) |
| 11.00-11.30 | Creating Engaging Web Scale Library Discovery for a Google Generation. Hilary Kenna, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology(slides / video) |
| 11.30–11.40 | Q&A (video) |
| 11.40-12.00 | Tea/coffee Break |
| 12.00-12.10 | Bursary Winner’s Report Niamh Walker Headon, IT Tallaght(slides / video) |
| 12.10-12.40 | Discovery Tools – Walking the Tightrope between Complexity and Simplicity Ronán Kennedy, NUI Galway(slides/video) |
| 12.40-13.00 | Making Sense of the Data Jumble – Trinity College Library Dublin’s Discovery Solution Experience. Arlene Healy & Charles Montague, Trinity College Dublin(slides / video) |
| 13.00-13.10 | Q&A (video) |
| 13.10-14.00 | Lunch (tea/coffee and sandwiches provided) |
| 14.00-14.40 | Thinking the Unthinkable: A Library Without a Catalogue. Dorinne Raaimakers, Utrecht University Library(slides / video) |
| 14.40-15.00 | Implementation and Impact of the Introduction of Summon at Maynooth University Library. Valerie Payne & Laura Connaughton, Maynooth University(slides / video) |
| 15.00-15.20 | Library Resource Discovery Service – is Instructional Help Necessary? James Molloy, University College Dublin(slides / video) |
| 15.20-15.30 | One Size Fits Small? A Few Thoughts on Web Discovery Simon Perry, IT Carlow(slides / video) |
| 15.30-15.40 | Q&A (video) |
| 15.40 | Seminar close followed by AGM |
2016: Envisioning Future Library Innovation of Tech Services and Tech Spaces
2016 Annual Seminar
“Envisioning Future Library Innovation of Tech Services and Tech Spaces”
#lirheanet
Thursday, November 24th 2016, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
| 09.30-10.10 | Tea/coffee & Registration |
| 10.10-10.15 | Seminar opening |
| 10.15-11.00 | The re-invention of library spaces: the impact of technology Karen Latimer, Queen’s University Belfastvideo |
| 11.00-11.30 | Security in the cloud Brian Hickey, Dublin Business Schoolvideo |
| 11.30-11.40 | Q&A |
| 11.40-12.00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 12.00-12.30 | Study Space Hogging, towels on deckchairs syndrome Alan Elkes, Telepenvideo |
| 12.30-12.50 | Reliability in the cloud Anna Wilson, HEAnet Ltdvideo |
| 12.50-13.00 | Q&A |
| 13.00-13.50 | Lunch (Tea/coffee & sandwiches) |
| 14.00-14.45 | Designing Stockwell Street Library @University of Greenwich Róisín Heneghan, Heneghan Peng Architectsvideo |
| 14.45-15.00 | The Challenge of Re-Imagining Contemporary Spaces in TCD Library Peter Dudley, Trinity College Dublinvideo |
| 15.00-15.20 | The Maker Space in the Library at NUI Galway – What is it and how is it being used? Connell Cunningham, NUI Galwayvideo |
| 15.20-15.30 | Q&A |
| 15.30-15.40 | Seminar closes, followed by LIR AGM – all welcome to attend |
2017: Cultivating Libraries in a Post Digital Learning Ecosystem
2017 Annual Seminar
LIR Annual Seminar 2017 Friday November 24th
Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Cultivating Libraries in a Post Digital Learning Ecosystem
Keynote Speakers: David White, University of the Arts London and Lee O’Farrell, UCD
| Going beyond the algorithm: learning and libraries in a post digital age (video / slides) David White, University of the Arts London |
| ICLA HE Licence and the Digital Content Store (video / slides Samantha Holman / slides Meghan Mazella ) Samantha Holman ICLA & Meghan Mazella, CLA |
| Q&A |
| LIR Bursary Award Winner’s Conference Report from Internet Librarian International 2017 (video / slides) Niall O’Brien, UCD |
| Evolving technologies in online information literacy provision: the experience of developing the LIST Online project at Maynooth University Library. (video / slides) Áine Carey, MU |
| Q&A |
| Data: an invaluable tool, not a magic wand (video / slides) Lee O’Farrell, UCD |
| Squaring the circle: implementing a Reading List Management System in NUI Galway (video / slides) Hugo Kelly, NUI Galway |
| Koha – Tender Process and Implementation of a Library Management System at the Irish Institutes of Technology (video / slides) Fionnuala Lambert, Educampus, Áine Meehan, IT Sligo & Maura Stephens, GMIT |
| Q&A |
2018: Deciphering Data: Informing Decision-making, Transforming User Experience
2018 Annual Seminar
LIR Annual Seminar 2018 Friday December 5th
Deciphering Data: Informing Decision-making, Transforming User Experience
Keynote Speakers: Cathal McCauley, Maynooth University, Jo Lambert, Jisc and Daniel Albertsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
| What’s the Big Deal? Counting what counts (video / slides) Cathal McCauley, Maynooth University |
| COUNTER – new possibilities with release 5 (video / slides) Daniel Albertsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| Q&A |
| Netsearch (video / slides) Dr Aidan Mooney, Maynooth University |
| Decoding the Data Maze (video / slides) Rose Buttimer, University College Cork |
| Q&A |
| JISC Library Analytics Services (video / slides) Jo Lambert, Jisc |
| Using data to fill an ‘ARC’ (video / slides) Cora Gleeson, University of Limerick |
| Modelling Shelf Space from Catalogue Metadata (video / slides / GitHub) Joe Nankivell, University College Dublin |
| Inside the work of the IReL Monitoring Group (video / slides) Rose Buttimer, University College Cork, Aaron Binchy, Maynooth University |
| Data-informed collections management and GreenGlass in UCD Library (video / slides) Catherine Ryan, University College Dublin |
| Q&A |
2019: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries
2019 Annual Seminar
LIR Annual Seminar 2019 Friday December 6th
Artificial Intelligence and Libraries
| The intelligent library: Thought leaders’ views on the likely impact of Artificial Intelligence on academic libraries (slides) Dr Andrew Cox, Information School, University of Sheffield |
| Deployment of an AI-powered Virtual Librarian in CIT Library Adrian Vaughan CIT & Michael Costello, CIT |
| What role for information professionals in the age of AI? (slides) Michael Upshall, UNSILO |
| Q&A |
| AI and Machine Learning – their impact on research and knowledge (slides) Dr Bernard Butler, TSSG |
| Searching for Meaning in Text: Natural Language Processing (slides) Dr Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs |
| The Mike Cooley Story: A Human-Centered Approach to the Curation of a Special Collection (slides) Brenda O’Neill, WIT |
| Q&A |
2021: Shining a Light in the Post-Truth Era
2021 Online seminar series
April – June 2021
Shining a light in the post-truth era
| To understand the digital revolution we need to escape from the current discourse about it, which is mostly “the sociology of the last five minutes” (to use Michael Mann’s famous phrase). This talk is about taking the long view of our current predicament. (recording) Professor John Naughton |
| We live in an age of disinformation, where falsehoods and propaganda perpetuate further and faster than ever before. Critical thinking is perhaps our only shield against the dangers this poses to us, but it is not a widely understood concept. In this talk, we’ll explore how we go so badly wrong – and how we can protect ourselves from the ravages of a post-truth world. (recording) Dr. David Robert Grimes |
| Beyond changing what we believe to be true, misinformation can distort our memories of the past. In this talk I will discuss research on the effect of misinformation on memories and beliefs, including studies that have demonstrated how fake news can lead to entirely false memories for events that never occurred. The talk will conclude with some evidence-based solutions to reduce susceptibility to misinformation. (recording) Dr. Gillian Murphy |
| Figures, statistics, and increasingly “THE data” are often trotted out to support all manner of nonsensical falsehoods. And not just by deceptive crooks and grifters – even scientists and other experts frequently misuse statistics to make their points. In this talk, I’ll discuss my favorite ways that people fool themselves, and others, with data and statistics. (recording) Dr. Darren Dahly |
| Ireland had always had very low levels of misinformation and false news, right up until Covid happened – and then suddenly it all changed overnight. In this talk I’ll trace how misinformation has exploded in Ireland during the pandemic, the types of false stories that are being shared, what factcheckers are doing to try to stop it, and ask if Ireland can go back to the way things were before or if misinformation is now something that we all have to live with. (recording) Christine Bohan |
| In this seminar, Lord Puttnam will discuss his time as chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies and the committee’s eventual report, ‘Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust’, published in June 2020. Digital media literacy was a key focus of this report, especially the ways in which a country’s education system could empower people to think critically about the information they consume online. Lord Puttnam will consider the role government has to play in equipping citizens with the skills they need to thrive in the digital world, but will also look at what private companies and social media companies could and should be doing to ensure they are fulfilling a duty of care to those that use their services. (recording) Lord David Puttnam |
| Cultural heritage practitioners are simultaneously drawn to and horrified by the potential of AI, machine learning, and data science. With well documented private sector harms in hand and an aspiration toward justice in our work we are positioned to do good by our communities. In what follows I will introduce the concept of “responsible operations” and articulate actions that libraries may take to make positive use of AI, machine learning, and data science in libraries. (recording) Thomas Padilla |
2022: Don't Get Caught With Your Servers Down: Libraries and Cybersecurity
2022 Annual Seminar
LIR Annual Seminar 2022 30th November
O’Reilly Library, DCU Glasnevin Campus
Don’t get caught with your servers down
| Tony Clarke, VP of IT Operations and Information Security at Marken |
| John Cox, University Librarian at the University of Galway |
|
Ransomware Attack. Impact and Lessons Learned: A Library Services Perspective Gillian Kerins, Assistant Head of Library Services: Planning and Administration at TU Dublin |
|
After The Attack: Overview of Security Measures Implemented After A Ransomware Attack Alan Pike, IT Security Officer at TU Dublin |
|
HSE Cyberattack: How SaaS Saved The Day @ HLI Niamh Walker-Headon, Library Resources Manager for Digital Knowledge Services at Health Library Ireland |
|
Cybersecurity in Education Louise O’Sullivan, ICT Security Services Manager at HEAnet |
| Panel Discussion |