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Job opportunities at Maynooth University Library

ColleaguesPlease note that there are currently a variety of posts advertised on the ‘vacancies’ part of the MU website – ranging from Library Assistant through to Assistant Librarian, grade 1. Several more will be advertised in the next week. There are…

Job opportunities at Maynooth University Library

ColleaguesPlease note that there are currently a variety of posts advertised on the ‘vacancies’ part of the MU website – ranging from Library Assistant through to Assistant Librarian, grade 1. Several more will be advertised in the next week. There are…

Job opportunities at Maynooth University Library

ColleaguesPlease note that there are currently a variety of posts advertised on the ‘vacancies’ part of the MU website – ranging from Library Assistant through to Assistant Librarian, grade 1. Several more will be advertised in the next week. There are…

Vacancy – IReL Officer (MU Based)

Job Opportunity – IReL Officer, Irish Research eLibrary (IReL), Maynooth University (Specified Purpose Contract)[A blue and red logo AI-generated content may be incorrect.]IReL is seeking to appoint an IReL Officer who will work with publishers, IReL m…

ISSDA Dataverse Demonstration

Dear all,You are invited to join ISSDA for a demonstration of their newly launchedDataverse on Thursday 16th October at 12 p.m. The event is 1 hour and takesplace over zoom. You can register via Eventbrite here<https://ISSDA_Dataverse_Demo.eventbrit…

Executive Librarian Job Opportunity

Dear all,Please note that the HSE is recruiting Executive Librarian Grade VI level. Current opportunities are in Galway, however a national panel will be formed from this campaign, from which future posts in all locations will be filled.Please contact …

Janeway Symposium May 2026 – call for papers

DCU Library <https://www.dcu.ie/library> will host the 2nd Janeway Symposium<https://www.openlibhums.org/news/859/> on May 21st and 22nd, 2026 – agathering of Janeway users and non-users – on its Glasnevin Campus.We would like to invite abs…

Vacancy: Head of Special Collections & Archives

Colleagues,UCC Library has an open vacancy for Head of Special Collections & Archives. Further particulars below:Head of Special Collections & ArchivesUCC Library is seeking an exceptional leader to join our team as Head of Special Collections …

Launch of ISSDA Dataverse

*Apologies for cross posting*Dear Colleagues,We are pleased to announce that the Irish Social Science Data Archive(ISSDA) <https://www.ucd.ie/issda/> based in UCD Library has justlaunched ISSDADataverse <https://issda.ucd.ie/>, a modern pla…