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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…