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Be Media Smart campaign (Mar 18th – April 7th)
*Apologies for cross-posting*A new Irish public awareness campaign will go live on 18th March to coincide with European Media Literacy Week (18-22 March), to help people identify sources of information that may be unreliable, as well as deliberately fa…
OASPA Webinar: Implementing a consortial funding model for open access publishing
Dear Colleagues,This webinar might be of interest to some of you. We are going to be hearing a lot more about open access publishing in the months ahead as we look for innovative new ways to fund scholarly publishing. It will take place on April 4 at 3…
Repositories and research impact
Hello everyone,We are hosting a talk on repositories, their role and research impact in Higher Education as well as launching our own repository on 5th April 2019. Our guest speaker is Laura Rooney Ferris, Lenus repository manager.Click here<https:/…
Library Carpentry: Instructor Training in UCD on the 24th and 25th of June
Dear All,This 2 day training event will be held in the UCD James Joyce Library prior to the LIBER conference. This is a LIR event, and are currently offering a savage discount to LIR members. The cost to you will be €30 – much lower than the advertised…
Important update on Digital Content Store and the ICLA
Dear All,As recently as 2017, we had Samantha Holman from the ICLA & Meghan Mazella, from the CLA talk about HE Licence and the Digital Content Store at our annual seminar (see: video<https://media.heanet.ie/page/e98aa16c60b7608692d73280a24eb759…
LAI/CILIP Conference – Don’t miss out on early bird rate
Dear Colleagues,There are only two weeks left to take advantage of the early bird rate for the joint LAI/CILIP Conference. We have three fantastic keynotes and a great line up of posters and papers.http://conference.libraryassociation.ieEarly bird regi…
Job vacancy at NUI Galway: Open Scholarship Librarian
A post of Open Scholarship Librarian has been advertised at NUI Galway; details are at http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/jobs/, with closing date of Friday 22 February.Best wishes,JohnJohn CoxUniversity LibrarianLibrary, Hardiman BuildingNational Univer…
Re: Providing Endnote training to outside organisations
Hi Diarmuid,No, not as far as I’m aware.AmandaAmanda HalpinElectronic Resources and Serials ManagerDublin City University LibraryTe: +353-1-7005185Email: amanda.halpin@dcu.ieOn Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 12:28, Diarmuid Stokes <diarmuid.stokes@ucd.ie> wr…
Providing Endnote training to outside organisations
Hi,A quick query for a Thursday afternoon.Do any of your organisations provide EndNote, or any similar product,training for companies or organisations not affiliated to your ownorganisation?Thanks for your helpDiarmuid
Teaching Fellow, School of Information & Communication Studies – extended job posting
*Please circulate widely to your networks*The School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin seeks to appoint a temporary teaching fellow. The successful candidate will ideally commence in early March 2019 (or shortly ther…
Teaching Fellow, School of Information & Communication Studies – extended job posting
*Please circulate widely to your networks*The School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin seeks to appoint a temporary teaching fellow. The successful candidate will ideally commence in early March 2019 (or shortly ther…
Call for Papers for WBIMLC 2019, Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 20th-21st 2019. Call for papers due May 10th 2019.
Apologies for Cross Posting. Please see Call for Papers for WBIMLC 2019, Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 20th-21st 2019. Call for papers deadline: 10th May 2019.WESTERN BALKAN INFORMATION AND MEDIA LITERACY CONFERENCE 2019.THEME: FREEDOM, ACCURAC…
LibPMC – Final call for papers
*with apologies for cross posting*International Conference on Performance Measurement in LibrariesThe International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries brings together practitioners, researchers, educators and students interested in all …
Vacancy – Lifelong Learning and Research Services Assistant Librarian, Institute of Technology Carlow
The Institute of Technology Carlow seeks to recruit a Lifelong Learning and Research Services Assistant Librarian. The successful candidate will support and partner with the Faculty of Lifelong Learning to provide a tailored library service to part tim…
LAI/CILIP Joint Annual Conference
The Library Association of Ireland is delighted to announce our final line up of keynote speakers for the LAI/CILIP Joint Annual Conference on April 10th and 11th in Kilashee House Hotel.Erik Boekesteijn,<http://conference.libraryassociation.ie/pers…
LAI/CILIP Joint Annual Conference – call for papers
**Apologies for cross posting**Dear ColleaguesThe call for papers for the 2019 LAI/CILIP Joint Annual Conference is open. This is a great opportunity for library staff from all sectors to share their experiences of working on initiatives and projects. …
CONUL Innovation Day 2019: Transforming the Library at the University of Limerick – 11am-3pm, Tuesday 15th January 2019
Dear ColleaguesThe CONUL Training & Development Committee are delighted to announce Innovation Day 2019: Transforming the Library at the University of Limerick, 11am-3pm, Tuesday 15th January 2019, University of Limerick. This is an opportunity to visi…
Vacancy – Teaching Fellow (temporary)
*Please circulate to relevant networks*Teaching Fellow, UCD School of Information and Communication Studies (Temporary)The UCD School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin seeks to appoint a Temporary Teaching Fellow.The…
LIR Seminar Videos now Online
Dear All,The video recordings from our 2018 LIR Seminar are online. You can see them here: https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/2018/07/26/lir-seminar-deciphering-data-informing-decision-making-transforming-user-experience-december-5/I have one favour …
Vacancy: Teaching & Learning Librarian
—Job Vacancy at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI): Teaching & Learning Support LibrarianDepartment: RCSI LibraryLocation: RCSI Library, RCSI, 26 York Street, Dublin 2Reporting to: Associate Librarian (Education, Research & Clini…