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Dear Colleagues,You are invited to the free UKSG webinar: "Writing articles for Insights and other journals "https://bit.ly/3adjb1DDate: Thursday 7 May 2020Time: 1300 BST (British Summer Time)Duration: 45-60 minutes including Q&ASpeakers:…

?Hi David – I have signed up to attend the session tomorrow, but I also have our own teams meeting at 10.00 – Would it be okay to join the lesson by 10.30?I hope this finds you well?Best WishesHelen

Dear all,NUI Galway will host a virtual ‘Open Scholarship Week’ (OSW2020) with the aim of showcasing the importance of research and education that is accessible to everyone. The event will take place online from 11-15 May.The current coronavirus pandem…

Hello,IT Sligo are grateful to Sligo County Libraries for lending their 3D printers in the production of PPE. If there are any other libraries or schools in the Northwest region that have 3D printers available or if they know of any innovation/creative…

The UCD School of Information and Communication Studies is seeking an occasional lecturer for IS40370 Management for Information Professionals. The module involves topics including, but not limited to, leadership skills and advocacy, strategic thinking…

Hi everyone,Good news (much needed these days), places still available this Wednesdaymorning for the LIR Group series of Library Carpentry workshops.Book here<https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/2020/03/19/library-carpentry-online/>for Tidy Data…

*** Apologies for cross posting ***Closing date 3pm on Monday 27th AprilDigital Preservation ManagerThe National Library of Ireland is offering an excellent opportunity to work as a Digital Preservation Manager. The successful candidate will take up a …

Dear Colleagues,The next two carpentry lessons will be delivered online this weekIntroduction to Git April 1 10:00 am (Instructor – Liam O’Dwyer)OpenRefine April 3 10:00 am (Instructor – Sinead Keogh)Book now to avoid disappointment. Link below:https:/…

Thanks David,I will write a tweet for an overview of your email.Only thing that was left out was a mention that each session will belimited to a maximum of 12 people per workshop.Well done, it was a great idea and you have turned it around really fast….

Dear All,At LIR, we have been working hard on a way to fulfil our mission in these unusual times.We will deliver all Library Carpentry lessons online free of any charge to librarians online. The lessons start on Wednesday 25th of March with Intro to Da…

Dear All,Please register your interest for the next LIR Event:We will be running a Library Carpentry Session at Athlone I.T. The lessons that we will be teaching are SQL and OpenRefine.Please register yourself here if you are interested:https://lirgrou…

Dear Colleagues,You may be interested in the publication of Sustainable and FAIR Data Sharing in the Humanities<https://allea.org/portfolio-item/sustainable-and-fair-data-sharing-in-the-humanities/>, a new ALLEA report authored by the working gro…

Dear Colleagues,I would like to draw your attention to a new opportunity to join the team here at The Library of Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin:Head of Content Management & Open Scholarship, see:http://jobs.tcd.ieI would be most g…

Dear Colleagues,You are warmly invited to the following events in our Unboxing Open Scholarship series<https://libguides.tcd.ie/open-scholarship/relive2019>:<https://libguides.tcd.ie/open-scholarship/relive2019>’Open Education Talks’. Dr. A…

Dear all,Early Delegate Registration is now open for the CONUL Annual Conference 2020 taking place on the 27th & 28th May in The Strand Hotel, Limerick http://conference.conul.ie/registration-2020/ Please note Early Delegate Registration is only av…

Apologies for Cross Posting. Please see Call for Papers for WBIMLC 2020, Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 10th-12th 2020. Call for papers deadline: 10th May 2020.WESTERN BALKAN INFORMATION AND MEDIA LITERACY CONFERENCE 2020.THEME: INFORMATION LITE…

[cid:image001.jpg@01D5E25E.AEA5C3C0]The University of Limerick (UL) with over 16,300 students and 1,400 staff is an energetic and enterprising institution with a proud record of innovation and excellence in education, research and scholarship. The dyna…

Dear Maura,We used heat mapping with hotjar. It was very useful and informed some changed that inceased website usage.NIamh[cid:image001.jpg@01D5D6B4.E55507B0]Niamh Walker-Headon BA, MSc LIS, ALAI.Systems LibrarianTallaght Campus

Dear all,If anybody out there has done any library website / library search engine usability testing, I would be very interested in how you approached the process, and what if any external tools you used?We are looking at testing using a heatmapping se…

Dear Colleagues,We will be holding the LIR AGM at 11am on the 20th of February. If anyone wants to represent their institution at the committee, then now would be a good time. We also would like to hear from you if you have any suggestions for amendmen…