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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…

Hi all,Circulating on behalf of AS & L.Thank you,JeanMs Jean Murphy BA, MLISLibrary Digital Systems and Services Co-Ordinator[cid:rcsi-crest-signature_f581c185-1d03-45c8-a786-23d8ece3d391.png]RCSI RCSI LibraryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland26 …

Brilliant, Santa should go into consultancy as the one person withcenturies of experience and a global reach.PeterOn Tue 17 Dec 2019, 12:50 p.m. Jean Murphy, <jeanmurphy@rcsi.ie> wrote:>> *Ms **Jean Murphy* BA, MLIS> Library Digital Syst…

[cid:image001.jpg@01D5B4D7.20B4DD30]Ms Jean Murphy BA, MLISLibrary Digital Systems and Services Co-Ordinator[cid:rcsi-crest-signature_f581c185-1d03-45c8-a786-23d8ece3d391.png]RCSI RCSI LibraryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland26 York Street Dublin 2 …

I’ve had the March edition of Cilip’s Information Professional Magazine beside me for months now, and failed to actually pick it up. Cover story was on AI and Ethicshttps://www.cilip.org.uk/news/442030/Kriti-Sharma-Ethics-AI-and-bots.htmRegards,PeterFr…

Hi David,I have retweeted the OCLC article from the LIR twitter account.Let me take a look at mentimeter.regards,James MolloyCollege Liaison LibrarianEngineering and ArchitectureUCD LibraryRoom 302, Level 3, James Joyce BuildingT: +353 (0)1 7167369 | E…

Hi David,On a related note:It’s a week tomorrow (Friday Dec 12th) since we held the Seminar.We need to send out the Menti feedback link to attendees while the seminar is still fresh in their minds.As we were unable to get the link working last week in …

Dear Colleagues,This is the last chance to register for LIR. If you intend to come to the seminar, but have not registered yet, please do so now.You can register for the seminar here: https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/2019/10/01/lir-seminar-smart-us…

2020 CONUL CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS FINAL REMINDERThe 2020 annual conference of CONUL<http://conference.conul.ie/>, the Consortium of National and University Libraries in Ireland, will be held in Limerick, Ireland on Wednesday, 27th and Thursd…

REMINDER: Our webinar where you can find out more about the CLA Digital Content Store (DCS) is tomorrow morning at 11am!Even if you cannot attend live, be sure to register to get access to the recording. Register here:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/r…

Dear Library Colleagues,If you intend to be at the LIR seminar in Cork this year, then I would advise you to register at the link below. It helps us with planning. We are, foremost, an academic library network. However, due to the broad appeal of this …

The UK Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) would like to invite you to a free webinar about CLA’s copyright and digitisation workflow tool the Digital Content Store (DCS).This will be a 45 minute session demonstrating the DCS, its functionality, and how I…

2020 CONUL CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERSThe 2020 annual conference of CONUL<http://conference.conul.ie/>, the Consortium of National and University Libraries in Ireland, will be held in Limerick, Ireland on Wednesday, 27th and Thursday, 28th May 20…