Past workshops & symposiums

The LIR mission is to keep librarians, academic librarians in particular, informed about technologies that affect their practice.

We Need To Talk About AI takes a look at the emerging issues relating to artificial intelligence and libraries.  Broad themes will include:

• The potential impact of AI on the roles of information professionals
• AI and machine learning: the impact on research
• AI generative tools and academic integrity

Full details here of the seminar here: https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/talk-about-al/

Watch the seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c03wsKZCjUc

The LIR mission is to keep librarians, academic librarians in particular, informed about technologies that affect their practice.

We believe that the transcription and coding of oral material is going to become more popular and so we have designed this plenary session to equip academic librarians, and a broader audience of digital archivists, data stewards, researchers, and historians, with the knowledge and information necessary to at least begin to plan an oral history project.

The Plenary will cover the following key areas:

• Policy and consent forms
• Research methods, interview technique, and planning for digital preservation
• The use of innovative open source software to digitally index recorded interviews and synchronise text with audio and video

Full details here of seminar here: https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/oral-histories-plenary

Watch the seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqrfoX6SJZY

The LIR Group is running a series of the Library Carpentry workshops online starting February 3rd.

 

Library Carpentry is made by librarians, for librarians to help you:
• automate repetitive, boring, error-prone tasks
• create, maintain and analyse sustainable and reusable data
• work effectively with IT and systems colleagues
• better understand the use of software in research

Starting February 3rd two courses below.  Keep an eye on this page and on our twitter feed @lirheanet, for updates.

Full details here: https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/2022/01/19/library-carpentry-online-2/ 

Why Web Security is Relevant to Librarians

Venue: Computer Lab – LC1-016, Languages Centre, Millstream Building, University of Limerick.

Time and date: 11am -2pm, Wednesday June 28th

We are delighted to announce that Brian Hickey (Dublin Business School), who gave an elucidating and provocative talk on cloud based web security at the LIR Annual Seminar 2016, will host a half-day workshop on this topic. Comprehending the reliability of web security is something all libraries need to prioritise.  In this session, Brian will outline practical techniques to ensure cloud based systems are secure.

The session will be pitched at a general library audience looking to garner a deeper understanding of their role in security process and how people / users tend to be the weakest link in the process.

Tech Tools for Teaching: Planning, Pitfalls and Practice

LIR, in collaboration with HEAnet, hosted a half-day workshop on the services available to libraries from HEAnet (direct or via the IT department). This workshop covered current and planned services such as brokerage, eduroam, Edustorage, web-hosting, seminar recordings, desktop/conventional video conferencing, video hosting, Edugate, Ciera cloud platform and other free or paid-for services.  An outline on how HEAnet develop new services in collaboration with HEAnet member institutions was also provided.

Attendees could choose between online or in-person attendance.

The workshop was held in HEAnet’s Offices 20th November 2014 9:45am-12:30pm.

Agenda slides and a recording are provided below.

9:45-10:00	HEAnet Introduction	Brian Boyle
10:00-10:15	Contracts Management / Procurement	Garvan McFeeley
10:15-10:25	Edugate	Glenn Wearen
10:25-10:30	Edustorage	Orla McGann
10:30-10:40	Security scanning/auditing & Certificates	Glenn Wearen
10:50-10:55	IdP-hosting	Glenn Wearen
10:55-11:05	Datacenter hosting	Orla McGann
11:05-11:20	Web-hosting & Moodle hosting	Robert Gallagher
11:20-11:40	Multimedia	Justin Hourigan
11:40-11:50	Ciera (cloud platform)	Robert Hackett
11:50-12:05	eduroam	Louis Twomey
12:05-12:15	Listserv, DNS registration	Brian Boyle
12:15-12:30	2014-15-ClientRequirementsProcess1	Brian Boyle
12:30	Q&A / Close

Video/Web conference Recording of this workshop

LIR #irelibchat Summary: Mobile Technologies in Libraries

The LIR HEAnet Group for Librarians (LIR) was delighted to join forces with #irelibchat on this month’s Twitter chat. At a seminar in November, we had seen that librarians were really animated about mobile technologies and we were keen to continue that conversation. With over two hundred tweets on the night, we weren’t disappointed – not bad for what turned out to be a gorgeous Summers evening!

The full version of this posting is hosted on LibFocus

Shibboleth Access

This workshop  was conducted by Glenn Wearen of HEAnet, giving an introduction and overview of the Shibboleth identity management systems.

Presentation slides are here.

Recessionista Research: the What, the Why and the How

Presenter: Niamh O’Sullivan (Librarian, Irish Blood Transfusion Service)
Date: Thursday 1st July 2010
Time: 10am – 1pm (Registration 9.30am)
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Niamh O’Sullivan will explore in more depth the free web resources shown in her original talk to the
LIR Annual Seminar in March this year. That presentation essentially covered the “What” as in what
free web resources she uses. This Workshop will also cover the “Why” and the “How”. The “Why”
will put the use of these free resources into context and the “How” will show you how it’s done. The
workshop will be a relaxed and informal knowledge sharing session so bring any burning questions
you have with you, as well as your favourite sites and net tips to share. The workshop should be of
relevance to all subject disciplines.

• 10.00-11.20
  This session will explore general free websites & tools and give handy tips for the Net.
  Some advanced search tips using Google search shortcuts and limits.
• 11.20
  Teabreak Refreshments provided
• 11.40-1.00
  Practical session on how to set up Google Alerts, use feed readers e.g. Google Reader, use Google
  Documents, Picasa and personalize your Google homepage with nifty gadgets in I-Google. Niamh
  will also cover how she set up and developed the Subject Specific Alerts Service she runs for IBTS
  staff using many of the above free resources.

Health Information Resources Workshop

This workshop was delivered by Breffni Smith of the RCSI covered the topic of paid resources for health information subjects.

Presentation slides here

“Playing the Game of Bibliometrics”

Large Training Room in DIT Aungier Street Library

Sign in & Coffee: 10.00

• 10.00 – 10.35 Introduction by Dr Philip Cohen – DIT Head of Library Services
• 10.35 – 10.50 Rosarie Coughlan “The ‘H Factor’ – benchmarking research performance using citation metrics “
  Citation metrics have become key numbers for journals, institutions and individuals, and a
  host of different models are emerging. This session will explore the application and
  significance of bibliometrics for benchmarking research.
• 10.50 – 11.05 First snapshop:  Kevin Lalor:
  Title Case study of personal use of bibliometrics and the issues and
  pressures that have been created by them.
• 11.05 – 11.35 Coffee
• 11.40 – 12.00 Second snapshot
  Individual Academics STM – Case study of personal use of bibliometrics and
  issues and pressures that have been created by them.
• 12.05 – 12.50 Keynote: David Clay: Liverpool University:
  David will provide an insight into the use of impact factors as part of Research
  Assessment exercises in the UK with a reflection on lessons that may apply to the
  Irish context.
• 12.50 – 2.00 Lunch ( Not provided)
• 2.00 – 3.30 Thompson Reuters
  Various Tools to identify impact factors: What are they and how to use them – This
  session will involve a number of practical exercises.
• 3.30 – 4.00 Coffee
• 4.00 – 4.30 Discussion and round up.

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin

Friday 8th December, 2006

Programme

• 10:30-11:00 Tea and Coffee
• 11:00-11:05 Welcome Remarks
• 11:05-11:45 Setting the scene: web 2.0 and library 2.0
  Ronan Kennedy, Information Services NUI Galway.
• 11:15-11:45 Discovering library resources in the web 2.0 world
  Trevor Peare, Keeper (Readers’ Services & Systems) TCD
• 11:45-12:15 Virtual learning in art and design: the potential of Second Life
  John O Connor, Head of Art, Design and Printing DIT
• 12:15-12:45 Discussion
• 12:45-2.00 Lunch
• 2:00-2:30 Libraries and blogs: new communication tools for academic librarians
  Josh Clark and Diarmuid Stokes, Science Librarians UCD
• 2:30-3.00 Urbi et orbi – how podcasting is changing education
  Alex Gibson, Acting Head of Department of Tourism, DIT

VLEs and Irish Libraries: An Institutional Update

HEAnet Ballsbridge, Dublin

Thursday 1st of September, 2005

Programme

• 10:30-11:00 Coffee and Registration
• 11:00-11:45 WebCT
  • WebCT in DIT Libraries Brian Gillespie
  • WebCT in WIT Libraries Neil Quinlan
  • Questions
• 11:45-12:45 Moodle
  • Moodle in RCSI Library Paul Murphy
  • Moodle in DCU Library Amanda Halpin
  • Moodle in HEAnet Stephen Yates
  • Questions
• 12:45-1:15 Light Lunch provided
• 1:15-2:15 Other VLEs
  • Blackboard in UCD Library Calerie Kendlin
  • HELMS in Hibernia College Jessica Eustace
  • MyVLE in Maynooth Library Helen Fallon
  • Questions

DCU Library

Friday 22 February 2008 11a.m. – 4p.m.

Draft Timetable

The draft timetable is provided purely as a resource – it may be changed / amended as desired by the participants:

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee / meet & greet
• 11:00 – 13:00 Overview / Review
  • Role of HEAnet’s “Information Resources Zone” Contents / layout / selection criteria / etc.?
  • Review of Irish resources on Institutional Web Pages
  • Compilation of relevant own institution web pages?
  • Suggestions of websites / blogs / etc. for inclusion on Zone?
• 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 1838 Club
• 14:00 – 16.00 COntinuation of Review / Overview?
  • Needs of Business / Commerce Librarians
  • How can LIR / HEAnet serve these better?
  • Possibility of semi-formal Network to progress issues?
  • Workshop on biennial basis