Rare Books Group Workshop

30th July 2009
TCD


This all-day workshop explores the difficulties facing Special Collections departments in these straitened times. Each session will be introduced by a short paper setting out areas for discussion. Among the speakers are:

Joseph Marshall, Edinburgh University Library
Siobhán Fitzpatrick, RIA
Evelyn Flanagan, UCD
Crónán Ó Doibhlin, UCC

Further information and booking form here

Institutional Repositories: Special Issue of 'Library Trends'

Volume 57, Number 2, Fall 2008
E-ISSN: 1559-0682 Print ISSN: 0024-2594
Available through Project Muse here

Contents:

• Introduction: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future
• Innkeeper at the Roach Motel
• Institutional Repositories in the UK: The JISC Approach
• Strategies for Institutional Repository Development: A Case Study of Three Evolving Initiatives
• Perceptions and Experiences of Staff in the Planning and Implementation of Institutional Repositories
• Institutional Repositories and Research Data Curation in a Distributed Environment
• At the Watershed: Preparing for Research Data Management and Stewardship at the University of Minnesota Libraries
• Case Study in Data Curation at Johns Hopkins University
• Describing Scholarly Works with Dublin Core: A Functional Approach
• The “Wealth of Networks” and Institutional Repositories: MIT, DSpace, and the Future of the Scholarly Commons
• Leveraging Short-term Opportunities to Address Long-term Obligations: A Perspective on Institutional Repositories and Digital Preservation Programs
• Shedding Light on the Dark Data in the Long Tail of Science

Cataloguing and Indexing Group - Lecture

The Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the LAI are delighted to launch the start of their 2009 activities with an informal evening event on Monday the 23rd of March.  Dot Porter, the Metadata Manager at the Digital Humanities Observatory will be giving a short talk on the DHO, metadata, and possibilities for digital collaboration in Ireland.  This will be followed by the chance to meet others over nibbles.

Time:  Monday 23rd March 2009, 5.30pm - 8.30 pm

Location: Meeting and Council Rooms at the Royal Irish Academy

Map:  http://www.ria.ie/about/location.html

 

Please contact Claire Bell (Secretary – Cataloguing and Indexing Group) at claire.bell@ul.ie to let us know you are coming.

Sources for MARC records and authority control

17/11/08

LAI - CIG

Sources for MARC records and authority control

TBA

Introduction to MARC 21

3/12/08 & 4/12/08

Library Council

Introduction to MARC 21

Dublin

"Everything you wanted to know about COPYRIGHT but were afraid to ask"

"Everything you wanted to know about COPYRIGHT but were afraid to ask"

Waterford Institute of Technology

Monday, September 22, 2008
10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Email: elearning@wit.ie
Tel: 00 353 51 306166

Society of Archivists CPD Information

The Society of Archivists website has comprehensive Continuing Professional Development pages. These pages contain information on:

• SoA CPD Scheme


• Principles and benefits


• Preparing for CPD


• Learning opportunities


• Learning styles


• Situation analysis


• Creating a professional development plan


• Reflective practice


• Learning and development record


• Mentoring

There is a booklet on the topic produced by the Continuing Development Sub-Committee:

MS Word

PDF

Collection Care - Antiques and Fine Art

Collection Care – Antiques and Fine Art is a new autumn course at UCD aimed at those who run period properties that are open to the public or those who are responsible for the maintenance and display of museum collections. Taught by conservator Erica Devine. See the UCD website at www.ucd.ie under Adult Education Centre to book online (course ref. AN122) or email Erica Devine.

Who: University College Dublin, Adult Education Centre
What: Collection Care – Antiques and Fine Art Course Leader: Erica Devine
Where: University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
When: on Thursdays from 7.30pm - 9.30pm over 8 weeks from 9 October–27 November
Booking: www.ucd.ie under Adult Education Centre (course ref. AN122) fee €145
Closing Date: First come, first served

Worth Library, Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin 8

Friday, 9th May 2008 at 4.00pm

Seminar
"Looking under the Covers: Book Bindings in the Edward Worth Library"
Prof. N. Pickwoad, Dir. of the Ligatus Research Unit, Uni. of the Arts, London.
Chair: Mr. Andrew Megaw, Conservation Department, Trinity College, Dublin.

IAML Annual Study Weekend

11 - 14th April 2008

IAML
Annual study weekend
Canterbury

Collection Management

24/5/07 & 25/5/07
LIBER
Think Tank on the future value of the book as artefact and the future value of digital documentary heritage
Stockholm

30/5/07
Society of Archivists
Training day dedicated to disaster planning
Exeter

31/5/07
UKieG
Image management in the bio and environmental sciences: New Directions
Manchester

Collection Management

6/3/07
ASLIB
Electronic Serials Management
London

20/3/07
ASLIB
Digital Rights Management
London

21/3/07
ASLIB
British Official Publications
London

28/3/07
UKeiG
Virtual Rules Ok? Developing a policy for the digital collection
Manchester