October 2010
The IVRLA is running a series of exciting events in November in order to showcase its material, and to officially launch the IVRLA.
Details about these events can be found in the news centre and on the Innovation Dublin 2010 website. IVRLA is proud to be part of Innovation Dublin 2010.
List below are a summary of the events in November - please check the news centre for more details.
| Date | Venue | Time | Event | Presenter |
|---|
| 10th Nov | UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland | 12-2pm | Digital Research with the IVRLA | Francesca Benatti |
| 10th Nov | Invitation Only | | Formal IVRLA Launch Event | |
| 11th Nov | James Joyce Library Room 130 | 4-6pm | Literary Mediascapes:
IVRLA and Irish Literature | Professor Gerardine Meaney |
| 12th Nov | Newman House, St Stephen's Green | 1-2pm | From Oral to Digital Culture
(Joint IVRLA-UCD John Hume Institute event) | Professor Karen Corrigan |
| 15th Nov | Clinton Auditorium, UCD John Hume Institute | 4.30-6pm | Creative Cities: Cultural and Technological Change from the 19th to the 21st century (Joint IVRLA-UCD John Hume Institute event) | Panel Discussion |
| 17th Nov | UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland | 4-6pm | Rising to Recession: Ireland's first 100 years and
the IVRLA | Professor Mary E. Daly |
March 2010
IVRLA is pleased to announce that 17 of our collections are available through cultural heritage portal Europeana.
IVRLA Collections currently available through Europeana:
- Boehm/Casement Correspondence
- Beranger Watercolours at UCD Library
- Schools' Manuscript Collection: Carna & Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
- UCD Ephemera Collection
- Folklore Photograph Collection
- Historic Maps Collection
- Papers of Michael Collins
- UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute Monograph Collection
- Papers of Eugene O'Curry
- John O'Donovan/William Reeves Correspondence
- Colm Ó Lochlainn Collection – Ballads
- UCD Letters
- Papers of Françoise Henry
- Papers of Dr William Frazer
- Geological Survey Maps Collection
- Schools' Manuscript Collection – My Home District
- Luke Wadding Papers
IVRLA Events 2009
The following are the first in a series of IVRLA-funded events relating to the various
research projects now part of the IVRLA. Enjoy!
5th December 2009
Irish Children’s Literature and Culture
Symposium
Speakers: Mary Shine Thompson, Valerie Coghlan, Celia Keenan,
Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Patricia Kennon, Ciara Ní Bhroin,
Susan Cahill, and Oisín McGann.
Time and Location: 10am-4pm in Room H204, second floor, UCD Humanities Institute
of Ireland (building number 43, grid ref F9 on the
UCD Campus Map), Belfield, Dublin 4
RSVP: susan.cahill@ucd.ie
20th November 2009
International Crosscurrents in 20th Century Irish
Poetry
Speakers: Lucy Collins (UCD - Chair), Peter Denman (NUIM): “Theme, Version and
Form: Ciaran Carson’s Translations”, Eileán Ní
Chuilleanáin (TCD): “A Hare-brained Idea? Researching Poetry Translation
into Irish”, Vincent Woods (RTE): “Travel Notes: Pearse Hutchinson and European
Identities”
Time and Location: 3pm in room H204, second floor, UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland,
(building number 43, grid ref F9 on the UCD Campus Map)
, Belfield, Dublin 4
RSVP: borbala.farago@ucd.ie
17th November 2009
Digitising humanities and social sciences: promises,
paradoxes and problems
Speaker: Professor Sally Wyatt, Digital Cultures in Development, University of
Maastricht
Time and Location: 5pm in room H204, second floor, UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland,
(building number 43, grid ref F9 on the UCD Campus Map)
, Belfield, Dublin 4
RSVP: hii@ucd.ie or 01-7164690
November 2009
The IVRLA is proud to announce the launch of two collections last month. The
Folklore Photograph Collection and the
Papers of Michael Collins are now available online. The original source material is
available for consultation in their respective repositories. Details are available on
the collection description pages for each collection.
The IVRLA would also like to extend a warm welcome to Dr Dervila Layden (Research
Coordinator), Katie Moten (Digitisation Assistant) and Joe Lakes (IT Support), who have
joined the team over the last few months.
We would also like to welcome all the Principal Investigators and Research Assistants who
have joined the team in creating an exciting new Research Area for the Repository. More
details and full staff listings will be available shortly.
August 2009
The IVRLA is proud to announce the launch of the
UCD Ephemera Collection.
The original collection is held in Special Collections, UCD Library,
and consists of a unique and varied selection of ephemera relating to the history and development
of UCD. It features photographs, pamphlets, invitations, manuscript notes, advertisements, timetables,
circular letters and programmes associated with important events, groups and celebrations within UCD
and its antecedent institutions, including the 1954 centennial celebrations of the Catholic
University of Ireland, and the conferring of the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa on President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1963.
Click on UCD Ephemera Collection to go to this collection.
The IVRLA would also like to extend a warm welcome to Robert McEvoy and Mark Sayers, who
joined the team as cataloguers.
June 2009
The IVRLA would like to extend a warm welcome to Antoinette Doran, who started this month
as a Cataloguer.
January 2008
IVRLA Job Vacancies
The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive is a HEA PRTLI-funded project based in
University College Dublin. The Project is a component of the research programme of the
Humanities Institute of Ireland (UCD HII) and its aims are to support leading-edge
research by enabling access to digitised content and to undertake direct research on
digitisation and digital repositories.
The project has forged close links with a number of UCD Colleges and Schools interested
in progressing an eHumanities agenda and is also working on the development of a
long-term digital preservation repository as a complement to the access focused IVRLA.
Following on from the launch of the digital repository in September 2007, the IVRLA
is building on its success and experience in the area of digital repository development
and wishes to expand its multi-disciplinary team. It is currently seeking applications
for the following roles:
Further details about the project are available at
the IVRLA website
and details about the job vacancies are available at
www.ucd.ie/hr/html/vacancies/index.html#lib
Closing date is Friday 8th February.
- The IVRLA would also like to wish Joseph Greene a fond farewell and best wishes in his
new endeavours.
