Programme 2020

The May 2020 programme is indicative of the conference schedule but is subject to change in the coming months.
Presenters who can’t attend the new dates (25-26 November 2020) should contact events@conferenceorganisers.ie to withdraw their paper.

 

 

WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2020

  

9:00am – 10:45am

REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS/SPONSOR EXHIBITION

  

10:45am – 11:50am

PLENARY SESSION: Shannon Suite

  

 

WELCOME: Monica Crump, Chair of the CONUL Conference Committee and Allison Kavanagh, Chair of CONUL

  
 
 

KEYNOTE: “Imagining research libraries in a computational future”, Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  
 

11:50am – 1:00pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 – PARALLEL PAPERS

  
 

Shannon Suite:

Harris Suite:

O’Brien & Wogan Suite:

  
 

Theme: Transforming library spaces

Theme: New synergies & transformations for library collections

Theme: Enabling teaching, learning and research

  
 

Derek Mackenzie (City, University of London) Extensions and adaptations at City Library

Hugh Murphy (Maynooth University) The changing face of primary sources

Alan Carbery (University College Cork) & Siobhan Dunne (Trinity College Dublin) Future Directions for Library Instruction: a Delphi Study to Inform Digital Teaching and Learning

  
 

Ann Byrne (University College Cork) The Future of Libraries in a More Sustainable World

Evelyn Flanagan (University College Dublin) Authentic research experience for UCD’s BA Humanities

Aine Carey & Saoirse de Paor (Maynooth University) ‘Raising our standards’: evaluating a new teaching model at MU Library and re-aligning objectives in a time of change in higher education

  
 

Ciara McCaffrey (University of Limerick) Building the library of the future

Niamh Ní Riain (National Library of Ireland) The Future is in our Hands

Meg Westbury & Kirstie Preest (University of Cambridge) Developing a Nationally Accredited Teaching Course for Librarians: Improving Information Literacy Teaching at Cambridge

  

1:00pm – 2:00pm

LUNCH / SPONSOR EXHIBITION

  

2:00pm – 3:00pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2 – LIGHTNING TALKS / SHOW & TELL

  
 

Shannon Suite:

Harris Suite:

O’Brien & Wogan Suite:

  
 

Theme: New synergies & transformations for library collections

Theme: Scholarly communications and the library as publisher

Show & Tell:  Developing the library workforce

  
 

Killian Downing (National Archives, Europeana) Europeana Network Association: Connecting Communities to Libraries

Fiona Morley (Maynooth University) Library as Publisher- exploring open journal publishing models in Maynooth University Library

Assumpta Byrne (Athlone Institute of Technology), David Kane (Waterford Institute of Technology), Sinéad Keogh (University of Limerick), Ken Lacey (Technological University Dublin), Jean Murphy (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), Liam O’Dwyer (Dublin City University) The (Library) Carpenters – we’ve only just begun

  
 

Leanne Harrington (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Dissecting Digital Collections: futureproofing access to Ireland’s medical and surgical history

Sinéad Hanrahan & Thérèse Ahern (Cork Institute of Technology) Scholarly Communications Building Bridges Between the Library and Faculty: The Case of CIT’s First Student-led Journal

    
 

Sarah Timmins (RCSI)Developing an oral history project

Christopher Hollister (University at Buffalo) Reclaiming the Scholarly Record: The Case Study of a Successful, Independent, Library-Published Journal

    

3:00pm – 3:20pm

POSTER EXHIBITIONS: Shannon Suite Foyer

  

3:20pm – 3:45pm

SPONSORS EXHIBITION / REFRESHMENTS

  

3:45pm – 5:00pm

PRENARY PRESENTATIONS & SHORT SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS

  

 

John Cox (National University of Ireland, Galway) Five Forces Driving Future Academic and Research Library Strategy

  

 

Chris Powis (University of Northampton) “Are we in the library yet?”: the University of Northampton’s Waterside campus.

  

 

To be confirmed

  

5:00pm-5:30pm

POSTER EXHIBITIONS: Shannon Suite Foyer

  

7:00pm-8:00pm

DRINKS RECEPTION

  

8:00pm

DINNER & AWARDS

  

 

  

THURSDAY 28th MAY 2020

  

9:00am – 9:30am

SPONSORS EXHIBITION / REFRESHMENTS

  

9:30am – 10:30am

PLENARY SESSION: Shannon Suite

  

 

WELCOME: Monica Crump, Chair of the CONUL Conference Committee

  

 

KEYNOTE: “Working Together”, Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal for Online Learning, Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services, University of Edinburgh

  

10:30am – 11:30am

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3 – LIGHTNING TALKS

  

 

Shannon Suite:

Harris Suite:

O’Brien & Wogan Suite:

  
 

Theme: New synergies & transformations for library collections

Theme: Enabling teaching, learning & research

Theme: Changing & enhancing library services

  
 

Michelle Breen & Cora Gleeson (University of Limerick) Innovations in Collection Development; reflecting on the use of Approval Plans at the University of Limerick

Dr. Johanna Archbold (Athlone Institute of Technology) Imagining the Future and How We Get There- The Role of the Library as AIT develops from being an Institute of Technology to a Technological University

Peter Dudley & Charles Montague (Trinity College Dublin) The Implementation of an RFID security and circulation system in the Library of Trinity College Dublin

  
 

Ronán Kennedy (National University of Ireland, Galway) You Can’t Make An Omelette Without Breaking Some Eggs – Breaking Down & Rebuilding The E-Resource Service in NUI Galway

Jack Hyland (IReL), Alex Kouker (Dublin City University) & Dmitri Zaitsev (Trinity College Dublin) Open Access eXchange: a model for financing scholarly communications

Neil O’Brien (National University of Ireland, Galway) ILL review and reform at NUI Galway

  
 

Julia Christopher (University College Dublin) Step-by-Step: Transforming UCD Library’s Book Collection

Cillian Joy (National University of Ireland, Galway), Caleb Derven (University of Limerick), Arlene Healy (Trinity College Dublin) & Eoin Kilfeather (National Library of Ireland)  CONUL Digital Scholarship Action Plan

Assumpta Byrne (Athlone Institute of Technology) Technology and students: managing development and changes

  
 

Elizabeth Murphy (Maynooth University) Evidence-Based Acquisitions (EBA): A case study from Maynooth University Library

  

Louise Gallagher (Trinity College Dublin) Frontline Counter Services: Possible Futures, Potential Forms

  
         

11:30am – 11:45am

POSTERS EXHIBITION: Shannon Suite Foyer

  

11:45am – 12:15pm

SPONSORS EXHIBITION / REFRESHMENTS

  

12:15pm – 1:25pm

BREAKOUT SESSION 4 – PARALLEL PAPERS

  
 

Shannon Suite:

Harris Suite:

O’Brien & Wogan Suite:

  
 

Theme: Enabling teaching, learning & research

Theme: Technology & innovation in libraries

Theme: Changing & enhancing library services

  
 

Barry Houlihan (National University of Ireland, Galway) Archives in Action: Exploring Creative Arts Practice Through Devised ‘Active-Archival’ Learning

Hardy Schwamm (National University of Ireland, Galway) Making culture change – the Open Scholarship Community Galway

Jesse Waters (University of Limerick) Peers prove perfect partners: Student Peer Advisors Service at the University of Limerick

  
 

Ruth O’Hara (Maynooth University) Cataloguing the “troubles”

Caleb Derven (University of Limerick) Data Visualisation at the Edge

Laura Connaughton (Maynooth University) Engaging Anthropology Students in the delivery of a UX project: A Case Study at Maynooth University

  
 

Elizabeth Kirwan (National Library of Ireland) From outlaws to in-laws: diversity and inclusion in the National Library of Ireland

Maria Ryan (National Library of Ireland) Growin’ up- Developing the NLI’s Web Archive for the 21st Century Researcher

Brendan Devlin (Technological University Dublin) Enabling pedagogical opportunities in technologically enhanced flexible learning spaces: the active learning approach

  

1:25pm – 2:25pm

LUNCH / SPONSOR EXHIBITION

  

2:25pm – 3:25pm

BREAKOUT SESSION 5 – LIGHTNING TALKS

 
 

Shannon Suite:

Harris Suite:

    
 

Theme: Transforming library spaces

Theme: Developing the library workforce

    
 

Kathryn Smith (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Managing Space for Service: Developing Live Occupancy for an academic library

Elaine Chapman & Sarah Anne Kennedy (Technological University Dublin) Nothing about Us Without Us: How employing Disabled staff can result in a better Library Service for everyone

    
 

Catherine Cooke (Technological University Dublin) “You wait and wait for a new library and then 2 come along at the same time!- the move of TUDublin libraries, turning a challenge into an opportunity”

Liz Dore, Isabelle Delaunois & Pattie Punch (University of Limerick) Erasmus+ – Creating a community of practice for systematic reviews

    
 

Eileen Kennedy (National University of Ireland, Galway) The Making of a Community: If you build it, will they come?

Ronan Cox (DCU)
Job Crafting: a study of role evolution and the implications for academic libraries

    
 

Kayla Siddell (Xavier University of Louisiana) Scholarly and Professional Development: Re-imagining Scholarly Communications

      

3:25pm – 4:20pm

PANEL DISCUSSION: Shannon Suite

  

4:20pm

CONFERENCE CLOSE

  

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Ruth Talbot (MIC St Patrick’s Campus, Thurles) Doing a lot with a little – Renovation of the library at MIC Thurles
  1. Mícheál Ó hAodha (University of Limerick) “Getting Down to Work”: Research Methodology Made Easy
  1. Eliska Komarkova, Carol Creavin, Anne Gregg & Jean Murphy (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Tactile library learning: supporting students though an anatomical model collection
  1. Lori Havard, Sandy George (Swansea University) Collaborating to Achieve Embedding Academic Skills
  1. Nicola Smith (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Libguides as a library staff training tool
  1. Maud Conry (National University of Ireland, Galway) Moving Spaces: from Drop-ins to Walkabout – documenting an evolving frontline Information Service at NUI, Galway
  1. Emma Goode & Evelyn Bohan (National University of Ireland, Galway) Integrating Library and IT Service Desks: Why and What Next?
  1. Stephanie Chen, Lisa O’Leary & Michelle Rumley (University College Cork) UCC Library – Establishing New Services, Cultivating Emerging Technologies
  1. Emmet Keoghan (Library Association of Ireland) Disabled students attitude towards the academic library
  1. Denis Garvey & Seán Cafferkey (University of Limerick) Shannon Development- Decades of negatives reach positive conclusion
  1. Anne Gregg (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Triaging E-resource Queries at RCSI Library: A pilot
  1. Helen Fallon (Maynooth University) Diversity Outreach at Maynooth University (MU) Library
  1. Tania Marsh (Athlone Institute of Technology) Researcher Bootcamp – Profiling AIT’s Profile
  1. Joanne Gillivan (Athlone Institute of Technology) AIT Library- Using Student Ambassadors for Student Engagement

Tours of the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick

The new Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick opened in 2018.  Features include the automated storage and retrieval system, the Digital Scholarship studio and data visualization lab, practice presentation and media production rooms, varied study zones, training and meeting spaces, a new Special Collections and Archives space and a Moot Appellate Court.  While tours are not part of the conference programme, delegates of the CONUL Conference who would like a tour can register separately for a library tour before or after the conference, either Tuesday, 26th May from 3pm-5pm or Friday, 29th May from 10am-noon.