Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Audrey Drohan, Dani Montes, Órna Roche, University College Dublin Guiding the transformation of cultural heritage collections from a physical state to a digital state is both challenging and rewarding. Marrying research, archival, and library practices ensures a consistent level of standardisation and accessibility for disparate...

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Ronán Kennedy, NUI Galway. Abstract A number of years ago, we developed a reporting form for Library users so they could let us know quickly and efficiently when they were having problems with e-resources. This paper addresses how the E-Resource Enquiry Form has been an...

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Elaine Bean, Maynooth University The Library at Maynooth University, is working to bridge the gap between 2nd and 3rd level education by offering a suite of information literacy tutorials (LIST – Library Information Skills Tutorials). LIST is offered to students and staff of the University....

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Debra McCann, University College Dublin Staff retirements, stringent budget cuts, recruitment constraints imposed by the Employment Control Framework all combined to threaten UCD Library’s capacity to continue uninterrupted core services. This talk will discuss how this issue was addressed, and will analyse its success and...

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Sinéad Keogh, University of Limerick. For many years now libraries have realised that by coming together for ventures such as shared storage and purchasing consortia even smaller libraries can deliver a top quality service to patrons. The benefits have been great, however in doing this...

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Mary Delaney (Institute of Technology Carlow) Abstract Information Literacy is a multi-layered, complex and nuanced phenomenon. It is understood in different ways by different people. This presentation will outline findings from Doctoral research demonstrating how the concept, ownership and impact of IL is understood by...

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Fiona Tuohy, Maynooth University A new website for Maynooth University (MU) prompted the Library to re-evaluate our methods of communicating with our users. While we were using social media and our website to promote our Library Information Skills Tutorials (LIST), events and exhibitions, databases etc,...

Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland byJoshua Clark, University College Dublin As a result of major restructuring of UCD Library in 2011-12, new units and staff roles were introduced to take into account the shifting University strategy, information landscape and user needs. One of these new roles, the Outreach Librarian, formed part...

Makers + Space = Makerspace: What is a Makerspace and what are we planning for NUIG’s version? Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Connell Cunningham, NUI Galway

What’s missing? Digital literacy in the university or Literacy in the digital university? Presented at the CONUL Conference, July 2015, Athlone, Ireland by Brian Gillespie, Dublin Institute of Technology