Programme 2025

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PLENARY: The CONUL Strategy 2025 – 2029 (Title TBC)

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Platinum sponsor – EBSCO (Title TBC)

LUNCH & SPONSOR EXHIBITION

KEYNOTE: Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (Title TBC)

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PARALLEL PAPERS

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10 mins questions at the end

No Longer Without a Voice: A Story of Resilience.
Barbara Diener, University College Cork

Growing the Imirce Collection through Public Participation. 
Caitríona Cannon & Marie-Louise Rouget, University of Galway

Empowering Equality: The Athena Swan Journey at Maynooth University Library.
Laura Connaughton, Maynooth University

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Foundations for the Future: Auditing Digital Collections for Long-Term Preservation. 
Niamh Murphy, University College Dublin

From AI curious to AI conversant – a year of experimentation at TCD Library.  
Siobhán Dunne & Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin

Aligning Ireland’s Open Repository Network by Strengthening Shared Standards and Practice. 
Cillian Joy, University of Galway & Chris Loughnane, NORF

AI Literacy at UCD Library.
Dr Marta Bustillo, University College Dublin

Trends in Open Access Publishing. 
Aoife Quinn Hegarty, Technological University Dublin

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Well on our way – Rolling out a wellbeing programme at the Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford. 
Rachel Scanlon, University of Oxford

Caring for Collections – New directions at UCC Library. 
Louise O’Connor, University College Cork

Changing hearts at DCU Library: Confronting prejudice through The Human Library with empathy and good conversation. 
Gwendolyn O’Connor & Orla Nic Aodha, Dublin City University

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KEYNOTE Anne Jarvis, Princeton University Library  (Title TBC)

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To Stand in Another’s Shoes: Using Archives, History and Performance to Enhance Learning for Health Sciences Students. 
Jessica Handy and Dr. Ronan Kelly, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

Digital Equity and inclusivity:  Librarians connecting the unconnected rural communities in Nigeria.
Abimbola Oyindamola Fagbe, Babcock University

Society mirrored in libraries – the naming, denaming and renaming of the Library at Trinity College Dublin. 
Helen Shenton, Trinity College Dublin

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Enhancing library services in Research Data Management (RDM).  A feedback session on an RDM costing model.
Armin Straube, University of Limerick

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Archival literacy and engagement through Brightspace: the new Special Collections and Archives Toolkit from UL Library. 
Dr Kirsten Mulrennan, University of Limerick

Beyond the 2020 Paradigm: Reimagining Partnerships Through Data-Driven eTextbook Provision.
Áine Rice, Vitalsource Technologies

Bookish Bats: a unique sustainable delivery service in the Russell Library.
Alexandra Caccamo & Sarah Timmins, Maynooth University

From Vision to Action: UCC Library’s Digital & Information Literacy Framework 2025. 
Ronan Madden, University College Cork

Munster Technological University embracing new models for engagement as a Learning Community.
Jennifer Spykerman, Munster Technological University

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Enhancing Open Access Monitoring: Moving from Pilot Project to Research Infrastructure.
Aaron Binchy & Leonidas Pispiringas, IReL

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Shaping Tomorrow – Ireland’s Path to Open Research through EOSC. 
Jenny O’Neill, HEAnet

The Library Reimagined: Transforming Spaces, Collections, and Student Experiences.
Michaela Hollywood, Maynooth University

Transforming Text into Discovery: OCR Enrichment of Digital Collections in the University of Galway Library.
Oksana Dereza, University of Galway

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Editing the Digital Landscape.
Elaine Chapman & Jennifer Flynn, Technological University Dublin