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Elaine Harrington

@walkerabroad.bsky.social

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Interim Head of Special Collections & Archives, UCC Library. Chair LAI Munster; Treasurer LAI Rare Books. Member LAI Executive Council 2023-2026. Co-founder SHOCC Project. Using technology to connect people with ideas. linktr.ee/walkerabroad HereSept2023

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Elaine Harrington @walkerabroad.bsky.social · Nov 11

This was my pinned tweet 2016-2024. The sentiment remains so keeping it as my pinned post: “Despatch the idea of the quiet librarian. We may wear glasses & tweed jackets but we do not go quietly. We rage.” #asl2016 #DylanThomas

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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 22h

"...the definitive account of the bodhrán"

Delighted to see this thoroughly engaged review of Beating Time from Tristan Rosenstock in @journalofmusic.bsky.social this week journalofmusic.com/book-reviews...

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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 20h

Next Thursday, 16 October, 2-5 p.m. ORB G.27
The McCarthy MSI project & The Department of Modern Irish @ucc.ie present:

The Quire and the Medieval manuscript
a seminar on how manuscripts are made

Fáilte roimh chách / All welcome

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 5d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17d

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?

📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.

📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

Promotional image for an online book talk titled 'After Disruption.' Left side shows portraits of Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern with text: 'After Disruption Book Talk, with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.' Center panel reads: 'September 25th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, Online. Join us for a book talk with Trevor Owens, author of After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in conversation with Shannon Mattern, as they explore how libraries, archives, and museums can reclaim their role in shaping a just and sustainable digital present.' Logos of Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom. Right side shows the book cover for 'After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory' by Trevor Owens, featuring a photo of a grand library entrance.

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Renaud ADAM @renaudadam.bsky.social · 20d

Just Published! Opening up our Heritage: Opportunities in Digitising and Promoting Cultural and Research Collections', a collection of 19 chapters on the #digitisation and promotion of cultural and scientific #heritage (ed. by R. Adam, C. Oger and Fr. Renaville) e-publish.uliege.be/opening-up-o...

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James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · 22d

#DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie has a two-year postdoc suited to researchers from broad range of disciplines.

my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

Key tasks include coordinating a national survey of digital heritage practices & assisting with prototype development for communit archives.

Deadline: Oct 3rd.

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 28d

My lab is running a study to investigate how serendipity relates to information seeking in digital collections. We're looking for researchers & practitioners who have used, designed, or stewarded digital collections to participate in our survey (<10 min): forms.gle/zGJDZZ14vx2M...

Survey on Serendipity and Information Seeking in Digital Collections

Purpose of the Study We are seeking to understand the different methods of information seeking in digital collections. In addition, we would like to understand what the participants' perceptions of se...

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 29d

Remember 'The Spark'? They’ve just released a new Irish language rap created by kids in Ireland abd Scotland called "Meas Mór" (big respect). Comhgairdeas to Kabin Studio and Barr na gCnoc for this innovative work. Enjoy!

youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI?...
@edusky.bsky.social

Meas Mór – Kabin Crew x Tinderbox

YouTube video by The Kabin Studio

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 10

The deadline for the Call for Papers for this fascinating conference on 'Women in War: France, Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century' has been extended until October 18th. It should be a fascinating conference. Come to beautiful Boulogne-sur-Mer femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr/en/home/

Women in War – ULCO

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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · Aug 20

Tá ríméad orainn go léir ag Cló Ollscoile Chorcaí go bhfuil Glór ón Sceilg ainmnithe do Ghradam Uí Shúilleabháin ag Gradaim Foilsitheoireachta an Oireachtais. Tréaslaími le heagarthóirí an leabhair, Mary Shine Thompson agus Máirín Nic Eoin. @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social

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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · Aug 20

We at Cork University Press are delighted that Glór on Sceilg has been nominated for the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin at the Oireachtas Publishing Awards. We congratulate the book's editors, Mary Shine Thompson and Máirín Nic Eoin.

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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · Aug 12

Celebrate 100 years of Cork University Press, Ireland’s oldest university press
Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.)
Free & open to all

www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Join the @radhumslab.bsky.social on Friday September 5th at @ucc.ie for (Un)Silencing, our one-day symposium exploring exciting work from the fields of sound studies and sound art, in collaboration with Resonance: the Journal of Sound & Culture.

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Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland is delighted to welcome the Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison to UCC for the launch of her ‘Dante’s Inferno’. Admission free but booking on eventbrite essential. Use QR code

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Aug 14

🔵 #RLUK26 #CFP | Stewardship in challenging times:
the role of libraries in supporting civic society

📣The Call for papers is now open for the #RLUK26 virtual conference being held on 25-27 March 2026. The conference is open to all.

🔗 Find out more at bit.ly/RLUKconf

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Cork Safety Alerts @corksafetyalerts.com · Aug 13

HEINEKEN Ireland preserves Cork brewing heritage with donation of 1899 volumes to UCC Library. csalert.ie/4mFIONW

HEINEKEN Ireland Donates Historic Brewing Books to UCC Library for Heritage Day

HEINEKEN Ireland preserves Cork brewing heritage with donation of 1899 volumes to UCC Library.

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · Jul 30

UCC Library is currently hiring for Two roles:

Learning Support Librarian
Deadline: 5 August, 12pm

Head of Special Collections & Archives
Deadline: 19 August, 12pm

More info and applications:
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Job advertisement featuring two open positions: 'Learning Support Librarian' with a closing date of 05 August 2025, and 'Head of Special Collections & Archives' with a closing date of 19 August 2025. The text 'We are hiring a' appears at the top in green. The background shows a modern building with large windows and surrounding trees

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Plants for Sustainability @sustainable-plants.bsky.social · Jul 30

We are very excited to be involved in Leave No Plastic Trace, on Clear, Heir and Sherkin Islands (on 6, 8, 11 August resp.)! Looking forward to this series of events on these islands of West Cork!
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Sherkin Island photographer highlighting impact of plastic waste on West Cork's islands

Leave No Plastic Trace, a series of talks, poetry readings and video presentations, will take place on Cape Clear Island on August 6, Heir Island on ...

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Elaine Harrington @walkerabroad.bsky.social · Jul 30

If you haven’t seen them already, do check out @theriversideucc.bsky.social Hingston Collection including photographs taken during the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition foinse.ucc.ie/en/records/I...

Major RHW Hingston Collection

Major Richard William George Hingston MCFRGS(17 January 1887 – 5 August 1966) was an Irish physician, explorer and naturalist who worked in India with the Indian Medical Service. This collection cons…

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · Jul 28

UCC Library is recruiting a Head of Special Collections & Archives.

Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.

Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

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Elaine Harrington @walkerabroad.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s such a great series!

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · Jul 11

As a fun experiment, PhD student Nicky Voornevelt bought a set of manuscript fragments at an auction. One piece turned out to be in print.
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It's a fragment of the Mainz Catholicon! 😱😱😱 #BookHistory 📚💙 📜 #Fragmentology

Mike Kestemont @mikekestemont.bsky.social · Jul 11

Did you ever buy a real print by J. Gutenberg through sheer luck? We did! Well, sort of... Read more about this incredible adventure in a wonderful @rebpaf.bsky.social blog post by Nicky Voorneveld: rebpaf.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/e... Many thx to @pieterbeullens.bsky.social for his expertise! 📚📖🔍

Experimenting in the Book Trade: From the Late 15th Century to 2025

Nicky Voorneveld, Universtiy of Antwerp The project of my fellow Antwerp REBPAF’er Marika Fox has been looking at auctions, specifically at what determines the value of rare books at auctions. This…

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · Jul 11

Are you planning to attend @sigcisconf.bsky.social's 2025 conference? This year's meeting will feature papers exploring the relationship b/w political power & digital technologies.

Learn more & submit your proposals by Jul. 14: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#histSTM #histtech #TechPolicy 🗃️📜💻

Introductory graphics from the SIGCIS 2025 call for applications.
(Emojis for a lightning bolt, power plug, battery, and explosion)

September 25-27, 2025 | Online via Zoom

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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · Jul 3

At the Hunt Museum for a preview of the superb Richard Harris exhibition prepared in partnership with @ucclibrary.bsky.social special collections. Had to be told the colour scheme was that of Young Munster rugby!

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