🚨 The loss of more than 500,000 books has deeply affected readers all over the world. Read the powerful testimonials from our patrons: blog.archive.org/2024/06/14/pat… #LetReadersRead

Our A&SL committee member Eilís O'Neill did a whistle stop tour of some impressive conul libraries last week as part of #erasmusdub24. Read more about the programme here conul.ie/erasmus-scheme

We're delighted to share this #CONUL2024 report from Zara Little-Campbell Galway Libraries. Zara Little-Campbell was awarded the LIS Student Bursary to attend this year's CONUL Conference in Belfast. More conference bursary reports to come next week on libfocus.com

The #ASL2024 presentations are now available online. We've manually captioned the videos to make sure you don't miss a thing. Huge thanks to Dimphne A&SL for making the recordings look so great with their fancy split screens! bit.ly/4cQMis3

Interested in Graphic Medicine? Then next week's Graphic Medicine Conference in Athlone 16-28th July is the conference for you, sign up today!

Developing a digital literacy resource in your library?Don't miss Ann Byrne and Emberly Davey's #ASL2024 talk about the OER they developed in Hibernia College. It's available for others to reuse, adapt or develop for educational purposes. bit.ly/4cQMis3

Watch Paola Corti's #ASL2024 talk about how European librarians are supporting SPARC Europe in their mission to advance Open Education in Europe, making them essential 'agents of change' bit.ly/4cQMis3

Our latest guest post comes from Alana Mahon O'Neill and Rosemary Shanahan DCU Library. They trace the history of Dublin City University All Hallows Campus in Drumcondra and the construction of the stunning Woodlock Hall Library. libfocus.com

Library legends Marie O'Neill and Jane Buggle outline the challenges and significance of Diamond Open Access Publishing in their #ASL2024 talk. Learn more about how they are working to transform library publishing in Ireland and beyond at bit.ly/4cQMis3

In her #ASL2024 talk, Laura Rooney Ferris talks about the National Open Research Forum (NORF) Ireland funded project that aims to make health research openly available. She outlines the challenges and benefits involved in delivering a route for the open publication of medical research. bit.ly/4cQMis3

In their inspiring #ASL2024 talk Dr Ruth O'Hara Maynooth University Library and Dean Watters Griffith College Library describe how they changed the Dewey Decimal Classification for Irish Travellers. DDC23 now provides a more precise & inclusive description that counters stereotyping bit.ly/4cQMis3

At #ASL2024 Eilís O'Neill explains how Universal Design for Learning makes your library more inclusive. She demonstrates how @dculib made a library resource more accessible for Dublin City University's staff and students and shows that small steps can make a big difference. bit.ly/4cQMis3

In his informative (and entertaining) #ASL2024 talk, Trevor Boland @🌈 Dublin City University looks at the Assistive Technology tools that transform student learning. His open educational resource Compass highlights AT tools that support students' reading, writing and learning. bit.ly/4cQMis3

Marilyn Clarke opened #ASL2024 this year. Unfortunately her inspirational Keynote talk "Libraries as Liberatory Spaces: knowledge justice, sites of memory, and acts of resistance" did not record but you can still get full info here youtube.com/watch?v=KV4ECy…

Read up on the latest library and information news in our August link-out. Meet ten inspiring librarians, discover library games that spark creativity, follow the fight against book bans, learn how to move your library on from Twitter😬and much more at libfocus.com

The A&SL committee are hard at work today planning the year ahead. A huge welcome to our newest committee member Tina Stagliano from Novartis Ireland.

New read on The Library Lab; “The value of libraries from Roskilde to Toronto” - I’m really proud of this journey 🙏 christianlauersen.net/2024/08/25/the… #libraries

A great thread of the year's highlights from @dculib. We'd love to see other year in review posts from Irish or international libraries - let us know if your organisation has posted anything similar and we'll help spread the word!