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Excited to be in Portlaoise for the launch of the new national library strategy – The Library is the Place. We worked with Department of Rural and Community Development CCMA and libraries and local authorities to develop the strategy which includes a 66 actions putting libraries at the heart of communities

Looking forward to talking about the new Irish national library strategy at this! #thelibraryistheplace

EIFL Terrific response to and progress on the #SDGs from Ireland #HLPF2023 Stuart Hamilton IFLA @LibrariesIreland hlpf.un.org/sites/default/…

Best of luck to FAI Women for tomorrow’s #FIFAWWC opener against Australia!☘️ Drop in to your local library and pick up your free World Cup activity book developed in partnership with FAIreland which features player profiles, puzzles, statistics, games and lots more! #COYGIG

Strong #vnr presentation from #Ireland🇮🇪 at #hlpf2023, highlighting a focus on consultation and inclusion, and esp. the importance of mobilising knowledge locally for development Also includes a great section on #libraries which others should follow! ifla.org/news/record-ye…

Adrienne Bernhard As Stewart Brand wrote in 01999, "digital storage is easy; digital preservation is not." To save ourselves from a digital dark age, we need to practice long-term thinking with the vast amounts of information we produce online. longnow.org/ideas/escaping…

Adrienne Bernhard Stewart Brand Staving off a Digital Dark Age requires foresight to prevent: - Link rot, where the connections between sites become unusable - Institutional decay, where information becomes stranded on the hard drives of defunct organizations - File format drift, which can leave data unreadable

"Digital preservation means keeping the stored information cataloged, accessible, and usable on current media, which requires constant effort and expense. Furthermore, while contemporary information has economic value and pays its way, there is no business case for archives."

For the first time since the agreement of the 2030 Agenda, we were able to bring colleagues from all 6 world regions to the United Nations #hlpf! Find out about how they advocated for #libraries, information and culture with key national and international contacts! bit.ly/3qjOq9f

Fantastic to see our Libraries Ireland Local Government Management Agency new national public library strategy called out here at #wlic2023! Grab a pdf copy if you want to #takeacloserlook: gov.ie/pdf/?file=http…

What is #NAPLE? How can I participate? What happens after I send my form? These frequent questions and others in our section FAQs 👉 naplesisterlibraries.org/faqs-2/

Publishing practices are making ebooks unaffordable, unsustainable, & inaccessible to libraries. We were delighted to work with the Library Association taskforce on ebooks & Trinity College Dublin Students' Union 🌈🇵🇸 on this pre-budget submission. #ebooksos Yohanna #ebooksos now at @[email protected] Cathal McCauley Stuart Hamilton @dunnesiobhan Union of Students in Ireland @kr21org

A new libraries strategy recently launched and sets out what libraries hopes to achieve through to 2027. Here is a highlight of some of what libraries will work towards to improve our digital offerings. Find out more and read the full strategy at: zurl.co/DusV

We probably don’t say this enough, but did you know if you’re a member of one library, you’re a member of all libraries? That means you can borrow items from any library in the country and drop them back to any library too!

If anyone in Dublin fancies good tunes and fine drinks, ⁦Fidelity⁩ plus me has you covered this evening. 8pm onwards! instagram.com/p/Cw7uYJnNKBw/…

Here’s an idea for tomorrow, tell your boss to #GetLost Find out why they won’t be angry if you do at IrelandReads.ie #IrelandReads

Contains spot on points from ⁦President of Ireland⁩ irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

You won't believe how Ireland became a literary powerhouse! As the Guardian put it, 'We all read like hell!' Our nation’s reading culture is thriving. Libraries Ireland is fostering talent from Nobel laureates to rising stars. bit.ly/3yK5RUE

Why are librarians up in arms over ebooks? Lack of available stock, high prices & onerous terms & conditions mean ebooks currently offer poor value for readers & libraries. By Cathal McCauley @library_mu Maynooth University Martin Bradley & Stuart Hamilton Local Government Management Agency rte.ie/brainstorm/202…