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Up in the National Library of Ireland for my last research trip to the Mercy Close Archive and to prep for my joint presentation with Della Keating at CONUL Conference in Belfast on Thursday. We'll be talking about the benefits of collaborations between librarians and academics 📚

Decided to channel my inner Claire Walsh and go to Bewleys on Grafton Street for the day that's in it. It's gone very upmarket and Adam was nowhere to be seen but who doesn't love Harry Clarke 😊 Marian Keyes #Watermelon

#CONUL2024 starts today. Best of luck #changemakers National Library of Ireland's Della Keating & UCC Ireland Maria Butler who're presenting ‘Keyes for Change: Collaboration Between Libraries & Academics to Promote Intersectional Research in the Digital Age’ on Thursday 30 May. We are now Research Ireland conul

I'm really enjoying listening about DCU Library's History in your hand project CONUL Conference. Secondary school information literacy instruction would make such a huge difference to teaching 1st year students. Imagine if they already understand citations from day 1!

I really enjoyed co-presenting with Della Keating on my partnership with National Library of Ireland with at #CONUL24 this morning. I was especially delighted to hear the partnership opened the door to other researcher partnerships with the NLI! Collaboration benefits everyone 😊

one time on campus my phone connected to eduroam

The Dry, Bodkin, Obituary, The Sugar Wife - Have all of Ireland's actresses morphed together to form Siobhan Cullen, Ireland's only actress? Disclaimer: she is very good and I thoroughly enjoyed both The Dry and Obituary (I haven't seen the others)

Terrifying! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

The long stairs back to Ireland. Thank you so much to IASIL for awarding me a postgraduate scholarship to attend their conference in Tokyo this week. It was a fabulous conference and a once in a lifetime trip! I'm looking forward to putting my new knowledge to use ✏️📓📚

Hey Freshers, welcome to UCC. Here's what you need to know about the Bystander Intervention Programme, Part 1

Commercial fiction is often dismissed with monikers like "easy" or "beach" reads but the genre's conventions actively contribute to its socially activist potential. Read my arguments why here ⬇️

Very excited to join Ginevra Bianchini in inviting you all to submit abstracts for this year's The IAAS PG Symposium. The theme is 'American Carnage.' Find more information at the link below 💫 iaas.ie/iaas-postgradu…

Happy birthday to the wonderful Marian Keyes! 🎈 This portrait by Margaret Corcoran joined our collection at the beginning of the year, and has become a firm favourite since then. You can find it in Room 23 if you're visiting.

I wish I lived closer to Dublin

Why commercial fiction is an ideal place for social activism Bestsellers have the potential to offer new viewpoints on socio-political issues to hundreds of thousands of readers, Maria Butler English UCC writes. #BookTok rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

If you have the chance, visit the IU Lilly Library exhibition that just opened: Love in the Library — The Romance Novel in English. It’s based in part on the romance collection I sold them, curated by Rebecca Baumann and supplemented with other Lilly holdings / acquisitions

Maria Butler Maria Butler has just finished up her Irish Research Council partnership with the National Library of Ireland under an IRC postgrad Enterprise scholarship scheme, where she worked on the #MarianKeyes Mystery of Mercy Close collection.

We'll be moving more towards virtual reading rooms in future years as library collections continue to incorporate digital materials. If you (like me) have strong opinions then think about getting involved here