CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Day 2 starting off with our keynote speaker John Cox 030
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Looking forward to seeing you all in sunny Galway tomorrow morning 060
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Call for abstracts!!! The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change & Innovation Submit your Abstract: conference.conul.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social @ucdlibrary.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social @conultl.bsky.social @morleyfme.bsky.social @iadtlibrary.bsky.social 074
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Call for Papers!!! The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change and Innovation. #CONUL26 invites submissions for presentations and posters. Submit Your Abstract here: conference.conul.ie 012
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Throw back to last year's conference. Our submission dates for papers, talks and posters is open from tomorrow on our website...#CONUL26. conference.conul.ieconference.conul.ieCONUL Conference – CONUL Annual ConferenceThe Galmont Hotel & Spa, Galway 000
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Save The Date! We are excited to announce that the CONUL Conference 2026 will take place on on the 27th & 28th May 2026 in The Galmont Hotel & Spa in Galway. The #CONUL26 conference theme is Transforming Futures, Libraries Leading Through Change And Innovation- call for papers coming soon... 000
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Today we bring you the third and final blog post from our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's blog is by Holly Meade-Kennedy, a library assistant in Maynooth University Library. www.libfocus.com/2025/06/is-t...libfocus.com"Is This How Men Always Feel?": The Power of Being Surrounded by Female Leaders at CONULThis review of the CONUL Conference is by Holly Meade-Kennedy, who is a library assistant in Maynooth University Library. Holly Meade Kenne... 053
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This morning, we bring the second of three blog posts by #CONUL25 Bursary Award Winners. Today's post is written by John O'Donnell, Library Assistant in the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick. www.libfocus.com/2025/06/blog... 053
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Today we are pleased to bring the first of three blog posts by our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's post is written by Michelle McMeekin, Senior Library Assistant in Queen's University, Belfast. www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...libfocus.comCONUL Conference 2025This review of the CONUL Conference 2025 is by Michelle McMeekin who is a senior library assistant in Queen's University Belfast. CONUL Con... 0166
Reposted by CONUL Conferencechelle703.bsky.social @chelle703.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Inspiring talk from Anne Jarvis about libraries thriving through •Partnership •Innovation •Sustainability ‘Libraries are no longer collection driven, but user driven’. @conulconference.bsky.social 052
Reposted by CONUL Conferencechelle703.bsky.social @chelle703.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Come visit @ivonac.bsky.social wonderful poster about pivoting from academic libraries to healthcare libraries @conulconference.bsky.social 062
Reposted by CONUL Conferencechelle703.bsky.social @chelle703.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Really useful workshop on Editing the Digital Landscape and we got a fun worksheet too! @conulconference.bsky.social 031
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025And with that #CONUL25 is over. Thank you so much to our speakers, our sponsors, and our delegates for a wonderful conference 041
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Breakout sessions have kicked off on Day 2 of #CONUL25, where we're learning about a vast array of topics such as archival literacy and engagement, RDM, and bats (yes, bats in the library!) 0124
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Our third Platinum sponsor, Clarivate, is being represented by Valentin Bogorov #CONUL25 051
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceFiona Morley Clarke @morleyfme.bsky.social · 29/05/2025@conulconference.bsky.social Anne Jarvis speaking about the positioning of the Library of Princeton to harness key campus partners. #conul25 062
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceFiona Morley Clarke @morleyfme.bsky.social · 29/05/2025@conulconference.bsky.social Anne Jarvis speaking about Make Net a makerspace collaboration across Princeton including the library makerspace. VR headsets in use for country experience for language students and archaeological site experience for archaeology students . #conul25 071
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis is explaining how ephemera gives us a "rare and powerful glimpse" into people's lives at that time, and also at how we live today. The fact that they are fragile and were not expected to last makes them all the more important to our understanding to the past and our future. #CONUL25 032
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis' final theme is Sustainability, pointing out that collections that we create will only be valuable if we keep sustainability in mind. - looking at stock and deciding what is needed, rather than what has always been collected - looking at subject headings - collecting ephemera #CONUL25 042
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Princeton Univeristy Library will be introducing a Curiosity Studio, allowing space for pop-ups, presentations, and a space to be collaboratively creative. The Makerspace is intended to break down barriers. #CONUL25 032
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis' next point is Innovation. She is urging us to us AI technologies "thoughtfully, responsibly" and in a "meaningful and creative" way to continue the tradition of libraries exploring new ideas. Library space innovation - a hot topic - is also being discussed. #CONUL25 021
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis is telling is how ReCap has come about as a collaboration between - Princeton University Library - Columbia University Libraries - New York Public Library - Harvard Library - Yale joining in July There an amazing 18 million volumes in this shared collection! recap.princeton.edurecap.princeton.eduThe Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) 021
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025We are now hearing how a partnership has brought about TigerData at Princeton University, changing the focus from data storage to data management tigerdata.princeton.edutigerdata.princeton.eduTigerData 031
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Princeton's principles regarding information resources - user empowerment - inclusive access - strategic innovation (encompassing both new technologies and improvements to current resources) - integrated experience (everything should work together to be a unified environment for users) #CONUL25 031
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis is sharing with us Princeton's North Star Statements and discussing how we should harness change, rather than trying to fight it. The statements are reviewed each year to make sure that they are still relevant #CONUL25 072
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis' first point regards partnership between libraries and their users #CONUL25 011
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis is currently discussing how we have the power to share our trustworthy collections in a world that has seen a lot of misinformation #CONUL25 021
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceDCU Library @dculibrary.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Congratulations to @orlanicaodha.bsky.social and Gwendolyn O'Connor who delivered an inspiring talk about the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Human Library event at the @conulconference.bsky.social. The DCU Library team is looking forward to a second day of thought-provoking talks at #CONUL2025. 1136
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Anne Jarvis has taken to the stage #CONUL25 031
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Looking forward to hearing our second keynote speaker, Anne Jarvis, this morning #CONUL25 012
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Not long to go until Day 2 of #CONUL25 starts. You can find our livestream here: conference.conul.ie/conference-l... 031
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceHolly Meade-Kennedy @hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Loved Day 1 of #CONUL25. Great keynote from Richard Ovenden of #Oxford University on tech bros, boring books & rethinking interdependence! Equally great talks by my colleagues Michaela Hollywood on reimagining library spaces & @lauraconnaughtonmu.bsky.social on MU Library's #AthenaSwan application! 163
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceYvette Campbell @rarebookyvette.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Not at #CONUL2025 this year but very much enjoying hearing @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @richove.bsky.social speaking about collecting and preservation challenges through the @conulconference.bsky.social livestream! 083
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025A few more of our wonderful speakers today. Everyone has been amazing today and we're looking forward to tomorrow! 0124
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Some really interesting breakout sessions this afternoon #CONUL25 092
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Members of the CONUL Board, including the Chair of CONUL ciara McCaffrey, with the brand new 2025-2029 Strategy "Shaping Tomorrow: The Next Chapter for Irish Research Libraries" conul.ie/conul-strate... 0207
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Next at the podium is our second Platinum Sponsors, Technology from Sage. Rob Moore is discussing Guiding the AI Generation: Are Librarians the Missing Link? 131
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Why preserve? "Libraries & Archives = Essential Infrastructure for Democracy" @richove.bsky.social - education - reference points for facts and truth - preserve the rights of citizens - diversity of information - a sense of identity 062
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceUCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Interesting reflections & points from 4 Irish University Librarians, including UCD's Dr Sandra Collins, on strengths, future trends & challenges facing academic/research libraries: threats to EDI AI (Artificial Intelligence) challenges threats to archived data & information Climate change #CONUL25 0124
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceIReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Richard Ovenden, @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, University of Oxford giving the keynote address now at #CONUL25 0145
Reposted by CONUL ConferenceUCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025The new #CONUL 'Strategy 2025-2029' was announced at this morning's session of the #CONUL25 Conference in Tullamore. The Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) is the representative body of research libraries in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Read at conul.ie/conul-strate... 0116
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Delighted to have you @accaccamo.bsky.social! 020
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025We are thinking about the question "How open should we be?", particularly regarding AI. Oxford are piloting a collaboration with OpenAI, which completes in the Autumn, looking at - if it can help with workload (think card catalogues!) - work regarding existing datasets - scaled digitisation 084
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Richard Ovenden has just mentioned this article that he co-wrote in his speech regarding public records www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Politicians Shouldn’t Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts 021
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025No book is boring! We're learning how what could be classed as "boring" can actually bring us so much context and knowledge about our past. 042
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Richard Ovenden is giving a fascinating speech that so far has included the importance of collecting knowledge (including how it has been a matter of life and death throughout history), the fluidity of technology, and our important role in making sure trusted knowledge is available. 071
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Richard Ovenden has taken the stage to discuss Collecting and Preserving New Imperiatives & New Challenges 031
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025We hope you enjoy @clairedunne.bsky.social 😊 020
CONUL Conference @conulconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Exciting news from #CONUL25 as the new CONUL Strategy 2025-2029 has been announced! Shaping Tomorrow: The Next Chapter for Irish Research Libraries was unveiled this morning and can be viewed on the CONUL website. conul.ie/conul-strate... 0138
