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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks to all who joined our second GLS Knowledge Cafe today! Special thanks to Shona Keehsan for sharing her learnings on breaking down silos through knowledge sharing. Was great to see all the actionable insights particpants took away from the session.

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Great turnout from GLS at yesterday's @ebscouk.bsky.social day (terribly positioned photo, swear that's us! 🤣)

Picture of GLS members but we're barely visible because we stood in front of projector. Whoops!

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yesterday the GLS was delighted to host our first Knowledge Cafe. Massive thanks to Noeleen Murtagh for sharing insights on running an impactful journal club, and to everyone who joined for the inspiring conversations. Was wonderful to have colleagues from @healthlibraries.bsky.social join as well.

Screen shot from online Knowledge Cafe Presentation

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

GLS members were out in force at the HSLG conference! Bord Bia librarian Mairéad McKeown was joined by colleague David Lombard to showcase their work building the AI capability of graduates within the organisation. Thanks to the @healthlibraries.bsky.social for organising such an inspiring day

Four GLS members standing in front of HSLG sign

Mairead and David in front of screen with title slide from presentation

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Government librarians at the heart of government! We were delighted to hold an in-person meeting in Leinster House last week. Thanks so much to the Oireachtas library team for hosting and giving us a peek at your beautiful reading room.

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

GLS members Mairead, Jean and Shona were in attendance at last week’s Knowledge Management Network meeting, a forum for members of public sector organisations to share knowledge, experience, expertise and best practice. Shout out to Jordan Murphy and Ronnie Buckley for hosting a brilliant event!

Image of GLS members with event organisers standing in front of screen.

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

For July, the GLS is sharing tips on Records Management and Archiving. We hope you can put some of these into practice in your own organisations.

1. Create - Understand why you're creating a record and use that to drive how you manage it; choose concise, objective, meaningful and standardised naming conventions; use version control to avoid duplication and review schedules to manage timeliness.
2. Organise - classify in a systematic way and store in secure or collaborative digital paces depending on who needs access.
3. Dispose - review your retention schedule and archive or dispose in a secure manner as per policy.

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This month we're sharing GLS member tips on Literacies and Learning. We hope these can provide some learnings too!

Running a journal club is a great way to get staff reading and critically appraising literature.

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

This week, GLS member were delighted to get an opportunity to tour the Department of Justice and their Censored Books Room. We also got a peek at the Minister's office! A really fascinating visit!

Group of members of GLS standing beside shelves of books

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

For May we are sharing GLS member tips related to Knowledge Management. Check them out below!

Build Knowledge Management Strategies that help:
1. Convert tacit to explicit knowledge
2. Demonstrate the value of KM
3. Make knowledge easily discoverable
4. Foster collaboration
5. Take account of culture, people, processes and technology as an enabler, NOT the solution.
Mairéad McKeown - Knowledge Manager, Bord Bia

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The next area of CILIP’s Professional Knowledge and Skills Base wheel that we are sharing GLS member tips from is Information governance and compliance.

Ensure policies for different information areas such as collection development, copyright and records management reinforce each other and that your expertise provides input into the review and development of policies (if not under your ownership)

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

GLS member Amy Bond from Bord Bia presenting at #ASL2025 today. An incredibly informative and inspirational day!

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The GLS recently contributed to a @libfocus.bsky.social blog post outlining tips from our members. Each month we will highlight some wisdom from key areas. Here are some nuggets focused on information exploitation and use.

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Government Libraries Section - LAI @glsireland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

We're delighted to be on Bluesky to connect with librarians and other library groups! Big thanks to @martinoconnor.bsky.social for his Irish libraries starter pack to help us get going!

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