We're back!! After a very long break we are back and ready to welcome the library community to Ireland! Ahead of the Wikimedia + Libraries convention Laura talks to Laurie Bridges, Instruction and Outreach Librarian and Professor at Oregon State University. Laurie has written presented and advocated extensively for Wikipedia as a tool for librarians and information literacy. She is part of the team bringing the Wikimedia + Libraries convention to Maynooth on July 23 & 24th and she talks about how she became a librarian, how she got involved with Wikipedia and the convention. 
Wikimedia + Libraries Convention details https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convention_2022 
Laurie Bridges https://bridgesbio.weebly.com/ 
The World according to Wikipedia podcast https://headstuffpodcasts.com/show/the-world-according-to-wikipedia

Librarians Aloud Ep28

Librarians Aloud - Episode 028 - Laurie Bridges

Laura Talks to Cathal Mc Cauley, Maynooth University Librarian and President of the Library Association of Ireland. He talks about his career path, the experience of the pandemic, the ebook crisis. Ahead of IFLA World Library & Information Congress, as co-chair of the the Irish National committee Cathal also talked about what IFLA visitors can expect during their time in Dublin. 
Links 
IFLA WLIC https://2022.ifla.org/ 
Library Association of Ireland https://www.libraryassociation.ie/about-the-library-association/ 
IFLA 'everything you wanted to know about Irish libraries' event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsqVaHewdkE  
Ebook sos campaign Ireland https://www.libraryassociation.ie/the-ebooksos-campaign-in-ireland/

12.07.2022

Librarians Aloud Episode 029 - Cathal McCauley

On the eve of IFLA WLIC Laura talks to Michelle Breen, Head of Learning& Engagement at the University of Limerick's Glucksman Library. Michelle is a member of the LAI Council and has served as chair of the Western Regional Section of the LAI. She has published articles in Portal; Libraries and the Academy and the New Review of Academic Librarianship. 
You can follow Michelle on Twitter @michelle__breen  
UL Glucksman library website : https://www.ul.ie/library/ 
Library Association of Ireland, council members https://www.libraryassociation.ie/about-the-library-association/ 
Library Association of Ireland video https://youtu.be/IGzqz2_Juzg
IFLA World Library & Information Congress 2022 website https://2022.ifla.org/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 030 - Michelle Breen

In this episode, recorded at the IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Dublin, Laura talks to Yohanna Anderson. Yoanna is a subject librarian at the University of Gloucestershire and the founder of the ebook sos campaign to address unsustainable pricing in the ebook market. 
Links: 
Ebook SOS website https://academicebookinvestigation.org/ 
  
Knowledge Rights 21 https://www.knowledgerights21.org/ 

(Article) Anderson, Y. and McCauley, C., 2022. How the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated an e-book crisis and the #ebooksos campaign for reform. Insights, 35, p.13. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.586  

Ebook sos in 1 minute video https://youtu.be/tuZUJs72288 

‘University staff urge probe into e-book pricing 'scandal'  
BBC News article Nov 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54922764

Librarians Aloud

August 1 2022

Episode 031 - Yohanna Anderson #eboooksos #wlic2022

In this episode, recorded at the IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Dublin, Laura talks to Magdalena Gomułk, Marija Šimunović, Antoine Torrens Montebello and Susanne List-Tretthahn, of the IFLA new professionals Special interest group and with IFLA President Barbara Lison about their experiences at #WLIC2022 and the benefits of getting involved with national and international library representative groups. 
Links 
IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group https://www.ifla.org/units/new-professionals/  
About IFLA https://www.ifla.org/who-we-are/ 
Librarians take part in flash mob to celebrate Ulysses RTE News feature https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2022/0725/1312101-ulysses-flash-mob-dublin/  
IFLA #WLIC2022 recordings https://2022.ifla.org/wlic2022-online-sessions/ 
Session 141 Out in the Open: Recent Governance Developments at IFLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQBk0kDz7KI  
IFLA #WLIC2023 Rotterdam website https://2023.ifla.org/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 032 -IFLAWLIC2022

Laura talks to Ruth Talbot, Librarian St Patricks Campus, Mary Immaculate College in Tipperary.  
They talk about Ruths librarian path, about library internships and working through organizational change. Ruth also talks about her experience as a volunteer for the IFLA World Library & Information congress 2022

Librarians Aloud Episode 33

Librarians Aloud - Episode 033 - Ruth Talbot

Laura talks to Martin O Connor, communications coordinator at UCC library. He is also the presenter of 'Shush, sounds from UCC Library' a weekly library radio show and he co-runs the LibFocus blog. Martin talks about his library journey, how he is finding his authentic voice on social media and how he has incorporated his love of music and collaboration into his role, including developing an exhibition celebrating the beloved Cork music venue Sir Henry's. He has published and presented extensively on library outreach and social media and marketing. 
Links:
- Martins Twitter https://twitter.com/martinoconnor3 

- Shush, sounds from UCC Library https://soundcloud.com/shush-radio-486769527 

- Shush Twitter  https://twitter.com/Shush_radio
- Framing an exhibition – reflections from Sir Henrys@UCC Library https://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/2014/09/05/sir-henrys-ucc-library/ 
libFocus Blog https://www.libfocus.com/ 

- O'Connor, M. and Hogan, E. (2019) 'Sir Henrys @UCCLibrary: Telling the history of a live music venue through a librarian-led research exhibition', An Leabharlann: The Irish Library, 28(2), pp. 11-17. 
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/247754739.pdf  
 
- Rooney Ferris, L., O'Connor, M. (2015) '“It’s just like passing notes in class…”: a content analysis of the use of Twitter at #asl2015'. An Leabharlann, 24(2), pp. 10-17. https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/2044 


- UCC Library Podcast studio … sooo jealous!!! ;)  https://libguides.ucc.ie/LibraryStudio/Podcast

Librarians Aloud - Episode 034 - Martin O'Connor

Laura talks to Dr Eva Hornung the librarian of the curriculum development unit of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), Convenor and Member of Library Association of Irelands Continuing Professional Development Committee and a founder member of the Library publishing committee and the Academic and special libraries committee. 
They talk about Eva's journey from Germany to Ireland, falling for the country and finding her place in the library community. Eva also shares her experience of Continuing Professional Development and discusses the benefits of doing doctoral research in LIS with some tips on how to get through a Phd. 

Links: 
Dr Eva Hornung Linkedin https://ie.linkedin.com/in/evahornung  

Research profile https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eva-Hornung-2 
LAI CPD committee https://www.libraryassociation.ie/continuing-professional-development/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 035 - Dr Eva Hornung

Tom Maher & Mick O' Dwyer the Zine librarians and guardians of The Forgotten Zine Archive talk about their journey to the library world and how they got involved with the Forgotten Zine Archive. We discuss everything from freezing damaged books, 18th century pamphlets, vampires, Flying Nun records, the Forgotten Zine Archive & why zines and libraries are a match made in heaven.       
Links to some things mentioned in this podcast  
Forgotten Zine Archive -  https://www.facebook.com/TheForgottenZineArchive 
Flying Nun records NZ - http://flyingnun.co.nz/
Oireachtas Library Collections http://opac.oireachtas.ie/liberty/libraryHome.do  
 

Librarians Aloud Episode 2 - Tom Maher & Mick O'Dwyer Forgotten Zine Archive

Niamh O Donovan and Stephanie Ronan developers of the Rudai23 online learning programme talk about how they got into the library profession and the journey of developing and administering the Rudai23 programme.   

Librarians Aloud Episode 3 - Rudai23 Niamh O Donovan and Stephanie Ronan

In this episode Laura Rooney Ferris talks to Aoife Lawton, systems librarian of the Irish Health Service Executive and manager of Lenus the Irish health repository. Aoife also talks about her new book 'The invisible librarian: a librarians guide to increasing visibility and impact' and offers tips to other librarians on increasing their impact.  
Links from this episode:  
The Invisible Librarian, buy  http://store.elsevier.com/The-Invisible-Librarian/Aoife-Lawton/isbn-9780081001745/ 
The invisible librarian blog - http://theinvisiblelibrarian.com/ 
Academic & Special Libraries conference programme: http://www.aslibraries.com/#!asl2016-programme-/nlr8m 

Librarians Aloud - Episode 004 - Aoife Lawton

Laura talks to Marie O Neill, Head Librarian of Dublin Business School (DBS) about her career which includes academic, government and health libraries as well as time running her own business. 
Links mentioned in this episode: 
DBS Library Seminar June 10th https://sites.google.com/site/dublibseminar/home 
DBS Library  http://library.dbs.ie/Home.htm 


Marie O Neill Episode 005

Laura speaks to former CILIP president Jan Parry about her career which has included work in government, health and ministerial information services. She also talks about her groundbreaking work as the only Information Professional on the secretariat of the Hillsborough Independent Panel whose 2012 report revealed new evidence from over 450,000 documents reviewed by the panel. Jan's talk highlights the role information professionals can play in official investigations as keepers of documentary evidence and in providing vital access to evidence in the aftermath of investigations. She also talks about the importance of evaluating impact and advocacy for information services. 
Further information links: Hillsborough Independent Panel - report & disclosed material http://hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/ 
CILIP Impact toolkit http://www.cilip.org.uk/membership/benefits/virtual-learning-environment-vle/impact-toolkit 

Librarians Aloud - Episode 006 - Jan Parry

David Hughes aka @usernameerror systems librarian at Dublin Business School talks to Laura Rooney Ferris about his library journey which goes  from trying to grow fruit flies as part of a Phd to electronic publishing and time with the ministry of defence to becoming 'Mr Koha' and developing DBS library's library systems department. David talks about Open Source tools in libraries and the use of privacy protecting tools. There's also the added bonus of a dead pigeon story. 
Links; 
Dublin Business School library http://library.dbs.ie/Home.htm 
Koha LMS http://www.koha.org/ 
 


Librarians Aloud Episode 08 - David Hughes, Dublin Business School

Laura Rooney Ferris talks to Ann O Sullivan, Knowledge Services Manager of A&L Goodbody and A&SL committee alumni and ambassador. 
Ann traces her career path from academic and corporate libraries to the library and research service of the Houses of the Oireachtas and a legal knowledge services. 
Ann also shares her insights on the development of the Academic and Special Libraries Section and some great tips on easing into networking. 
Links mentioned in the episode; 
Houses of the Oireachtas Library & Research Services http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/about/libraryresearchservice/ 
Academic & Special Library Section http://www.aslibraries.com/

Librarians Aloud Episode 10 - Ann O Sullivan

In this episode Laura Rooney Ferris talks to Louise Farragher,  Information Specialist with the Health Research Board's Evidence Generation & Knowledge Brokering Unit. The interview covers the role of information professionals as embedded members of evidence generation and research teams, the art of learning on the job and evolving opportunities for information professionals in supporting research and evidence gathering.    
Links from this episode;
Health Research Board; http://www.hrb.ie/home/ 
HRB National Drugs Library: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/ 
International Congress of Medical Librarianship (ICML) & European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) conference 2017 : http://eahil2017.net/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 011 - Louise Farragher

In this episode Laura Rooney Ferris talks to Dr Sandra Collins, Director of the National Library of Ireland. 
Sandra traces her career path from her PhD in Nonlinear Fluid Dynamics at UCD school of Mathematics through academia and research to Science Foundation Ireland and on to her role as the founding Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland before joining the National Library. 
She talks about the current work of the National Library working to blend and expand physical and digital collections and to act as the national memory keepers. The talk covers; emerging skill sets and roles for information professionals in managing digital content, the challenge of preserving digital content and why we need to preserve our digital memories.  
Links from this episode: 
National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/ 
National Library Web Archive http://collection.europarchive.org/nli/  
Dr Sandra Collins TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mbHb5wqKo 
Digital Repository of Ireland http://dri.ie/
Internet Archive https://archive.org/index.php

Librarians Aloud - Episode 012 - Dr Sandra Collins

In this episode Laura Rooney Ferris talks to Alan Carbery. Alan Carbery is Associate Library Director in Champlain College in Vermont, USA. He oversees the College’s award-winning, blended information literacy programme. Alan began his library career in Ireland, studying in UCD and working in the libraries of NUI Galway, The food Safety Authority and Waterford Institute of Technology before moving to the US.  
Alan was keynote speaker at LILAC 2017 and spoke to Laura about his career path and how information literacy is integral to what librarians do. 
Alan also shared his insights on information literacy in the wake of the rise of 'fake news' and discussed how development of information skills can be a solution in the post truth world.   
Links from this episode: 
Champlain College Profile : http://www.champlain.edu/academics/library/about-the-library/library-faculty-and-staff/alan-carbery 
LILAC 2017 Keynote details : http://www.lilacconference.com/lilac-2017/keynote-speakers

Librarians Aloud Episode 014 - Alan Carbery

In this episode Laura talks to Clare Murnane one of the founders of SLIP Ireland (Student librarians and Information Professionals). Clare talks about her early experiences in the library profession,  how SLIP got started and we address issues like the need for better connections between library students, practitioners and researchers and navigating internships. 
Links from this episode : 
Slip website: slipireland.com
Twitter : twitter.com/slipireland
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/studentlibrariansireland/ 
Pangar, G., Tyron, J. and Smith, A. (2014). Graduate Student Happiness & Well-Being Report. [online] Berkeley: The Graduate Assembly University of California Berkeley. Available at: http://ga.berkeley.edu/wellbeingreport/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 016 - Clare Murnane SLIP Ireland

In this episode Laura talks to Shona Thoma one of the New Professionals Day Ireland team former IReL officer and assistant librarian in Maynooth University Library. Shona talks about navigating her way into the information profession and the importance of groups like NPD for new information professionals.  We also touch on libraries and community engagement, electronic resource management, open access publishing and social media among other topics.    
Links from this episode: 
More on NPD Ireland https://npdireland.wordpress.com/
NPD Twitter /twitter.com/NPDIreland  
Library Association of Ireland Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Library-Association-of-Ireland
Library Association of Ireland Twitter - https://twitter.com/laionline

Episode 017 - Shona Thoma - NPD Ireland

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Laura ends 2017 talking to Niamh O Sullivan. Niamh is the librarian & research officer with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. Niamh talks about her career including work for the San Francisco Chronicle, time in an early tech company and in a range of information and research roles. Niamh shares insight into her current role and what she loves most about being a librarian. Icelandic fishing info, blood and platelet donation, family secrets and jaffa cakes ....this conversation has them all. 
Links from this episode: 
Irish Blood Transfusion Service https://www.giveblood.ie/ 

Academic & special libraries conference 2018 http://www.aslibraries.com/fees-booking

Librarians Aloud - Episode 019 - Niamh O'Sullivan

Laura talks to Margaret Irons founder and owner of LibraryJobs.ie the central location for Library and information jobs in Ireland and Librarian at the school of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. Margaret talks about her early experience and road into the library profession, her time on the Academic and special libraries committee and why she set up LibraryJobs.  
Links from this episode: 
Library jobs http://libraryjobs.ie/ 
Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (DIAS) https://www.dias.ie/
DIAS, School of Celtic Studies https://www.dias.ie/celt/ 
School of Celtic Studies Library https://www.dias.ie/celt/celt-library/

Social Media Links: 
Library Jobs  https://twitter.com/LibraryJobs
DIAS Library Twitter https://twitter.com/SCSLibrary
Margaret Irons https://twitter.com/magsironelly

Librarians Aloud Episode 020 - Margaret Irons / LibraryJobs.ie

Librarians Aloud - Episode 020 - Margaret Irons

Laura talks to Katherine Mc Sharry Head of Outreach Services at the National Library of Ireland. They talk about Katherines journey to her current role and the convergence of libraries, museums and cultural heritage institutions. Katherine shares insights into the recent exhibitions and acquisitions of the National Library including 'Listen Now Again' reflecting on the life and work of Seamus Heaney. 

NLI 'Listen Now Again' Seamus Heaney exhibition details https://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/current-exhibitions.aspx?article=0ebd1d65-6087-4f38-a2a0-467de598b745 

Coverage of Seamus Heaney exhibition 
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/seamus-heaney-exhibition-opens-at-new-dublin-cultural-centre-1.3554038 

Meet the staff at the NLI https://vimeo.com/143854728

Culture Night at NLI https://culturenight.ie/event/national-library-of-ireland/

Librarians Aloud Ep 021 - Katherine Mc Sharry

Librarians Aloud - Episode 021 - Katherine McSharry

Laura talks to Jane Buggle, duputy librarian and learner supports coordinator at Dublin Business School. Jane is also senior editor of the journals 'Studies in Arts and Humanities' and DBS Business Review. They talk about Jane's career, supporting students with specific learning difficulties. They also discuss the editorial process and the development and expansion of opportunities for librarians in the open access publishing sphere.  
Links ; 
DBS Library https://library.dbs.ie/ 
Studies in Arts & Humanities Journal http://sahjournal.com/index.php/sah 
DBS Business Review https://dbsbusinessreview.ie/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 022 - Jane Buggle

Laura talks to Dr Niall O'Mara the first National Healthcare Wikipedian in Residence (WiR) working with the National Doctors Training & Planning Unit and the HSE's National Health Library & Knowledge Service (NHLKS). Also interviewed is Dr. Rebecca O'Neill, project coordinator at Wikimedia Ireland. They talk about the Healthcare Wikipedian in residence project, the benefits of disseminating health research on Wikipedia and why you should become a Wikipedia editor. 
Episode Links : 
HSE National Health Library & Knowledge Service website  www.hselibrary.ie 
National Doctors Training unit HSE https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/leadership-education-development/met/
Wikimedia Ireland http://wikimedia.ie/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 023 - Dr Niall O Mara and Dr Rebecca O'Neill

Laura talks to Helen Fallon Deputy Librarian at Maynooth University during 'Library Ireland Week. They talk about Helen's library career which includes roles as a medical librarian in Saudi Arabia, lecturing in library and information studies at the University of Sierra Leone,  consultancy work in Namibia and Tanzania. She also held several roles in DCU including Business & Education Librarian and  Science Librarian. Helen talks about developing academic writing skills, the discipline of honing academic writing skills and developing her academic writing librarian course. 
Links for this episode:
Academic Writing Librarian blog http://academicwritinglibrarian.blogspot.com/  

Ken Saro Wiwa Collection 
http://nuim.libguides.com/ken-saro-wiwa-collection 

Ken Saro Wiwa Audio Archive  
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/library/collections/ken-saro-wiwa-audio-archive 

'Silence would be treason' via Maynooth University institutional  repository 
http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/8940/1/HF_final%20silence%20would%20be%20treason.pdf 

Maynooth University Library https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/library

04/12/2018

Librarians Aloud - Episode 024 - Helen Fallon

Laura talks to Claire Ní Neachtain Librarian at Coláiste Íosagáin agus Coláiste Eoin and Andrea Dillion Librarian at St Joseph of Cluny. They discuss their career paths and the challenges and opportunities of school librarianship.  
Links from this episode: 
Coláiste Íosagáin agus Coláiste Eoin  Library http://iosagain.eoiniosagain.ie/page/Focal-on-Leabharlannai/4892/Index.html 
St Joseph of Cluny Library http://library.clunykilliney.ie/ 
School Library association in the Republic of Ireland http://slari.ie/

Librarians Aloud - Episode 025 - School Librarians Claire Ní Neachtain and Andrea Dillon

Laura catches up with #asl2019 keynote Christian Lauersen for a drink and a chat about his library journey. Christian is the director of Libraries and citizen services at Roskilde municipality in Denmark. He worked in academic libraries and recently moved into public libraries. he is a champion of the role of libraries as central to vibrant communities. 
Christian is the co-founder of Library Planet, a crowdsourced library tourism guide which features libraries from around the world. 

He is also co-creator of the Library Bossa Nova track 'Lost in your time at the library' 
   
Library Planet https://libraryplanet.net/ 
Christian Lauersen Library Lab https://christianlauersen.net/author/clauersen/ 

Listen to Lost in your time (at The Library) by Los Bossa Nuevo Biblioteca https://soundcloud.com/samfbiblioteket/lost-in-your-time-at-the-library

Librarians Aloud - Episode 026 - Christian Lauersen

Laura talks to Tim Lentz, librarian at Hastings Public Library, Hastings Nebraska. They chat about Tim's library path, the work he does in Hastings public library and his approach to delivering library services.    

Episode Links: 
Hastings public Library http://hastingslibrary.us/ 
Perkins Library Hastings College https://www.hastings.edu/academics/academic-resources/perkins-library/ 
About Hastings Nebraska https://www.cityofhastings.org/

Librarians Aloud  - Episode 027  Tim Lentz  Hastings Public Library

'Librarians Aloud' is an independent podcast by librarians for library & information professionals or anyone interested in what it is information professionals do. Each episode features a guest from the information profession telling their origin story, sharing insight into their career path and discussing the future of information and knowledge sharing and discovery.    
The show is produced and presented by Laura Rooney Ferris. Music and editing by Michael Ferris 
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