Ann Byrne and Emberly Davey

Ann Byrne is the Digital librarian for Hibernia College and she has an interest and expertise in digital libraries, information literacy, open access, and academic writing and referencing. Emberly Davey is a Digital Library Assistant at Hibernia College who advocates for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Open Access.

In their case study ‘Digital literacy for all: reflections on creating a Digital literacy OER‘ they detail the open digital educational resource they created to help foster digital literacy within Hibernia College and beyond. They reflect on the process of developing the course, share what we have learned along the way, and indicate future directions for the project.

Jane Buggle and Marie O’Neill

Jane Buggle is the Institute Librarian at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology. She is on the Advisory Board of the DBS Applied Research and Theory Journal.

Marie O’Neill is employed as Deputy Librarian at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design (IADT). She is a committee member of and the Library Association of Ireland’s Library Publishing Group.

Both presenters are members of the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group and are members of the Executive Board of the All Ireland Journal of Higher Education (AISHE-J). They are members of the Library Association of Ireland’s Library Publishing Group and they are co-founders and co-managers of Irish Open Access Publishers (IOAP.ie).

Their case study ‘Diamond Open Access Publishing: Navigating the Impact of a Single Library Published Journal‘ outlines the challenges and significance of Diamond Open Access Publishing. It describes the growth and impact of library publishing and outlines the importance of engaging in communities of practice nationally and internationally. The presentation further discusses the quality standards, capacity building, social justice and sustainability of next-generation library publishing.  Their talk demonstrates the impact a single library published journal can make to the growth of a high-quality Diamond OA publishing.

Catherine Ahearne

Catherine Ahearne (BA, MLIS, ALAI) is the Assistant Librarian with Responsibility for Engagement & Information Services (EIS at Maynooth University Library. She is interested in supporting those returning to learning and improving user experience.

In her poster presentation ‘Moving from that’s the way it is to this is what it can be: Finding the means to improve service’ she examines the questions the team needs to ask before conducting a review of the accessibility and inclusivity of Maynooth University Library.