Category: News
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Join ASL AGM2026 and Orla Fitzpatrick of Poetry Ireland
‘Special Librarian and academic: is it possible to be both?’ We are delighted to have Orla Fitzpatrick speaking at this year’s AGM and to have the opportunity to hear her speak about her professional journey and how she has combined an academic and library career path. Orla will also be…
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Chester Beatty Library tour
Wednesday 5th November 2025 6.30-7.30 We’re delighted to invite current members of the Academic and Special Libraries group to join us on Wednesday 5th November 2025 for a guided tour of The Chester Beatty Library. Located within the grounds of Dublin Castle, this world-renowned library holds a facinating collection that…
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Join ASL AGM 2025 for ‘Cooking the Books’ talk on NLI recipe collections
Join us online on February 5th at 7 pm for our AGM, and to hear Nora Thornton and Joanne Carroll from @nationallibraryofireland give their wonderful talk “Cooking the Books” that showcases recipe books from the special collections, and how the idea for the talk came about. It promises to be delicious! Register…
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Conference Programme
We are very excited to announce the programme for #asl2024… It’s a full day of great papers with plenty of networking opportunities at coffee and sit down lunch in the Ashling Hotel’s Chesterfields Restaurant.