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  • Speaker spotlights: Dean Watters & Ruth O’Hara, Eilís O’Neill and Paola Corti

    Speaker spotlights: Dean Watters & Ruth O’Hara, Eilís O’Neill and Paola Corti

    Dean Watters and Ruth O’Hara Dean Watters from Griffith College and Ruth O’Hara collaborated on this important cataloguing project. They have a wealth of cataloguing experience between them as the head of cataloguing for Griffith College and Collections and Content Librarian in Maynooth University Library respectively. In this case study…

  • Speaker spotlights: Laura Rooney Ferris and Trevor Boland

    Speaker spotlights: Laura Rooney Ferris and Trevor Boland

    Laura Rooney Ferris We are delighted that former A&SL committee member Laura Rooney Ferris will be speaking at this year’s conference. Laura is currently working with the HSE’s Health Library Ireland (HLI) as Library Resources Manager with a remit for National Procurement and since 2015 she has produced and presented…

  • Conference Sponsors

    Conference Sponsors

    We’re delighted that EBSCO and Dublin Business School (DBS) are sponsoring #ASL2024! Take time during the conference to chat to the friendly EBSCO representatives about how their high-quality information resources and technology solutions can support your library. Stop by the DBS desk to learn about their range of full-time and…

  • Student #ASL2024 tickets!

    Student #ASL2024 tickets!

    Are you a LIS student interested in attending #ASL2024 in Dublin on the 21st March? We have welcome news for your piggy banks as there are a limited number of €50 student tickets available. Book your student ticket today before they’re all snapped up! https://bit.ly/3IgNckd

  • Bursary Awards

    Bursary Awards

    We are offering bursaries for this year’s A&SL conference which will allow two people to attend free of charge. The bursaries are available to LIS students and to those working in the library sector. To submit an application for the bursary, please send an email to aslsectionevents@gmail.com by 1st March describing in 200…

  • Keynote David Hughes

    Keynote David Hughes

    We’re delighted to announce our second keynote speaker; David Hughes, who will discuss open scholarship in librarianship, and how fairer access models can reduce challenges from trends such as AI in his talk ‘Why do we need “Open”, anyway?’

  • Keynote Marilyn Clarke

    Keynote Marilyn Clarke

    How’s this for a keynote title: ‘Libraries as liberatory spaces: knowledge justice, sites of memory and acts of resistance.’ Join us on March 21st for #ASL2024 to hear this brilliant talk from @marilyn_c30.

  • ASL2024

    ASL2024

    Lee Kirwan’s brilliant #ASL2019 sketches capture the energy and excitement of our conferences perfectly. Experience it all yourself at our #ASL2024 conference on March 21st at the @ashlinghoteldublin. Sign up here! https://aslibraries.ie/conference/ Can’t wait to see you all there!

  • A&SL AGM 2024 – Register now!

    A&SL AGM 2024 – Register now!

    Join us for the 2024 AGM of the Academic & Special Libraries (A&SL), an online event starting on January 23rd at 7:00 PM The 2024 AGM will outline recent and forthcoming activities of the A&SL section including our annual conference which returns in March 2024! Laura Ryan, Assistant Librarian in…

  • Save the Date! LAI A&SL AGM

    Save the Date! LAI A&SL AGM

    Save the date, LAI & AS&L AGM, 23 January 2024 at 7pm.