News and Announcements

Keep an eye on this page for all the latest news on the activities of the A&SL committee.

  • 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 Read more

  • 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 words or less why you’d… Read more

  • 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?’ Read more

  • 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. Read more

  • 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! Read more

  • 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 Special Collections & Archives at… Read more