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The DRI February newsletter is out now!💌
This month's issue includes news of the DRI Research Reuse Award, two new collections in the Repository and upcoming events, including details of our new DRI Member Training Series💻✨
Read this month's issue and subscribe : dri.ie/dri-friends-...
Members sought for the National Archives Advisory Council (NAAC).
Apply via PublicJobs by 10 March 2026. Details including the Candidate Information Booklet can be found linked below!
#archives #recordsmanagement #governance #publicappointments
The deadline is tomorrow! But you do have until one minute to midnight on Friday 13 Feb to get your submission in for our 2026 conference. (and because we aren't cruel - you probably have a few minutes after midnight actually). All info here: openingdoors-ara2026.eventsair.site/call-for-pap...
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📣 We're #hiring: #DigitalArchivist
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm
It's just two weeks until our final Records Management Lunchtime webinar!
In this webinar, we will learn how the SFC have adapted to new ways of working with SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook.
Book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becky-hall...
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The University of Glasgow Library is pleased to announce the 2026 Visiting Research Fellows! 🎉
Find out more about this year's fellows and their research here: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Why did a riot happen at the Abbey Theatre 100 years ago today? @yesthewholebook.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social writes that the negative audience reacton to Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars was very much rooted in the political anxieties of 1926 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Mary Ward portrait
For #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we’re highlighting #MaryKingWard (27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869), an Irish naturalist, microscopist, author, artist and astronomer from Co. Offaly.
📷 : Mary Ward with her #microscope, c.1860 (public domain)
Join us Thursday, 12th Feb, at 1pm for the next lecture in the #EDI series.
Hear Dr. Kerrigan talk about the Hirschfeld Centre's enduring place in the story of Irish LGBTQ+ resistance, resilience, and community formation.
Tickets 🎟⬇️
www.eventbrite.ie/e/waking-the...
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💫 A new month means a new theme! 💫
For February, it's #EYAConnections 🔗
🌟 How does your archive make connections?
🌟 Do you have any material that represents connections?
Don't forget to tag us in your posts or use the hashtag!
#ExploreYourArchive
Today we launch new AI guidelines to help galleries, libraries, archives and museums prepare for the future - read more here: www.archives.org.uk/news/new-ai-...
A page filled with densely written cursive handwriting on yellowed paper, conveying an antique, historical document. The text appears aged and archival.
📢 The County Descriptions of the Physico-Historical Society is now live in the Repository, digitised through the Nowlan Grants @ria.ie.
This cross-border collaboration brings 18th-century scientific and local history to life, available to all on open access!
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...
From the Mary Robinson archive in @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social the St Brigid’s Peace Cross, presented to Mary while President 🇮🇪 , by member of group visiting Áras an Uachtaráin to highlight fundraising campaign by AFRI , 1990s.
@araireland.bsky.social #brigid #stbrigid #imbolc #láfhéilebríde
Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
A Roman Mosaic. Trust us. This is a wolf. It may look like Batman after he's fallen asleep at a party and his "mates" have "decorated" him, but it's a wolf.
Morning!
#MosaicMonday
The 2026 NUI Travelling Doctoral Studentship (TDS) Scheme is now open for applications 🎊
The NUI TDS are one of the University’s longest running competitions and support students in the NUI federal system when undertaking postgraduate research abroad or travelling abroad for their research 📚
![Colourful map of counties within the province of Ulster. Features columns of text on either side of the map itself containing a legend and other contextual information. Locations on the map also include The Ulster counties are marked on this map, along with family names. Other locations outside Ulster are also marked, including 'The Brene' [Breifne], 'Parte of Meathe' [Meath], 'Parte of the Barrony of Slane', 'Parte of the Province of Connoughe' [Connaught], and 'Parte of the Countie of Lowth [Louth] being parte of the province of Leomster' (sic) [Leinster].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rgyohjs7ejvcagrhsequ2lsn/bafkreicdbxlr2r54v3qbcpb4wk5ecpgf7vv4fmbxvar2v7pyxxdtqgpbt4@jpeg)
Colourful map of counties within the province of Ulster. Features columns of text on either side of the map itself containing a legend and other contextual information. Locations on the map also include The Ulster counties are marked on this map, along with family names. Other locations outside Ulster are also marked, including 'The Brene' [Breifne], 'Parte of Meathe' [Meath], 'Parte of the Barrony of Slane', 'Parte of the Province of Connoughe' [Connaught], and 'Parte of the Countie of Lowth [Louth] being parte of the province of Leomster' (sic) [Leinster].
It's #MapMonday !
This colourful 'map of the Ulster counties' is from the Hardiman Atlas collection, deposited in DRI by Trinity College Dublin. The Hardiman Atlas contains nearly 90 maps and plans and is one of the largest sets of original Tudor and early Stuart maps of Ireland surviving anywhere.
📣 We're #hiring: #DigitalArchivist
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for the position of Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: www.nli.ie/about-us/wor...
📆 #Apply by: 13 February 2026 at 3pm
I am delighted to announce that I’ll be speaking on the Michael Davitt Papers Project for EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum on the 25th of February as part of a seminar exploring Davitt’s global connections!
www.eventbrite.ie/e/rebel-with...
Tonight!
We hope to see you there!
⏰ Reminder: ISA AGM & Lecture – 13th November at 6 PM ✨
Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚
🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM
👉 Register now via Eventbrite
#IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives
“Dear Cara-Friend”: Widening access to a key PRONI LGBTQ+ archive
Tues Dec 2nd @ 1pm
This presentation will focus on letters sent to Cara-Friend in the 1970s & 1980s from people seeking advice, support and friendship.
@araukie.bsky.social
@irisharchives1970.bsky.social
@aranewprofs.bsky.social
JOB POST - Project Digital Archivist, 1FTE, Fixed Term
University of Galway Library invites applications for a fixed term, full time post of Project Archivist period of 6 months.
The successful candidate will manage the Imirce Collection
Full POST : www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
#skybrarians
🎉 Here’s the next #WDPD2025 blog — a fresh take on this year's theme #WhyPreserve 🎉
This World #DigitalPreservation Day, we sat down with DPC Supporter Preferred Media to ask: why preserve, and who benefits? The answer is everyone: because preservation is […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
🚨BREAKING NEWS On #WDPD2025, the #DPC has released a new version of the Global #BitList of Endangered Digital Materials: a powerful call to action from the global #digipres community.
The Bit List identifies the digital materials most at risk of being lost […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
Fantastic news to share on this World Digital Preservation Day!
iPres2030 will be held in Belfast & Dublin in Sept 2030. The 5-day conference will be led by a consortium group across the island of Ireland. See link below ⬇️
dri.ie/news/dublin-...
🎉 It’s World Digital Preservation Day! 🎉Watch a brand new #WDPD2025 vlog and hear directly from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick on why they preserve their digital records👉🏼 👀 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/vlog-uni-warwick-wdpd2025 […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
💫 New Theme! 💫
The new #ExploreYourArchive monthly theme for November is #EYAReligion / #EYASpirituality ✨
We can’t wait to see your posts for this theme - make sure to tag us and use the hashtags! 😊
Doll & Box, Crolly, Co. Donegal - one of the most famous doll companies in Europe
Got an object with a story? We believe every object holds a piece of history - and yours could be part of it.
From heirlooms to gig tickets- bring yours to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks & chat with curators
📍 Thursday, 6th Nov 6-7 PM
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/late-night...
We’re delighted to see photos from our collection featured in this fascinating initiative by our friends at #NationalArchivesofIreland. They’re seeking stories from Irish people aged 100 and over - a wonderful opportunity to preserve and celebrate living history: www.irishstar.com/news/ireland...
