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The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/
TODAY starting at 12:30pm DRI is hosting a hackathon to update the Reproductive Justice wiki with information about Ireland, at Dublin City Library and Archive @dublincitylibs.bsky.social with Dr. Alessandra Jungs de Almeida and @wikimediaireland.bsky.social
Learn more at: dri.ie/events/repro...
Poster for FIAT IFTA Preservation and Migration Seminar. Features an image with two figures unravelling a video reel into a file on a laptop screen. Includes details of new deadlines for call for proposals for this seminar.
📣The deadline to submit your proposals for the @fiatifta.bsky.social PMC Seminar 2026 in Dublin has been extended!
🗓 New submission deadlines:
March 16 – Presentation + Discussion Panel
March 30 – Demo
👉Submit your proposal: go.bsky.app/redirect?u=h...
Today we're kicking off 2 weeks of training aimed at depositors using the DRI repository. Join us at 10:00 UTC for the first course, 'Introductory training: Creating an account and exploring the repository' dri.ie/events/dri-i...
Check out DRI Events on dri.ie for more to come!
A card with details of the OXFOS conference speaker's event.
Join us for a webinar on Cultivating #FAIRdata across the disciplines on Mar 5th with colleagues @fairsharing.bsky.social and @researchdataall.bsky.social #RDAambassadors @allysonlister.bsky.social and Daniel Manrique-Castano. #OxFOS26 @ox.ac.uk
➡️ Register at go.glam.ox.ac.uk/OxFOS26_Regi...
Is groundbreaking research your thing?
The 2026 Radiocarbon Dates Scheme is now open until 25 March. Apply to date up to five samples.
Info + application: www.ria.ie/grants/archa...
Explore past grantee reports in the @dri.ie : repository.dri.ie/catalog/cj83...
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Old colour map of Waterford City. Parish boundaries are marked on the map. An index is included listing street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings.
Happy #MapMonday!
This colour map of Waterford City from 1830 shows the city's parish boundaries. An index lists the street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings such as the Town Hall; Cathedral; Old Courthouse; Female Blue School and others: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Great to see this publication from the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project team!
The project's digital archive containing photographs of extant Ordnance Survey bench marks in County Limerick is available in the DRI repository: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Have you ever thought about reusing Discovery Programme data? We have datasets on the DRI including ISAP (doi.org/10.7486/DRI....) and CHERISH (doi.org/10.7486/DRI....)
If you have an idea for reuse, @dri.ie are currently offering grants to support data reuse projects:
Explore past grantee reports in the @dri.ie : repository.dri.ie/catalog/cr57...
@nationalmons.bsky.social @communitiesni.bsky.social
A pink background with orange, green and pink swirls. Black text in a white box in the centre reads "Reproductive Justice Hackathon."
Looking for a way to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay on Sat, Mar 7th? There's still time to register for the upcoming Reproductive Justice Hackathon, aimed at improving @wikipedia.org resources on Irish reproductive justice movements. Sign up by Feb 27th to join the event: dri.ie/events/repro...
DRI's Research and Engagement Manager Beth Knazook will be joining the EOSC FIDELIS Project on Wed Feb 24th for a full day of workshops on #DataReuse. Beth will showcase the recently published Research Sustainability Workflow for the Humanities.
Register to join: eden-fidelis.eu/events/data-...
Poster for Preservation & Migration Seminar Dublin 2026. Text includes the theme: "Digital time: show me how you do it! Recipes for audiovisual content longevity". The logos for the Digital Repository of Ireland, FIAT/IFTA and RTE appear at the bottom of the image.
⏰Less than one week left to submit your proposal for the @fiatifta.bsky.social (FIAT/IFTA) Preservation and Migration Seminar taking place in Dublin this June!
Find out more: fiatifta.org/pmc-seminar-...
#DigiPres #CallForProposals #DigitalPreservation #DigiPresNews
Historical map depicting County Mayo in Ireland, highlighting regions, family names, and geographical feature. Titled 'Ortelius Improved'.
#MapMonday!
This is a copy map of Co. Mayo, traced from an original by Abraham Ortelius. The baronial boundaries and the main landowners within the county are indicated.
From the Ordnance Survey Letters collection, deposited by the Royal Irish Academy and the OS200 project: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Two stylized figures facing each other with swirling lines emerging from their heads, on a green background.
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to welcome two new members to the DRI Board - Lynn Scarff (Royal Irish Academy, @ria.ie) and Cathal McCauley (Maynooth University, @maynoothuniversity.ie)
Read more: dri.ie/news/dri-wel...
Promotional graphic for the DRI newsletter featuring a peach-coloured envelope on a green background.
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-...
A silhouetted man guides two horses pulling a plow across a grassy field under a cloudy sky.
Happy Lunar New Year! 🌑🎉
To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Fire Horse and its spirit of vitality, strength and dynamism, we're sharing this photo from 1950s Ireland, which depicts the strength and grace of a horse at work in the Irish countryside: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#LunarNewYear
Historic map of Dublin, intricately detailed with streets, waterways, and ships. Decorative borders feature coats of arms and geographic details.
For this week's #MapMonday we're sharing this large engraved map of Galway from the Hardiman Atlas collection. This map depicts the city in wonderful detail, including houses, gardens, people, horses, dogs, boats, and even some interesting-looking sea creatures!
Image: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Continuing the St. Valentine’s Day spirit, we are sharing a clip from 'A Bird in the House, God Bless Her', a collection of folklore recorded and produced by Michael Fortune.
Watch the video in the @dri.ie repository.dri.ie/catalog/mg75...
A postage stamp features concentric white hearts on a red background, with pink outlines. The word "LOVE" and "Éire N" are in white.
On this #ValentinesDay we are sending love to all of our wonderful friends and followers 💗
This beautiful heart-themed stamp from An Post would help any hopeful romantics across the country add a little extra love to their letters today 💌
Explore the collection!: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#Love
Five men in suits sit around a table in a radio studio, engaged in conversation. A large vintage microphone and camera are visible in the background.
It's #WorldRadioDay!
This photograph captures a radio broadcast in action📻
From the collection 'Delivering the mail - how the Post Office worked': doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
The Post Office was responsible for radio broadcasting, and studios were situated on the top floors of the GPO.
As we wrap up #LoveDataWeek for another year, a reminder that there are more activities planned all year to share data best practices.
Coming up in March > DRI will host a #ReproductiveJustice #Hackathon w/ help from @wikimediaireland.bsky.social & @dublincitylibs.bsky.social: dri.ie/events/repro...
A photograph of the cover of the DRI Member Case study with blue backgroud and a white magnifying glass in the centre.
DRI staff are on the road once again this week, this time en route to Waterford to celebrate #ResearchData #Impact at @setulibraries.bsky.social. @lisagriffith.bsky.social will reflect on the example SETU set for cross-disciplinary excellence in a DRI Member Case Study: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
Introducing the DRI Research Reuse Reward! 🏆 📊
For #LoveData26 we're announcing a new scheme rewarding good research that interrogates, enhances, remixes or reimagines Ireland's social and cultural data. You could win up to €500 for reusing data in the DRI repository.
dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
There's just under 3 weeks left to submit your presentation and discussion panel proposals for the Preservation and Migration Seminar in June 2026!
Submit at fiatifta.org/pmc-seminar-...
Our conference programme is starting to come together!
DPASSH proposal responses are hitting inboxes this week and we're very pleased at the number of excellent talks, workshops, experiences and posters that will be in the mix for this summer's event! #StayTuned #DigitalPreservation #GLAMdata #HSS
Continuing our celebration of #LoveDataWeek, DRI staff are heading to Cork for a data stewardship networking event hosted by @sonrai.bsky.social. The afternoon panel will discuss disciplinary differences, a topic we covered in a (still relevant?) 2023 report: dri.ie/news/discipl...
Antique map illustrating part of Dublin, showcasing streets and numbered plots. Includes a decorative compass rose, the Dublin Corporation seal and a reference table with the names of plot holders.
It's #MapMonday! This map, created in 1752, is a plan of Flint's Croft set in 25 lettered lots on either side of Harry Street, Dublin.
From the Dublin City Surveyors Maps collection, which documents the development of the Dublin City Estate within the original walled city: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
The @researchdataall.bsky.social is continuing the discussion on #agenticAI for Love Data Week! #lovedata26
If you missed DRI's in-person event last week, be sure to check out one of the online sessions on Feb 12 or 13: www.rd-alliance.org/events/love-...
It’s Love Data Week! #LoveData26
If you love data as much as we do, find our collections in the @dri.ie & @europeana.bsky.social:
⛏️ The Irish Stone Axe Project: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
🌊The CHERISH Project: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
💻 5Dculture: tinyurl.com/y7nwhyab
@ria.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social
Cover image from a slide deck on AI and the global research data community.
Slides from the talk this week by @hilaryhanahoe.bsky.social @researchdataall.bsky.social are now available in the DRI repository.
Learn about how the global research community, represented by RDA, perceives #AgenticAI adding value (or not) to the #rdm lifecycle:
doi.org/10.7486/DRI....