In this Issue…
Children’s Laureate calls for funding for school libraries
A literacy programme that does not include a plan for well-stocked school and classroom libraries cannot succeed in making children…Read More
Librarian finds novel way to travel by train
On Thursday August 4, visitors to Mallow Library might have felt they had time travelled to the Old West. The library had been transformed…Read More
Dublin City Public Libraries @ the Aontas Adult Learners’ Festival 2011
As our contribution to Aontas Adult Learners’ Week 2011 the Library Learning Bus parked in the car park of the Social Welfare Local Office…Read More
Creative writing for all ages at Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries.
Read about Teenagers collaborating on online novels at Deansgrange Library & dlr Libraries & Arts Office appoints a new Writer-in-residence…Read More
Kilkenny Library Service and the Arts festival
Kilkenny Library Service was invited to supply literature to support one of the exhibitions held during KAF 2011. Modified Expression was an…Read More
The Year of Craft
To celebrate the Year of Craft knitting groups have been encouraged in Castlecomer and Urlingford libraries. The group in Castlecomer has…Read More
Leitrim County Library catalogues old Irish books
Most libraries hold collections of old books in Irish but when computerised cataloguing was introduced these books were often consigned to back…Read More
LIT Library wins €1,171,557 to lead major EU project on information literacy.
An Taoiseach, Edna Kenny, T.D. visited Killarney Library on Saturday, 2 July to open an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the…Read More
International Music Conference visits NUI Maynooth and Castletown House
Delegates from the 60th annual conference of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML), hosted by Trinity…Read More
International Congress of Celtic Studies
The Russell Library at NUI Maynooth celebrated the 14th International Congress of Celtic Studies which ran from 1 – 5 August 2011…Read More
Percy French Summer School 2011
As the sun shone on the magnificent surroundings of Castlecoote last week for the third Percy French Summer School visitors…Read More
Roscommon County Library’s Summer Events Programme
A picture paints a thousand words!! Definitely true when you see the faces of the children captured by Photographer Jenny Glynn…Read More
September means History and Heritage at South Dublin Libraries
There is something for everyone during History and Heritage Month at South Dublin Libraries, as once again a varied and interesting…Read More
Summer Sessions at Ardkeen Library
Summer Sessions are a series of talks on alternative therapies which are held each year at Ardkeen Library during the summer months…Read More
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