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That's a wrap on #CONULTL26.
Thank you to all our speakers and attendees o the day.
We will be setting up our Community of Practice msiling list too, to help soft launch the community

The vision of this framework is to help students develop the skills needed to successfully live in a changing digital society and continue adapting their skills as lifelong skills after their studies
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Ben Williamson of University College Cork helps round out the day with their talk “The Magnificent Seven: The lifelong qualities of UCC Library’s DIL framework”
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Underrepresented and underserved communities and groups are brought into and engaged with the library space and library world through a number of initiatives: tours, info sessions, etc
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Sean Adderley of Trinity College Dublin is next up with his talk on "Opening the Library: Connecting Communities with Collections"
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Inclusivity and accessible gateways to knowledge are key parts of lifelong learning and underpin the Age-Friendly Initiative
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Our final session of the day begins with Mícheál Ó hAodha from University of Limerick and his talk on “Developing Age-Friendly Library Services in the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick: Current Challenges and Opportunities”
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Networking time at #CONULTL26 with time to reflect on thoughts and ideas of the day so far

Libraries using book recommendations to help with understanding, engaging, and challenging conceptions around difficult or misunderstood topics
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Gwen Ryan from University of Galway is next with her talk on “Shannon College of Hotel Management’s first One College, One Book initiative”
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Case Study on how archives can support and inspire lifelong learning by providing access to collections on key topics, such as the Mary Crowley collection for Midwifery
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Erin McRae of RCSI is next with her talk on “Archives Inspiring Generations: Case Studies from RCSI Heritage Collections”
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Volunteering as one opportunity to use your librarian skills in retirement, and promote library skills as lifelong learning skills
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Our afternoon kicks off with Helen Fallon speaking about “Opening New Windows of Opportunity: Using your library skills in retirement”
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DCU Library's great involvement in the Headstart programme, giving Library tours and information literacy sessions to adults returning to education
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Celine Campbell & Grace O’Connor from Dublin City University round off our morning session with “It’s a kinda magic: demystifying information literacy for adults returning to education”
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Seven key sections in the UL Transferable Skills Framework
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Michelle Breen and Margaret Phelan of University of Limerick present their talk on “Spotlighting Information Literacy: Aligning Library Teaching with an institutional Transferable Skills Framework”
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"Library Essentials" as a redeveloped Digital Literacy programme to support graduate employability
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Israel Chidavaenzi and Sarah-Anne Kennedy from TUDublin are next, speaking about “Harnessing Transferable Skills for Digital Literacy and Employability”
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The Four Space Model is important in designing Libraries as a vital learning space and community hub
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The first of our paper talks is Nuala Murray of DCU, with “Learning to Learn: How Library Design Shapes Lifelong Learners”
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How Libraries can enable participation. A-B-C-D.
Access, Basic, Critical, Discourse
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In the digital world, some 'social practices' can alienate those who lack basic digital literacy and capabilities
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Learning processes are not just isolated things, but interactions of present and past experiences
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Dr Leo Casey is our Keynote Speaker this year. His address is titled "Lifelong Learning and Libraries as Literacy Learning Spaces"
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Evidence in Question session uses a series of information statements to prompt students whether info is true, false, or disproven, and to consider sources and info.
e.g. Men have bigger brains than women
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Our first presentation of the day is our Active Learning Demonstration with Jeanie Parris of Ulster University, incorporating lifelong skills into a classroom session #CONULTL26

Getting ready for #CONULTL26 CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2026 - Library Skills as Lifelong Learning Skills