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Why @libfocus.bsky.social - with these @conulconference.bsky.social reviews you're really spoiling us! Three reviews from the #Conul25 bursary winners were posted on the libfocus blog this week - read all about it over at www.libfocus.com

"Is This How Men Always Feel?": The Power of Being Surrounded by Female Leaders at CONUL This review of the CONUL Conference is by Holly Meade-Kennedy, who is a library assistant in Maynooth University Library.  Holly Meade Kenne...

Today we bring you the third and final blog post from our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's blog is by Holly Meade-Kennedy, a library assistant in Maynooth University Library.

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In her @conulconference.bsky.social review, @hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social from @mulibrary.bsky.social shares how empowering it was for her to hear from so many female library leaders at #CONUL25. Read more about a conference experience that was 'rare and radical' at www.libfocus.com

This morning, we bring the second of three blog posts by #CONUL25 Bursary Award Winners. Today's post is written by John O'Donnell, Library Assistant in the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.
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Michelle McMeekin's @conulconference.bsky.social review gives an excellent snapshot of #CONUL25 in Tullamore. It is the first of three conference reports from this year's bursary winners. Read all about the conference talks, trends and tastes at libfocus.com

CONUL Conference 2025 This review of the CONUL Conference 2025 is by Michelle McMeekin who is a senior library assistant in Queen's University Belfast.  CONUL Con...

Today we are pleased to bring the first of three blog posts by our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's post is written by Michelle McMeekin, Senior Library Assistant in Queen's University, Belfast.
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@conulconference.bsky.social some of @mulibrary.bsky.social colleagues at #conul25

And with that #CONUL25 is over. Thank you so much to our speakers, our sponsors, and our delegates for a wonderful conference

Good luck to everyone presenting at #conul25 today

I've learned so much about how to make the most of our library spaces, resources and staff expertise at #CONUL25. One of the many highlights was the talk from @mulibrary.bsky.social staff about the bats in The Russell Library. Read more here: mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/h...

Jenny O'Neill (HEANet) outlines the development of a European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation national node for Ireland (EOSC Ireland) - a really important step for the Irish academic community! #CONUL25

A great opportunity to ask Anne Jarvis of #Princeton about increasing female leadership in the library space following her fantastic keynote at #CONUL25 Day 2. Anne recommended the book "Why Should Anyone Be Led By You". So encouraging to see an Irish woman excel at such a high level! #libraries

Richard Madden discussing UCC's Digital & Information literacy framework. Lots of food for thought, especially in light of the phase 2 development of our Digital Literacy OER at Hibernia College #CONUL25

Great presentation by MTU CSM Fleischmann library staff member, Jennifer Spykerman on the 2nd day of #CONUL25 conference in Athlone. Jen's presentation is bound to spark a lot of discussion around innovative models for student engagement in academic libraries
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Breakout sessions have kicked off on Day 2 of #CONUL25, where we're learning about a vast array of topics such as archival literacy and engagement, RDM, and bats (yes, bats in the library!)

@mulibrary.bsky.social colleagues Alex Caccamo and Sarah Timmins speaking on ‘Bookish Bats: a unique sustainable delivery service in the Russell Library’ at #conul25

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An issue of @dculibrary.bsky.social's Liblink publication from 1998 makes a surprise appearance during today's #Conul25 keynote speech from @Princeton's University Librarian. Anne Jarvis worked in DCU Library before she left Ireland in 2000.

Our third Platinum sponsor, Clarivate, is being represented by Valentin Bogorov
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Anne Jarvis is explaining how ephemera gives us a "rare and powerful glimpse" into people's lives at that time, and also at how we live today. The fact that they are fragile and were not expected to last makes them all the more important to our understanding to the past and our future.

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Anne Jarvis' final theme is Sustainability, pointing out that collections that we create will only be valuable if we keep sustainability in mind.

- looking at stock and deciding what is needed, rather than what has always been collected
- looking at subject headings
- collecting ephemera

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@conulconference.bsky.social Anne Jarvis speaking about Make Net a makerspace collaboration across Princeton including the library makerspace. VR headsets in use for country experience for language students and archaeological site experience for archaeology students . #conul25

Princeton Univeristy Library will be introducing a Curiosity Studio, allowing space for pop-ups, presentations, and a space to be collaboratively creative.

The Makerspace is intended to break down barriers.

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Anne Jarvis' next point is Innovation.

She is urging us to us AI technologies "thoughtfully, responsibly" and in a "meaningful and creative" way to continue the tradition of libraries exploring new ideas.

Library space innovation - a hot topic - is also being discussed.
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@conulconference.bsky.social Anne Jarvis speaking about the positioning of the Library of Princeton to harness key campus partners. #conul25

Anne Jarvis, Dean of Libraries at Princeton University, gives the keynote address on day 2 of #CONUL25

Princeton's principles regarding information resources

- user empowerment
- inclusive access
- strategic innovation (encompassing both new technologies and improvements to current resources)
- integrated experience (everything should work together to be a unified environment for users)

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Anne Jarvis is sharing with us Princeton's North Star Statements and discussing how we should harness change, rather than trying to fight it. The statements are reviewed each year to make sure that they are still relevant #CONUL25

Anne Jarvis' first point regards partnership between libraries and their users #CONUL25

Anne Jarvis is currently discussing how we have the power to share our trustworthy collections in a world that has seen a lot of misinformation #CONUL25

Anne Jarvis has taken to the stage #CONUL25