Time for MY FAVOURITE PANEL 🎉🎉🎉
My Life in Books facilitated by the brilliant Pat Lonergan with Eimear Ní Bhraonáin, John Connell and Rachael English!

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Now we have Damien Brady, Limerick City & County Librarian, speaking on a recent study trip to libraries in the Netherlands.

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Our first panel of the day is on the battle for truth in the Age of AI with Eimear Ní Bhraonáin, @jackmccarronkk.bsky.social, Rob Brown and @ntanzi.bsky.social @laibluesky.bsky.social #LAIBooktotheFuture25

Who better to open the last day of the Public Libraries conference than our Laureate Éilís Ní Dhuibhne who is tracing our storytelling and writing past! #LAIBooktotheFuture25 @laibluesky.bsky.social

Dobbo is in the house! Our next panel is led by Byran Dobson and features Brian Gallagher, Ashwin Chacko and Kathleen MacMahon. This panel will be celebrating writing in a time of rapid technological change #laibooktothefuture25 @laibluesky.bsky.social

Faye Carrie speaking on the Resisting Hate and Navigating Agitation report; focused on library staff perspectives of the reactionary responses to LGBTQIA+ materials. Brilliant to see a period of time which affected so many library workers so thoughtfully investigated #LAIBooktotheFuture25

We're delighted to have Debbie Hicks,creative director of the @readingagency.bsky.social to speak on changing lives through reading! From the worrying picture recent reports on reading present to the opportunities & challenges this presents to Libraries #LAIBooktotheFuture25 @laibluesky.bsky.social

Fascinating & hilarious talk from @ntanzi.bsky.social

Libraries & AI by way of the twilight zone & the idea that a book is a vessel- a delivery mechanism.

Change is a feature of our service and providing access & information is part of our commitment to digital equity #LAIBooktotheFuture25

Our opening address at the Public Libraries conference is from Lorna Dodd, President of the Library Association of Ireland. Lorna spoke to the future of public libraries as they embrace change and consider their future paths #Laibooktothefuture25

Lists of table quiz scores!

It's the first proper day of the Library Association of Ireland Public Libraries conference. The table quiz rivalries of last night have been put to bed and we're heading into a day of amazing speakers! #LAIBooktotheFuture25

Very excited for this year's LAI Public Libraries Conference #LAIBooktothefuture25 #libraries #librariesireland