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Library Ireland Week 8-13 March 2010 |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
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Library Ireland Week 2010 took place from 8 - 13 March this year and was a great success with over 300 events taking place around the country.
For further details of the range of activities check out the Events section of this site.
The week got off to a great start with a launch in the Wood Quay Venue by Seamus Heaney.- for an audio of his speech see below..
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Seamus Heaney Launched Library Ireland Week |
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
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 Library Ireland Week ran from 8th March – 13th March 2010. There weremany events taking place throughout the week, for more details on events view our calendar
On Thursday 4th March Library Ireland Week 2010 was launched by Irish poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney . Adressing over 60 attendees at the Wood Quay Venue in Dublin he spoke of the importance of Library's today and the key role that Librarians have in enabling access to knowledge and information.
Listen to Seamus Heaney launch Library Ireland Week 2010, with an introduction by Siobhán Fitzpatrick, President of the Library Association of Ireland
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Library users to gain access to music |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
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A new scheme which will enable members of local libraries to access the music collections of some of the country’s largest libraries and archives was launched in Dublin yesterday by novelist and broadcaster Deirdre Purcell as part of Library Ireland Week.
Music PAL is a new cross-border initiative launched by the Committee on Library Co-operation in Ireland (Colico).
Under the scheme, library users will be able to apply for a Music PAL Access Card at their local library, which will then allow them to visit and make use of facilities at other libraries around the country.
Twenty-seven institutions are partaking in the scheme, including Trinity College Dublin, the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin, the Cork School of Music, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the RTÉ Sound Library and Archive. Read the full article in the Irish Times and read more from An Chomhairle Leabharlanna
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Discover your National Library: Explore, Reflect, Connect |
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
The Library’s new exhibition, Discover your National Library: Explore, Reflect, Connect provides a unique opportunity for the public to view first-hand a representative selection of the Library’s holdings – the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Irish documentary material numbering almost eight million items including maps, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, books, newspapers and periodicals. 
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Virtual explorers: access to rare artefacts at National Library |
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
Farm deeds signed by the man credited with bringing the potato to Ireland are among the rare artefacts featured in a hi-tech virtual exhibition which opened at the National Library of Ireland yesterday.
A heartfelt letter written by 1916 leader Éamonn Ceannt to his wife hours before his execution, cigarette cards painted by Jack B Yeats and cartoons depicting Ireland’s role in the Napoleonic War are also included.
The exhibition features a range of rare items from the library’s collection of documents, letters, maps and art, many of which were deemed too valuable, light or air sensitive to be placed in regular display cases.
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