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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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What is your Name? Joanna Finegan
Where are you From? Ardee, Co Louth
Where do you Work? Learning & Outreach at the National Library of Ireland
Did you always want to be a librarian and if not what did you do before? For a while I thought I’d like to be a graphic designer and illustrator but after college I saw a Graduate Library Trainee post in Trinity College and that changed my life. True.
What is you average day like? It depends on what we’re doing in Learning & Outreach, my day is mix of lots of things which are rarely the same. It includes working with colleagues to put together and run events programmes or meeting groups of students or researchers that are coming in to the library for the first time. At the moment I’m working with colleagues on our new Library Late series which this season features interviews with contemporary Irish writers for stage and screen.
How many people do you work with?
There are six in our department, we often work with interns from overseas and we collaborate with colleagues throughout the library.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
Connecting people with the National Library and the collections here and also seeing the creative and innovative ways that colleagues are developing to do this. It’s wonderful when someone encounters material in the collections that has a very personal connection to them, for example something relating to their own family or locality. It’s also really rewarding to be able to welcome visitors and new users to the library and introduce them to the collections through our exhibitions and reading rooms which are here for their use, delight and pleasure.
How do you unwind after a hard day? Catching up with friends for a film, bite to eat or a drink, also sporadic bouts of knitting and yoga, although not both at the same time.
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Launch of Library Ireland Week |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Watch part 1 of the launch of Library Ireland Week
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
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What is your Name?
Ailish Farragher
Where are you From? Dublin/Galway hybrid
Where do you Work? Eugene F. Collins Solicitors; I manage the Legal information Centre
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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Where do you Work?
I work as a library assistant in the James Joyce Library in University College Dublin. I work in the Humanities and Social Sciences section.
Did you always want to be a librarian and if not what did you do before? Before working as a library assistant in U.C.D. I worked in the corporate and library sales department in Hodges Figgis book shop on Dawson Street.
Through my work I met librarians and library assistants mostly from public libraries who came in to do their stock buys with us. It was then I decided that I would like to work in a library.
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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What is your name?
Jane Clavin
Where are you from?
Originally from Dun Laoire but now happily living in Avoca, Co. Wicklow
Where do you work?
I'm the Development Manager with the Library Association
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 )
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
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What is your Name? Evelyn Flanagan
Where are you From? Tuam, Co Galway
Where do you Work? UCD Library, Special Collections.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
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What is your Name?
James Cashman
Where are you From?
Cork, but now living in Killorglin
Where do you Work?
FEXCO
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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What is your Name? Eva Hornung
Where are you From? Fellbach, which is near Stuttgart in Germany. Famous for its vineyards forests and, uh, cars.
Where do you Work? In the CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit, an educational research centre which hosts a range of national programmes and projects in the post-primary and further education sector. Many of them deal with disadvantaged communities, people with special needs or non-traditional learners. Some colleagues are engaged in projects on a European or international level. We also provide in-service courses for post-primary teachers and publish school materials.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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What is your Name? Fionnuala Hanrahan
Where are you From? Dublin
Where do you Work? Wexford County Council
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 )
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