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Library users to gain access to music
Tuesday, 09 March 2010

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

 

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 March 2010 )
 
Library Ireland Week 8-13 March 2010
Sunday, 07 March 2010
Library Ireland Week poster
Library Ireland Week 2010 will take place from 8 - 13 March this year.
 
If you have not already, you can add your library's events to the Library Ireland Week Calendar or view current library events in your county.
 
You can download the Library Ireland Week poster and other promotional material here and request hard copies of the Library Ireland Week poster and other promotional material here
 
 
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Library Ireland Week is an initiative of the Library Association of Ireland
Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 )
 
Seamus Heaney to launch Library Ireland Week
Wednesday, 03 March 2010

seamus_heaney.jpgLibrary Ireland Week will run from 8th March – 13th March 2010. There will be many 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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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 )
 
Ennis Book Club Festival 5-7 March 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Ennis Book Club Festival logoThe Ennis Book Club Festival is a wonderful social and literary gathering bringing together book club members and readers from all over Ireland and beyond.
 
Supported by Clare County Library , the festival includes author readings, discussions, workshops and walking tours through the narrow streets and lanes of Ennis.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 February 2010 )
 
Dublin Book Festival, 6-8 March 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Dublin City HallOrganised by Publishing Ireland, the Dublin Book Festival will take place from Saturday 6th to Monday 8th March 2010 in Dublin’s City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2.  Read more about it on the Dublin Book Festival Website www.dublinbookfestival.com
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 February 2010 )
 
Virtual explorers: access to rare artefacts at National Library
Thursday, 21 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.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 January 2010 )
 
Discover your National Library: Explore, Reflect, Connect
Wednesday, 20 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.