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In recognition of, and to celebrate the holding of the 2010 LILAC conference at Limerick, the LAI and CONUL (Consortium of National & University Libraries) agreed to sponsor an Irish Information Literacy award.  Nominations were invited from individuals or teams who had engaged in IL initiatives in the Republic.  Sixteen nominations were received from a range of academic, special and public libraries.

The winner was Wexford County Library. Details of the Wexford entry ar available at http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/LibraryResearchSkills/

A number of enquiries have been received as to the types of projects which had been entered for the award. We are delighted to list the runner-up entrants and their projects here to illustrate the range and calibre of IL work which is is currently in progress in Ireland.

Institution Project Title Lead Person
A&L Goodbody Solicitors Information literacy: formal legal research training programme Celine Kelly
Dublin Institute of Technology Developing the Information Literacy practitioner at DIT Brendan Devlin
Dublin Institute of Technology Get Smart!  Enhancing the first year experience Brian Gillespie
Dublin Institute of Technology Information Literacy: A generic embedded module Allison Kavanagh
Institute of Technology Tallaght Online Tutorial: How to research your assignment Philip Russell
Limerick Institute of Technology & LNSS: Library Network Support Services Individual contribution Padraig Kirby
National Documentation Centre on Drug Use Evidence-based drug prevention practice: an e-learning course for allied health practitioners… Brian Galvin
NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin & University College Cork Graduate information skills module Isolde Harpur; Niall McSweeney
NUI Maynooth Double Impact: Design and delivery of an accredited undergraduate module in information literacy across two campuses Rachel Hynes & Mairead McQuaid
NUI Maynooth From library to lab and beyond:

Information Literacy for the Faculty of Science & Engineering

Mary Antonesa
NUI Maynooth LIST: Library Information Skills Training Elaine Bean
University College Dublin Teaching the UCD community how to avoid plagiarism Ursula Byrne
University College Dublin: School of Information & Library Studies Individual contribution Claire McGuinness
University of Limerick 23 Things @ UL Peter Reilly
University of Limerick UL – Cite it right: a guide to referencing at UL Aoife Geraghty

Joint Conference 2010

From Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 April 2010, Tallaght, the administrative centre of South Dublin County hosted the Library Association of Ireland/cilip Ireland Joint Conference on the theme of  Smart Libraries.  A total of one hundred and nine delegates from all over the island of Ireland, from the UK and from a wide range of library services attended along with eleven trade exhibitors. Ash from the Icelandic volcano prevented two speakers and another ten delegates who had booked from attending.

The raison d’être for the conference was outlined by Siobhán Fitzpatrick, President of the Library Association of Ireland in her introduction to the conference brochure where she noted that in these pressing times we need to operate to the optimum, to be efficient and effective and to communicate smartly with our users, our parent bodies and our funding agencies. We need to think smart, work smart and communicate smartly. These ideas were echoed by Elga Logue of cilip Ireland who stated in her introduction that the current recession was forcing all of us to look at smarter ways in which to deliver cost-effective and efficient library services that still advocate quality.

Mr. John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who officially opened the conference on Wednesday afternoon, spoke of his support for libraries. In his address, he noted that Einstein once commented that ‘in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity’ and that we could therefore say that library authorities, on both sides of the border, are now confronted with unprecedented opportunities in the midst of the current economic difficulties. He added that today, when the requirement for the skills and knowledge to participate fully in an information society is more necessary than ever, libraries have a central role in ensuring that the public has access to resources they need throughout their lives.

The wide conference programme addressed the challenges and opportunities outlined by the Minister by providing a forum for thought-provoking papers on communications, the ways in which we engage with the various media and how we might use these more advantageously. In addition the conference sought to update the delegates on smart collaborative, cost-effective access models which benefit the public at little cost to the exchequer.

The Conference Brochure details the conference talks,  presentations, workshops and events. Conference presentations will be made available on this website once they have been collated.

Thanks to all the speakers for their enthusiasm and for sharing their wide knowledge and expertise. Thanks are also due to Georgina Byrne, County Librarian, South Dublin Libraries and to her staff for hosting and for facilitating the conference. Mayor Mick Duff and County Manager, Joe Horan were most welcoming and supportive. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir!

The AGM of the Prison Libraries Group of the LAI will be held at 11am on Thursday 27th May in the offices of Laois County Council, Aras an Chontae, Portlaoise, County Laois.

Members can report to reception for directions to the meeting room.

If you would like to propose a motion for the AGM, please send details to either Matthew Gammon (mxgammon@irishprisons.ie) or to Sandra Godkin (smgodkin@irishprisons.ie) by Thursday 13th May. An agenda for the meeting will be forwarded to all members after this date.

Please confirm your attendance/non attendance to either Matthew Gammon or Sandra Godkin by 20th May.

The Annual General Meeting of the Munster Regional Section will take place on Thursday, 20th of May 2010 at 7.30pm in Blackpool Library, Cork City.

The AGM is open to all library staff and we encourage anyone interested in supporting the work of the committee to attend. You will also have an opportunity to see Blackpool Library, the newest library of Cork City Libraries which was opened on 15 April 2010. 

Map and directions: http://www.corkcitylibraries.ie/blackpool/

If you have any queries or would like to confirm attendance, please contact Paul Cussen, email: Paul_Cussen@corkcity.ie


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