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Institute for Research Design in Librarianship Online Research Conference: This conference, taking place online 18-19 November 2024 is free, but you need to register as there is an attendance cap of 300 people per day. You need to register for… dlvr.it/TG4Y9k #infolit

Some of you may be considering sitting this election out, or voting for a third-party candidate, because you strongly disagree with Kamala Harris about Gaza. This thread is for you 🧵

Tyrone Power (2 Nov 1797 #Kilmacthomas #Waterford-14 March 1841). Landed family. Stage actor, comedian, author & theatrical manager. Great-grandfather of actor Tyrone Power III (1914–58)! Acted in Irish-themed plays & tried to overcome Irish stereotypes! dib.ie/biography/powe…

I know, I know..."don't judge a book by its cover"...but nonetheless: look at this! It's beautiful. Can't wait to see the physical copy in Spring next year.

#GlobalMILweek Combatting disinformation in Latvia: Today's Global Media and Information Literacy week offering is an interview (10 minutes) with Dr. Rihards Bambals, Director of Strategic Communication at the State Chancellery of Latvia,… dlvr.it/TFlmC0 #infolit

In this poem, Heaney remembers the Shakespeare plays performed during his boyhood in St. Columb's boarding school. This introduction to Shakespeare would spur on his lifelong love for language. The poem is dedicated to the great Irish playwright Brian Friel.

Donald has gone FULL HITLER | Mary Trump's Nerd Avengers x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Nachruf Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Otto RAUCHBAUER (1938 - 2024) anglistik.univie.ac.at/staff/staff/fo…

Reader stumbles on Dracula’s ancestors in a Dublin library #Echobox=1729292903" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

A long-lost story from Bram Stoker, the Irish author of one of the world's best known gothic horror stories 'Dracula', has been found in Dublin rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

@CaptFitzjamesRN @sarah_polar_art Congratulations! 👩‍🎓👩‍🎓👩‍🎓

10 years ago, I was told by my MA thesis supervisor at Leiden University that I'm incapable of studying at university level. Today, I completed my MA Naval History! Hard work pays off, don't let people bring you down! [Fitzjames cyanotype made for me by @sarah_polar_art ❤️]

Call for proposals: Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit #ESiLS: There is a call for proposals for the Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit (ESiLS) online conference taking place 26 March 2024. The proposal deadline is 20 December 2024. "This… dlvr.it/TFP7X4 #infolit

New articles: LibGuide assessment; Formative assessment; Question formulation skills: An articles from the "Failure" section of the open access journal Hypothesis (Vol. 36 No. 2, 2024) "Hypothesis: Failure is a peer-reviewed regular column and… dlvr.it/TFMts7 #infolit

@GalHibernia @UltimaThule0000 @Tonnia_p Tbh Lady Franklin sitting on a sofa in an empty room of Government House in VDL by herself during one of these balls she had to prepare and having a small cry of exhaustion is something I can so empathize with.

@Downeast_Alexa Me, a German speaker, in my head, calling him ZaBEEEner (yes I know it's wrong 😂) youtu.be/vUCCNH32rdA?si…

Sabine de Winter Sabine in winter (I can do this all day)

SAY-bine Sah-BEEN

@UltimaThule0000 @cheapsellotape According to an anecdote. Still researching how extended the Franklins' visit with the Sabines was - but can report they didn't do their whole Ireland tour with them as is sometimes implied. Looking forward to travelling to dive into more archival sources next year.

What's the experience of independent historians when it comes to research & journal publishing? bit.ly/3NpBbf1 In this new 'Transactions @royalhistsoc' article, John Sanders assesses historical precedents and current realities of life beyond the academic mainstream 1/2

@UltimaThule0000 @cheapsellotape Indeed. Jane Franklin usually got titles right and I can confirm she had him down as Cptn Sabine in 1835 in case this helps. (Probably not.)