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Registration for #LAICILIP2026 is OPEN! Join us 29-30 April at Monaghan Peace Campus. Need bursary support? Apply now! 🔗More info: conference.libraryassociation.ie 🔗Tickets: LAI-CILIP-2026.eventbrite.ie

Recording available: Libraries Leading Change for Climate and Sustainability - ELAN Sustainability Webinar #1 youtube.com/watch?v=6hpiX8… Read more: eblida.org/event/librarie…

LAI Rare Books Group AGM & Annual Lecture. Dr Nora Moroney: "Benjamin Iveagh - a life in books". Online, Wed 18 Feb, at 12.00. The Group is also running an online rare books cataloguing course on Thurs, 26 Feb. Links below! eventbrite.ie/e/198064505467… eventbrite.ie/e/193683317315…

The National Library of Ireland is delighted to be accepting applications for the position of Assistant Keeper Grade 1 in Photographic Collections. More information about the role and application process is at nli.ie/about-us/worki…

The LAI/CILIP Conference will take place on Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th of April in Monaghan at the stunning new Peace Campus. The Call for Papers and Conference theme will be announced soon! We are really looking forward to another wonderful conference!

Join us for the Youth Libraries Group 'Recommending with Confidence' Conference 2026📚! East & West locations, with projects, authors, and keynote Richard Hogan. libraryassociation.ie/youth-librarie…

Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir! 🎅🎄🌟

📢Call for Abstracts!!! The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change and Innovation. #CONUL26 invites submissions for presentations and posters. 📩 Submit Your Abstract here: ow.ly/NplN50XMy7V

Call for Abstracts!!! The 2026 conference theme is Transforming futures: Libraries leading through Change and Innovation. #CONUL26 invites submissions for presentations and posters. Submit Your Abstract here: conference.conul.ie

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Christmas storytime in Tralee Library last night.

Rannta & Amhráin trí Ghaeilge do theaghlaigh le leanaí óga. Fáilte roimh gach leibhéal Gaeilge. (Songs and Rhymes in Irish for babies and toddlers.) 🎄Leabharlann Trá Lí 🎅11.30am, De hAoine 🎁19ú Nollaig

Lots of exciting new arrivals this week at the Rory Gallagher Music Library! 📚 From books about Bruce Springsteen and Chappell Roan, to movie soundtracks and K-Pop CDs. There’s something for every music fan to enjoy. Everything is FREE to borrow with your library card!🆓

As our Terry Pratchett 'Discworld Book Club' draws to a close, we are delighted to announce a new 'Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club', which commences in January. If you are interested in joining, please email us or call 091 509 094. #BookClub #ReadingForFun #AtYourLibrary

"They can transport you from the darkest places..." We loved speaking with Pádhraic Quinn after his win at this year's awards. For his short story "All The Birch Trees Were Waving", he took the award for New Irish Writing Best Short Story, in association with the @Independent_ie

The LAI/CILIP Ireland Library Ireland Week team is delighted to announce the winner for the Staff Champion Award: Tracy McEneaney of Ardkeen Library, Waterford. Congratulations Tracy! A truly inspiring and transformational Library colleague who goes above and beyond! #LIW25

"This is the best therapy to meet people within their community even if it is one day a week to discuss what they have just read any recommendations or just a wee friendly chat. Isolation leads to loneliness and poor mental health. Thank god for this service may it continue".

"Mobile libraries are the key to reaching out to people in rural areas,to keep people connected to friends and families. A wee life saver to any people / person living on their own..."

Congratulations to the winner of the Library Ireland Week 2025 public competition 'How do libraries light the way for you?' Irene McLaughlin! 🙌 Irene had some lovely words to share about her local library [see in thread!]. #liw25 #librarieslightheway

HSLJ new issue is out! 🎉 Featuring practice-based articles on writing for publication, serendipitous connections, inclusive service, journal publishing & more. Dive in and be inspired. 📚✨ ow.ly/tK3m50XFzJS #hslg #medlibs

Our Library Ireland Week Public Competition is still live and looking for YOUR submissions! How do libraries light the way for you - what do you they truly mean to you? Enter the competition by posting on your social media platform and use the hashtag #LIW25!