Orla Nic Aodha
@orlanicaodha.bsky.social
DCU Library
Associate Director, Public Services & Outreach
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Leabharlannaí i DCU.
Orla.NicAodha@dcu.ie
Associate Director, Public Services & Outreach
Views my own
Leabharlannaí i DCU.
Orla.NicAodha@dcu.ie
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Dr Kit Fryatt introduces the award winning novel Henry Henry by Allen Bratton at tonight's @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club in Cregan Library
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Dr Kit Fryatt introduces the award winning novel Henry Henry by Allen Bratton at tonight's @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club in Cregan Library
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Delighted to host Dr Leeann Lane's fantastic exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women in Cregan Library until the 30th of this month!
It'll be travelling to the O'Reilly Library for display from the 1st of November.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
It'll be travelling to the O'Reilly Library for display from the 1st of November.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Delighted to host Dr Leeann Lane's fantastic exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women in Cregan Library until the 30th of this month!
It'll be travelling to the O'Reilly Library for display from the 1st of November.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
It'll be travelling to the O'Reilly Library for display from the 1st of November.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Thanks to our library volunteers, Dr. Leeann Lane for her engaging talk, Anne Tannam’s open mic, the Voyage art workshop, the 400+ scavengers racing through the library & the brave riders in our Tour de Library cycling challenge...we had a blast on Culture Night!
@culturenightdub.bsky.social
@culturenightdub.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thanks to our library volunteers, Dr. Leeann Lane for her engaging talk, Anne Tannam’s open mic, the Voyage art workshop, the 400+ scavengers racing through the library & the brave riders in our Tour de Library cycling challenge...we had a blast on Culture Night!
@culturenightdub.bsky.social
@culturenightdub.bsky.social
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The wonderful DCU Book Club returns this Thursday 18th of September at 1pm!
Sarah, DCU Writer in Residence 2025 and author of 'Service', joins us as special guest at Belvedere Library.
Book your free tickets now : www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-book-c...
📚🌟
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Sarah, DCU Writer in Residence 2025 and author of 'Service', joins us as special guest at Belvedere Library.
Book your free tickets now : www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-book-c...
📚🌟
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The wonderful DCU Book Club returns this Thursday 18th of September at 1pm!
Sarah, DCU Writer in Residence 2025 and author of 'Service', joins us as special guest at Belvedere Library.
Book your free tickets now : www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-book-c...
📚🌟
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Sarah, DCU Writer in Residence 2025 and author of 'Service', joins us as special guest at Belvedere Library.
Book your free tickets now : www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-book-c...
📚🌟
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Thanks so much to everyone who took part in our Human Fruit Machine at O'Reilly Library today!!
Congratulations to our lucky winners!
The Fruit Machine is on its way to Cregan Library for 1pm on Thursday.
For more Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Congratulations to our lucky winners!
The Fruit Machine is on its way to Cregan Library for 1pm on Thursday.
For more Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks so much to everyone who took part in our Human Fruit Machine at O'Reilly Library today!!
Congratulations to our lucky winners!
The Fruit Machine is on its way to Cregan Library for 1pm on Thursday.
For more Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Congratulations to our lucky winners!
The Fruit Machine is on its way to Cregan Library for 1pm on Thursday.
For more Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Come and visit our lovely new exhibition displaying selected pieces from The Padraic Colum Collection at DCU's Cregan Library!
This exhibition curates a selection of works from the collection. All titles can be consulted at DCU’s Special Collections & Archives.
#dcusca
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
This exhibition curates a selection of works from the collection. All titles can be consulted at DCU’s Special Collections & Archives.
#dcusca
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Come and visit our lovely new exhibition displaying selected pieces from The Padraic Colum Collection at DCU's Cregan Library!
This exhibition curates a selection of works from the collection. All titles can be consulted at DCU’s Special Collections & Archives.
#dcusca
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
This exhibition curates a selection of works from the collection. All titles can be consulted at DCU’s Special Collections & Archives.
#dcusca
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Thanks so much to everyone who came to our Books & Beverages events yesterday!
We had free tea, coffee, books and biscuits, and priceless chats about what we love to read about 📚🌞
For more information about Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
We had free tea, coffee, books and biscuits, and priceless chats about what we love to read about 📚🌞
For more information about Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thanks so much to everyone who came to our Books & Beverages events yesterday!
We had free tea, coffee, books and biscuits, and priceless chats about what we love to read about 📚🌞
For more information about Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
We had free tea, coffee, books and biscuits, and priceless chats about what we love to read about 📚🌞
For more information about Library Orientation events: www.dcu.ie/library/libr...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Culture Night is back at DCU!
On Sept 19th, St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra will be alive with music, art, performance, and celebration
The library will have talks, tours, a cycling challenge, and our legendary scavenger hunt!
Full programme bit.ly/4oQSlDI
#CultureNight
On Sept 19th, St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra will be alive with music, art, performance, and celebration
The library will have talks, tours, a cycling challenge, and our legendary scavenger hunt!
Full programme bit.ly/4oQSlDI
#CultureNight
August 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Culture Night is back at DCU!
On Sept 19th, St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra will be alive with music, art, performance, and celebration
The library will have talks, tours, a cycling challenge, and our legendary scavenger hunt!
Full programme bit.ly/4oQSlDI
#CultureNight
On Sept 19th, St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra will be alive with music, art, performance, and celebration
The library will have talks, tours, a cycling challenge, and our legendary scavenger hunt!
Full programme bit.ly/4oQSlDI
#CultureNight
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Visit the Sadako and Paper Cranes exhibition in Cregan Library, which marks 80 years since the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.
Produced by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, exhibited in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland & SALIS
tinyurl.com/4bh7xsv6
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Produced by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, exhibited in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland & SALIS
tinyurl.com/4bh7xsv6
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Visit the Sadako and Paper Cranes exhibition in Cregan Library, which marks 80 years since the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.
Produced by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, exhibited in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland & SALIS
tinyurl.com/4bh7xsv6
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Produced by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, exhibited in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland & SALIS
tinyurl.com/4bh7xsv6
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Earlier this week, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science James Lawless TD celebrated the launch of the CONUL Strategy!
Shaping Tomorrow 2025-2029 provides a roadmap for the next chapter in the evolution of Irish research libraries
Read more: tinyurl.com/5hbmms5p
📚
Shaping Tomorrow 2025-2029 provides a roadmap for the next chapter in the evolution of Irish research libraries
Read more: tinyurl.com/5hbmms5p
📚
July 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Earlier this week, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science James Lawless TD celebrated the launch of the CONUL Strategy!
Shaping Tomorrow 2025-2029 provides a roadmap for the next chapter in the evolution of Irish research libraries
Read more: tinyurl.com/5hbmms5p
📚
Shaping Tomorrow 2025-2029 provides a roadmap for the next chapter in the evolution of Irish research libraries
Read more: tinyurl.com/5hbmms5p
📚
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Studying for resits?
Never-ending academic work?
Retreat to our beautiful libraries - opening hours below!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Never-ending academic work?
Retreat to our beautiful libraries - opening hours below!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Studying for resits?
Never-ending academic work?
Retreat to our beautiful libraries - opening hours below!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Never-ending academic work?
Retreat to our beautiful libraries - opening hours below!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
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We officially left Twitter this week after 16 years on the platform. For those of you who followed us there during the good times (or for anyone who likes a good meme), we've compiled a video of our favourite Twitter moments. We're looking forward to finding friends old and new on Bluesky.
June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We officially left Twitter this week after 16 years on the platform. For those of you who followed us there during the good times (or for anyone who likes a good meme), we've compiled a video of our favourite Twitter moments. We're looking forward to finding friends old and new on Bluesky.
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We enjoyed showing the #erasmusdub25 group around @dculibrary.bsky.social today. We met for a morning of illuminating talks from DCU Library, Kaunas University of Technology Library and Hotelschool The Hague staff, followed by a tour of Cregan Library with @orlanicaodha.bsky.social.
June 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We enjoyed showing the #erasmusdub25 group around @dculibrary.bsky.social today. We met for a morning of illuminating talks from DCU Library, Kaunas University of Technology Library and Hotelschool The Hague staff, followed by a tour of Cregan Library with @orlanicaodha.bsky.social.
June 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Today we are pleased to bring the first of three blog posts by our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's post is written by Michelle McMeekin, Senior Library Assistant in Queen's University, Belfast.
www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...
www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...
CONUL Conference 2025
This review of the CONUL Conference 2025 is by Michelle McMeekin who is a senior library assistant in Queen's University Belfast. CONUL Con...
www.libfocus.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today we are pleased to bring the first of three blog posts by our #CONUL25 Bursary Award winners. Today's post is written by Michelle McMeekin, Senior Library Assistant in Queen's University, Belfast.
www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...
www.libfocus.com/2025/06/conu...
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We are getting ready to welcome delegates for the opening day of CONUL Erasmus Library Week 2025. Fingers crossed for blue and sunny skies! We're excited for a great week of idea sharing, collaboration and some fun activities #ErasmusDub2025
June 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We are getting ready to welcome delegates for the opening day of CONUL Erasmus Library Week 2025. Fingers crossed for blue and sunny skies! We're excited for a great week of idea sharing, collaboration and some fun activities #ErasmusDub2025
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A few more of our wonderful speakers today. Everyone has been amazing today and we're looking forward to tomorrow!
May 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A few more of our wonderful speakers today. Everyone has been amazing today and we're looking forward to tomorrow!
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An issue of @dculibrary.bsky.social's Liblink publication from 1998 makes a surprise appearance during today's #Conul25 keynote speech from @Princeton's University Librarian. Anne Jarvis worked in DCU Library before she left Ireland in 2000.
May 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
An issue of @dculibrary.bsky.social's Liblink publication from 1998 makes a surprise appearance during today's #Conul25 keynote speech from @Princeton's University Librarian. Anne Jarvis worked in DCU Library before she left Ireland in 2000.
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Congratulations to @orlanicaodha.bsky.social and Gwendolyn O'Connor who delivered an inspiring talk about the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Human Library event at the @conulconference.bsky.social. The DCU Library team is looking forward to a second day of thought-provoking talks at #CONUL2025.
May 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Congratulations to @orlanicaodha.bsky.social and Gwendolyn O'Connor who delivered an inspiring talk about the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Human Library event at the @conulconference.bsky.social. The DCU Library team is looking forward to a second day of thought-provoking talks at #CONUL2025.
Brilliant night @ilfdublin.bsky.social with Emmet O'Brien, Jan Brierton and John Cummins
May 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Brilliant night @ilfdublin.bsky.social with Emmet O'Brien, Jan Brierton and John Cummins
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Congratulations Michael Crummey, winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award with The Adversary🏆🎉
May 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations Michael Crummey, winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award with The Adversary🏆🎉
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Sarah Gilmartin @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer-in-Residence announces Telescreen Cell by Sam as the winner of the DCU Library Creative Writing Competition! A huge thanks to all the writers, tutors and library staff who make our annual competition such a joyous event.
Pics: @kobpix.bsky.social
Pics: @kobpix.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Sarah Gilmartin @dublincityuni.bsky.social Writer-in-Residence announces Telescreen Cell by Sam as the winner of the DCU Library Creative Writing Competition! A huge thanks to all the writers, tutors and library staff who make our annual competition such a joyous event.
Pics: @kobpix.bsky.social
Pics: @kobpix.bsky.social
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Orla Nic Aodha opens this year's @dculibrary.bsky.social Creative Writing Competition awards in O'Reilly Library and introduces the first of our 12 finalists. Read more here: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
May 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Orla Nic Aodha opens this year's @dculibrary.bsky.social Creative Writing Competition awards in O'Reilly Library and introduces the first of our 12 finalists. Read more here: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
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One week to go! 📚
On Thursday 22 May, the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award will be revealed at International Literature Festival Dublin — marking the award’s 30th anniversary.
On Thursday 22 May, the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award will be revealed at International Literature Festival Dublin — marking the award’s 30th anniversary.
May 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
One week to go! 📚
On Thursday 22 May, the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award will be revealed at International Literature Festival Dublin — marking the award’s 30th anniversary.
On Thursday 22 May, the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award will be revealed at International Literature Festival Dublin — marking the award’s 30th anniversary.