Elaine Harrington
@walkerabroad.bsky.social
Interim Head of Special Collections & Archives, UCC Library. Chair LAI Munster; Treasurer LAI Rare Books. Member LAI Executive Council 2023-2026. Co-founder SHOCC Project. Using technology to connect people with ideas. linktr.ee/walkerabroad HereSept2023
Pinned
This was my pinned tweet 2016-2024. The sentiment remains so keeping it as my pinned post: “Despatch the idea of the quiet librarian. We may wear glasses & tweed jackets but we do not go quietly. We rage.” #asl2016 #DylanThomas
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We look forward to welcoming early career scholars of francophone postcolonial studies to our campus in June! Make sure to send in your abstracts!
@sfps.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @afcork.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social
@sfps.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @afcork.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social
Delighted to share the CFP for the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate and ECR Study Day, happening on Friday 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social. This year we are also opening the call up to final-year UG students and MA students. Please share widely!
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
We look forward to welcoming early career scholars of francophone postcolonial studies to our campus in June! Make sure to send in your abstracts!
@sfps.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @afcork.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social
@sfps.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social @afcork.bsky.social @adeffi.bsky.social
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What I should have added in this piece is that even if all of this stopped right now, that doesn't pardon any past offences already committed. Criminal prohibitions of sexual abuse and expolitation are partly aimed at deterrence - and this only works if they are enforced.
I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies
www.irishexaminer.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
What I should have added in this piece is that even if all of this stopped right now, that doesn't pardon any past offences already committed. Criminal prohibitions of sexual abuse and expolitation are partly aimed at deterrence - and this only works if they are enforced.
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I co-wrote an article that just came out! 📜
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I co-wrote an article that just came out! 📜
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
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Interested in #Hamnet, this year’s big release headlined by two Irish stars? Want to know more about the film’s origins, #Shakespeare’s life on screen, and the hot trend that is #biofiction? Read my article on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social hot off the (online) press! #PaulMescal #JessieBuckley
A heart-wrenching film about love, loss family and grief. Edel Semple @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie on how Hamnet puts Shakespeare's wife Agnes at the heart of the film and depicting the writer as a family man and husband www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Hamnet: a heart-wrenching film about love, loss family and grief
Hamnet differs from its big screen predecessors in putting Shakespeare's wife Agnes at the heart of the film and depicting the writer as a family man
www.rte.ie
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Interested in #Hamnet, this year’s big release headlined by two Irish stars? Want to know more about the film’s origins, #Shakespeare’s life on screen, and the hot trend that is #biofiction? Read my article on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social hot off the (online) press! #PaulMescal #JessieBuckley
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An-áthas orm gur foilsíodh aiste liom in Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad 2025! Gabhaim buíochas leis an eagarthóir, an Dr. Tracey Ní Mhaonaigh, as an deis a thabhairt dom 📚📝
Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad 2025 díreach tagtha ó na clódóirí 👏🏻🍾 comhghairdeas (agus buíochas ó chroí) leis na scríbhneoirí a chuir ábhar ar fáil. Seolfar é Déardaoin 11 Nollaig i seomra 1.33, Iontas, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad i ndiaidh an tseimineáir roinne. Fáilte roimh chách 🙂
January 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM
An-áthas orm gur foilsíodh aiste liom in Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad 2025! Gabhaim buíochas leis an eagarthóir, an Dr. Tracey Ní Mhaonaigh, as an deis a thabhairt dom 📚📝
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New documentary on Daniel O’Connell to air on RTÉ this Christmas season
'Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator' explores how O’Connell’s achievements continue to shape and impact our world today.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
'Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator' explores how O’Connell’s achievements continue to shape and impact our world today.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
December 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New documentary on Daniel O’Connell to air on RTÉ this Christmas season
'Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator' explores how O’Connell’s achievements continue to shape and impact our world today.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
'Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator' explores how O’Connell’s achievements continue to shape and impact our world today.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
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Tickets are now on sale for #ASL2026! We can't wait to see you in @ria.ie in Dublin on 24 March 2026. With @niamhtumelty.bsky.social and @lizjolly.bsky.social as our keynote speakers, this is an event you don't want to miss. Registration and conference information at tinyurl.com/8s2kfz62
December 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tickets are now on sale for #ASL2026! We can't wait to see you in @ria.ie in Dublin on 24 March 2026. With @niamhtumelty.bsky.social and @lizjolly.bsky.social as our keynote speakers, this is an event you don't want to miss. Registration and conference information at tinyurl.com/8s2kfz62
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Folks - I am quoted in National Geographic on #Hamnet #Shakespeare!!! 🤩 It energises me to continue research on Shakespeare biofiction with @kscheil.bsky.social and editing our 50 chapter Shakespeare biofiction Handbook - out with Palgrave in 2026!
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
The brief life—and untimely death—of Hamnet Shakespeare
Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped the bard's most famous works.
www.nationalgeographic.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Folks - I am quoted in National Geographic on #Hamnet #Shakespeare!!! 🤩 It energises me to continue research on Shakespeare biofiction with @kscheil.bsky.social and editing our 50 chapter Shakespeare biofiction Handbook - out with Palgrave in 2026!
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
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The call for papers for #ASL2026 is now open! Submit your abstracts by 19th January on the theme 'Reimagining librarianship: Purpose, practice, possibility' to join us as a presenter on 24th March 2026 in @ria.ie. For conference info & submission details visit aslibraries.ie/asl-conferen...
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The call for papers for #ASL2026 is now open! Submit your abstracts by 19th January on the theme 'Reimagining librarianship: Purpose, practice, possibility' to join us as a presenter on 24th March 2026 in @ria.ie. For conference info & submission details visit aslibraries.ie/asl-conferen...
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SAVE THE DATE!
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2026 will take place on Friday March 13th.
This year's theme is "Library Skills as Lifelong Learning Skills"
Call for Papers now open: forms.gle/5jdor7myUAnF...
See bio or links below for more details
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2026 will take place on Friday March 13th.
This year's theme is "Library Skills as Lifelong Learning Skills"
Call for Papers now open: forms.gle/5jdor7myUAnF...
See bio or links below for more details
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
SAVE THE DATE!
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2026 will take place on Friday March 13th.
This year's theme is "Library Skills as Lifelong Learning Skills"
Call for Papers now open: forms.gle/5jdor7myUAnF...
See bio or links below for more details
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2026 will take place on Friday March 13th.
This year's theme is "Library Skills as Lifelong Learning Skills"
Call for Papers now open: forms.gle/5jdor7myUAnF...
See bio or links below for more details
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The call for the 2026 Internet of Sounds symposium is live and we’re inviting work for the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Sonification for the IoS. Please do get involved:
internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/satellite-ev...
#sonification #internetofsounds #IoS #enginnering
internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/satellite-ev...
#sonification #internetofsounds #IoS #enginnering
Satellite Events | IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS2) 2026 | IEEE IS2 2026
internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The call for the 2026 Internet of Sounds symposium is live and we’re inviting work for the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Sonification for the IoS. Please do get involved:
internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/satellite-ev...
#sonification #internetofsounds #IoS #enginnering
internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/satellite-ev...
#sonification #internetofsounds #IoS #enginnering
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Very excited for this conference next summer!
#CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
#CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
clioreframed.hcommons.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Very excited for this conference next summer!
#CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
#CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
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Hi all. We’ve got two calls open.
A new book on Irish Digital Art edited by, McCarthy, Yip & myself: www.blackwaterpublishing.com/digital-art-...
And calls for the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland: www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/...
#irishart #newmedia #mediaart #opencall #digitalart
A new book on Irish Digital Art edited by, McCarthy, Yip & myself: www.blackwaterpublishing.com/digital-art-...
And calls for the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland: www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/...
#irishart #newmedia #mediaart #opencall #digitalart
Call for Submissions Digital Art in Ireland — Blackwater Publishing
www.blackwaterpublishing.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hi all. We’ve got two calls open.
A new book on Irish Digital Art edited by, McCarthy, Yip & myself: www.blackwaterpublishing.com/digital-art-...
And calls for the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland: www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/...
#irishart #newmedia #mediaart #opencall #digitalart
A new book on Irish Digital Art edited by, McCarthy, Yip & myself: www.blackwaterpublishing.com/digital-art-...
And calls for the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland: www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/...
#irishart #newmedia #mediaart #opencall #digitalart
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Lose yourself in this landscape from #westcork #ireland #EYASilence @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social #archives #localhistory #watercolour #art #landscape
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Lose yourself in this landscape from #westcork #ireland #EYASilence @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social #archives #localhistory #watercolour #art #landscape
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Just published in Health Sciences Library Journal: “We all have a story to tell…” a piece I wrote on why librarians should write and share what they do what colleagues across the profession
journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
We all have a story to tell: Why Librarians Should Write about and Share what they do
| Health Sciences Libraries Journal
journals.ucc.ie
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Just published in Health Sciences Library Journal: “We all have a story to tell…” a piece I wrote on why librarians should write and share what they do what colleagues across the profession
journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
journals.ucc.ie/index.php/hs...
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Here's Nancy McCarthy with her two poodles 'Mike' and 'Mel' #EYAPets #archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Here's Nancy McCarthy with her two poodles 'Mike' and 'Mel' #EYAPets #archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
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#EYAMedieval On 12 April 1386 this Decree of Peter Hacket, Archbishop of Cashel given in the church of Kinsale, records evidence that the rectory of Kinsale belongs to the monastery of Bath. #Corkhistory #hiddenhistory #research @ucclibrary.bsky.social #archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#EYAMedieval On 12 April 1386 this Decree of Peter Hacket, Archbishop of Cashel given in the church of Kinsale, records evidence that the rectory of Kinsale belongs to the monastery of Bath. #Corkhistory #hiddenhistory #research @ucclibrary.bsky.social #archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
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Conservators are multiplying fast in Munster this Autumn! A month ago we welcomed Luca De Cilladi, the first conservation intern @ucclibrary.bsky.social, co-funded by @theheritagecouncil.
We also visited Lara Artemis at University of Limerick.
www.ul.ie/library/lara...
#EYAConservation #EYA2025
We also visited Lara Artemis at University of Limerick.
www.ul.ie/library/lara...
#EYAConservation #EYA2025
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Conservators are multiplying fast in Munster this Autumn! A month ago we welcomed Luca De Cilladi, the first conservation intern @ucclibrary.bsky.social, co-funded by @theheritagecouncil.
We also visited Lara Artemis at University of Limerick.
www.ul.ie/library/lara...
#EYAConservation #EYA2025
We also visited Lara Artemis at University of Limerick.
www.ul.ie/library/lara...
#EYAConservation #EYA2025
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We have so many fantatsic photographs in our collection @ucclibrary.bsky.social, it was difficult to narrow it down for the theme of beauty. We are sharing three stellar examples here by Alen MacWeeney [UCC © 2022 (All Rights Reserved)] and from the Liam Kennedy Collection. #EYA2025 #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We have so many fantatsic photographs in our collection @ucclibrary.bsky.social, it was difficult to narrow it down for the theme of beauty. We are sharing three stellar examples here by Alen MacWeeney [UCC © 2022 (All Rights Reserved)] and from the Liam Kennedy Collection. #EYA2025 #EYABeauty
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
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UCC hosts the inaugural Chris Williams Memorial Colloquium on Ireland and Wales
Commencing today, 'Gerald of Wales: Identity, Afterlives and Wonders' brings scholars together to explore Gerald of Wales' life, writing and lasting influence.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
Commencing today, 'Gerald of Wales: Identity, Afterlives and Wonders' brings scholars together to explore Gerald of Wales' life, writing and lasting influence.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
UCC hosts the inaugural Chris Williams Memorial Colloquium on Ireland and Wales
Commencing today, 'Gerald of Wales: Identity, Afterlives and Wonders' brings scholars together to explore Gerald of Wales' life, writing and lasting influence.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
Commencing today, 'Gerald of Wales: Identity, Afterlives and Wonders' brings scholars together to explore Gerald of Wales' life, writing and lasting influence.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
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University College Cork arboretum retains its global excellence status
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
University College Cork arboretum retains its global excellence status
Planted at the foundation of the university in 1845, the trees at UCC chart a history of global exploration, scientific curiosity, and cultural ...
www.echolive.ie
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
University College Cork arboretum retains its global excellence status
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
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We are excited to welcome Dorothy Berry as the speaker for our 2025 annual lecture, "How Users Imagine Archival Research", on December 10th. Register now: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS Charing: Melissa Terras
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We are excited to welcome Dorothy Berry as the speaker for our 2025 annual lecture, "How Users Imagine Archival Research", on December 10th. Register now: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS Charing: Melissa Terras
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📚BOOK REVIEW OPPORTUNITY 📚
Miller, Rebecca. 2022. Are You Dancing? Showbands, Popular Music, and Memory in Modern Ireland. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, May, 2025)
For details on how to apply, see our website: aigne.ucc.ie/index.php/ai...
Miller, Rebecca. 2022. Are You Dancing? Showbands, Popular Music, and Memory in Modern Ireland. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, May, 2025)
For details on how to apply, see our website: aigne.ucc.ie/index.php/ai...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Please share widely
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Thanks to all who joined us for the recent launch of Gaelic Wexford 1400-1660 at the Spiegeltent, Wexford. Support from Wexford Historical Society and @notredame.bsky.social, Dublin.
Thanks Dominda for the tunes, Stephen Rea for the reading and hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching.
📚 Out now
Thanks Dominda for the tunes, Stephen Rea for the reading and hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching.
📚 Out now
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks to all who joined us for the recent launch of Gaelic Wexford 1400-1660 at the Spiegeltent, Wexford. Support from Wexford Historical Society and @notredame.bsky.social, Dublin.
Thanks Dominda for the tunes, Stephen Rea for the reading and hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching.
📚 Out now
Thanks Dominda for the tunes, Stephen Rea for the reading and hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching.
📚 Out now