TUS Library Archive and Special Collections
@tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social
Our Archive intern Saoirse has written a post about her work on a typical day read it here on our Substack. subscribe to follow us. open.substack.com/pub/tusasc/p...
A day in the life of a TUS Archive Intern
Everyday in the archives begins with a small but important step, retrieving the key.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our Archive intern Saoirse has written a post about her work on a typical day read it here on our Substack. subscribe to follow us. open.substack.com/pub/tusasc/p...
Read on substack our look back at our very first #heritageweek event held in @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social and if you like give a follow too shorturl.at/A6Ou1
Review of our first Heritage Week event
Voices from the region: Highlights from the TUS Archive
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August 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Read on substack our look back at our very first #heritageweek event held in @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social and if you like give a follow too shorturl.at/A6Ou1
Our exhibition of a selection from our archives on display for #heritageweek is open till 12:30pm today. We are getting our first visitors early so come and join us if you have time.
August 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our exhibition of a selection from our archives on display for #heritageweek is open till 12:30pm today. We are getting our first visitors early so come and join us if you have time.
Come visit us tomorrow Friday 10:15am - 12:30pm and see a selection of items from our newly established archive and special collections. This curated exhibition will highlight key collections from 1953 to 2006.
August 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Come visit us tomorrow Friday 10:15am - 12:30pm and see a selection of items from our newly established archive and special collections. This curated exhibition will highlight key collections from 1953 to 2006.
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We are delighted to share that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social have ingested two new collections into the Repository - the Shannon Estuary Project and the Brendan O’Brien Collection.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/two-new...
Find out more: dri.ie/news/two-new...
June 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We are delighted to share that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social have ingested two new collections into the Repository - the Shannon Estuary Project and the Brendan O’Brien Collection.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/two-new...
Find out more: dri.ie/news/two-new...
A big thank you to Jack O'Sullivan who donated lots more boxes to the archive covering topics such as the environment and planning. Here's Emmet with the pile of boxes Jack brought with him today when he visited us earlier.
June 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A big thank you to Jack O'Sullivan who donated lots more boxes to the archive covering topics such as the environment and planning. Here's Emmet with the pile of boxes Jack brought with him today when he visited us earlier.
Tune in now to Sally Ann Bennett on Saturday Focus on @midlands103.bsky.social coming from @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social and hear about the development of the new archive with special focus on the all Ireland drama festival collection
June 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Tune in now to Sally Ann Bennett on Saturday Focus on @midlands103.bsky.social coming from @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social and hear about the development of the new archive with special focus on the all Ireland drama festival collection
Tune in tomorrow morning to @Midlands103 Saturday Focus with Sally Anne Barrett 10-11am. Celine Peignen & Saoirse Mahon from @TUS_LibraryMD and Gearoid O'Brien will be talking about the TUS library archive and its All Ireland drama festival collection.
June 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Tune in tomorrow morning to @Midlands103 Saturday Focus with Sally Anne Barrett 10-11am. Celine Peignen & Saoirse Mahon from @TUS_LibraryMD and Gearoid O'Brien will be talking about the TUS library archive and its All Ireland drama festival collection.
A little trailer video for something that happened today in the Library with our Archive and Special Collections. We're quite excited. More will be revealed soon! #tuslibrary #archiveandspecialcollections #allirelanddramafestival
June 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A little trailer video for something that happened today in the Library with our Archive and Special Collections. We're quite excited. More will be revealed soon! #tuslibrary #archiveandspecialcollections #allirelanddramafestival
Some photos from yesterday. A big thank you to everyone who attended especially the festival committee, Our Vice President Student Education & Experience and President and our key note speaker Lisa Griffith #tuslibrary #tusarchive
@tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social @lisagriffith.bsky.social @dri.ie
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May 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some photos from yesterday. A big thank you to everyone who attended especially the festival committee, Our Vice President Student Education & Experience and President and our key note speaker Lisa Griffith #tuslibrary #tusarchive
@tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social @lisagriffith.bsky.social @dri.ie
@tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social @lisagriffith.bsky.social @dri.ie
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social yesterday.
We enjoyed wonderful presentations by @lisagriffith.bsky.social & TUS colleagues and memories of the region shared by members of our local community.
It was a special and memorable day 📚 🙏
We enjoyed wonderful presentations by @lisagriffith.bsky.social & TUS colleagues and memories of the region shared by members of our local community.
It was a special and memorable day 📚 🙏
DRI Director @lisagriffith.bsky.social is the keynote speaker at the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social on 15 May at 3pm at the Athlone campus.
All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie
Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...
All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie
Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...
May 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social yesterday.
We enjoyed wonderful presentations by @lisagriffith.bsky.social & TUS colleagues and memories of the region shared by members of our local community.
It was a special and memorable day 📚 🙏
We enjoyed wonderful presentations by @lisagriffith.bsky.social & TUS colleagues and memories of the region shared by members of our local community.
It was a special and memorable day 📚 🙏
Lovely cakes to mark our launch thanks to the sister of @joanne2efrancis.bsky.social for making them :)
May 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Lovely cakes to mark our launch thanks to the sister of @joanne2efrancis.bsky.social for making them :)
We're excited for our big launch tomorrow getting ready to welcome our guests and let them see our latest addition to our collections. @dri.ie @tuslibrarymidwest.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We're excited for our big launch tomorrow getting ready to welcome our guests and let them see our latest addition to our collections. @dri.ie @tuslibrarymidwest.bsky.social
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DRI Director @lisagriffith.bsky.social is the keynote speaker at the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social on 15 May at 3pm at the Athlone campus.
All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie
Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...
All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie
Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
DRI Director @lisagriffith.bsky.social is the keynote speaker at the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social on 15 May at 3pm at the Athlone campus.
All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie
Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...
All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie
Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...
We got copies of #allirelanddramafestival programme today. Lots of great events and productions to look forward too. Including our launch! Happening on the 15th May at 3pm. Pick up a copy or click here for details online www.dramafestival.ie/event/launch...
April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We got copies of #allirelanddramafestival programme today. Lots of great events and productions to look forward too. Including our launch! Happening on the 15th May at 3pm. Pick up a copy or click here for details online www.dramafestival.ie/event/launch...
A big thank you to Noelia who gave us a tutorial and the @dri.ie this morning. We learned so much in a short time. Can't wait to start applying it to our archive!
April 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A big thank you to Noelia who gave us a tutorial and the @dri.ie this morning. We learned so much in a short time. Can't wait to start applying it to our archive!
We are on Substack! Visit us at shorturl.at/BxpUr read about the history of the festival and the collection and our work archiving it. We will posting regular updates so would love you to follow and subscribe. #tusarchiveandsc #athlonedramafestival
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Technological University of the Shannon Library, Archive & Special Collections – sharing our journey as we build a new section. Get behind-the-scenes insights into cataloguing, preservation, and digit...
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March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We are on Substack! Visit us at shorturl.at/BxpUr read about the history of the festival and the collection and our work archiving it. We will posting regular updates so would love you to follow and subscribe. #tusarchiveandsc #athlonedramafestival
One of the challenges of cataloguing the documents in the Brendan O'Brien collection is deciphering handwriting. This letter took me some time to decipher but eventually I was able to see who it was by and the gist of the letter
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
One of the challenges of cataloguing the documents in the Brendan O'Brien collection is deciphering handwriting. This letter took me some time to decipher but eventually I was able to see who it was by and the gist of the letter
Delighted to announce that we have been accepted to join the @dri-ie.bsky.social. Looking forward to meeting the other members and working with DRI. We are excited to start uploading our collections!
We are delighted to announce that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social has joined as the latest member of DRI!
We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
New DRI Member: Technological University of the Shannon - Digital Repository of Ireland
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) has joined as our latest member. The main collections TUS hope to ingest at pres...
dri.ie
March 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Delighted to announce that we have been accepted to join the @dri-ie.bsky.social. Looking forward to meeting the other members and working with DRI. We are excited to start uploading our collections!
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We are delighted to announce that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social has joined as the latest member of DRI!
We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
New DRI Member: Technological University of the Shannon - Digital Repository of Ireland
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) has joined as our latest member. The main collections TUS hope to ingest at pres...
dri.ie
March 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We are delighted to announce that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social has joined as the latest member of DRI!
We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project.
Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...
Doing some work on our Brendan O’Brien Archive - material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival. Here is a sneak peak of preservation and cataloguing work! Slowly moving each letter from this yellow unsuitable folder into separate preservation covers.
March 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Doing some work on our Brendan O’Brien Archive - material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival. Here is a sneak peak of preservation and cataloguing work! Slowly moving each letter from this yellow unsuitable folder into separate preservation covers.
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Exciting times in TUS Library Archive & Special Collections
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We have started archiving and digitising some of the Brendan O’Brien archive material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival 1953-1982. Below are photos of some of our team and an item we were working on today using
@transkribus.bsky.social
and a scan tent.
@transkribus.bsky.social
and a scan tent.
February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Exciting times in TUS Library Archive & Special Collections
@tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social Follow for updates!
@usihs.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social @irishlitsoc.bsky.social
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social
@libraryaac.bsky.social
@tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social Follow for updates!
@usihs.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social @irishlitsoc.bsky.social
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social
@libraryaac.bsky.social
We have started archiving and digitising some of the Brendan O’Brien archive material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival 1953-1982. Below are photos of some of our team and an item we were working on today using
@transkribus.bsky.social
and a scan tent.
@transkribus.bsky.social
and a scan tent.
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We have started archiving and digitising some of the Brendan O’Brien archive material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival 1953-1982. Below are photos of some of our team and an item we were working on today using
@transkribus.bsky.social
and a scan tent.
@transkribus.bsky.social
and a scan tent.
This is our first post on Social Media follow us on our journey as we develop our special collections and archive! We hope to post regularly with images and stories of our work.
February 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is our first post on Social Media follow us on our journey as we develop our special collections and archive! We hope to post regularly with images and stories of our work.
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Reminder: Research Image Competition deadline is soon! #TUSReserachWeek 2025. Categories for UG, PG and Staff. Click here for details shorturl.at/e0vFB or scan QR code in the image.
Prize is €100 voucher. Closing date is Feb 13th so get your entries in!
Prize is €100 voucher. Closing date is Feb 13th so get your entries in!
February 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reminder: Research Image Competition deadline is soon! #TUSReserachWeek 2025. Categories for UG, PG and Staff. Click here for details shorturl.at/e0vFB or scan QR code in the image.
Prize is €100 voucher. Closing date is Feb 13th so get your entries in!
Prize is €100 voucher. Closing date is Feb 13th so get your entries in!