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UCD Digital Library @UCDDigital

Visit us at digital.ucd.ie or on Bluesky: @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social

Joined July 2012
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We're delighted to announce that the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Civic Guard (Garda Síochána) Personnel Registers are now back online. You can find them at digital.ucd.ie/c0133/. There are over 12,500 entries on these pages, covering the period 1837-1925. #Genealogy #history
Screenshot of the Garda Registers digital collection in UCD Digital Library.

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UCD Library is embarking on an important digital transformation programme to improve services and enhance user experiences. This includes the replacement of the UCD Digital Library, and we would like to hear from you through this short survey: forms.gle/LgomRFrXrzvL83HC6
UCD Digital Library. Take our survey today! Includes speech bubble that says "We want your feedback"

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Updates on digital.ucd.ie
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Service Outage - 13 February 2025 Please note that UCD Digital Library is unavailable until further notice, for maintenance purposes. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the team at digital.library@ucd.ie if you would like assistance.
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Congratulations to our Digital Preservation Librarian Niamh Murphy (@niamhelmurphy) on the release of her Brunnhilde Installation & User Guide (dpconline.org/doclink/brunnh…). Check out her blogpost detailing this software: dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/blog… #digitalpreservation #WDPD24
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It's World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD24! Preparations are underway for our coffee morning, here in @UCDLibrary. Many thanks to @niamhelmurphy for all of the hard work and preparation. Delighted to see digital preservation being highlighted.
Table of freshly baked fairy cakes, topped with blue and green decorations, which complement the World Digital Preservation Day poster board, and the UCD Digital Library banner. View of the Newman Building out the window.

ALT Table of freshly baked fairy cakes, topped with blue and green decorations, which complement the World Digital Preservation Day poster board, and the UCD Digital Library banner. View of the Newman Building out the window.

World Digital Preservation Day 2024. Decorations surrounding a gold DVD and LTO tape.

ALT World Digital Preservation Day 2024. Decorations surrounding a gold DVD and LTO tape.

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We understand that some of our collections have been impacted by the recent technology upgrades. We're working through the issues and will update you shortly. Thanks for your patience.
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UCD Digital Library is now operational, with some work underway to solve some residual technical issues. Thank you for your patience. We are sincerely grateful to @brndgtl for getting @UCDDigital back working.
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UCD Digital Library is experiencing technical difficulties & will remain unsearchable from 11-14th Oct. Apologies for the inconvenience. We are working on the issues, and our sincere gratitude to @brndgtl for the on-going work to bring back full service. Stay tuned for updates!
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UCD Digital library is still experiencing technical difficulties today (11th October). We are working on the issues and will post updates. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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UCD Digital library is still experiencing technical difficulties today (10th October). We are working on the issues and will post updates. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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UCD Digital library is still experiencing technical difficulties today (9th October). We are working on the issues and will post updates. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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The Digital Library is experiencing some technical difficulties today (Tuesday). Work is on-going, and we hope to resume service as quickly as possible. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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UCD Digital Library retweeted
Audrey Drohan@audtrikat
19 Sep 2024
Great to hear Stephen Abrams talking about revitalising the Harvard University DRS. Lots of inspiration. #iPRES2024
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UCD Digital Library retweeted
Audrey Drohan@audtrikat
19 Sep 2024
Blurry photo of the brilliant Aaron Perzanowski on a very scary but relevant topic at the end of #iPRES2024. Lots of food for thought. We have a long way to go.
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We are delighted to welcome Étaín Deenihan to the UCD Digital Library team as our Library Assistant. Étaín has been a long-time colleague and friend, and we're thrilled that she has transferred to our team. Welcome Étaín!
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UCD Digital Library retweeted
University of Galway Library@UniOfGalwayLib
15 Jul 2024
Advancing Ireland's Open Repository Landscape- join our Webinar on Tues 30 July 11:00-12:00 Register: shorturl.at/iZP2N
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Over the next couple of days we are undergoing some maintenance and upgrades, apologies for any inconvenience. Please email digital.library@ucd.ie with any queries.
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Very proud to launch our Ethical Cataloguing Guidelines for UCD Digital Library. Compiled by our metadata librarian, Órna Roche, this is our commitment to describing material accurately, respectfully, and in a way that will not cause distress or offence. 💻n2t.net/ark:/87925/h19s1p20
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Topics include sensitivity criteria, language in descriptive records, underrepresented communities in descriptions, language/imagery in the content, controlled vocabularies, and guidelines for medical, disability, and related collections.
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If you have any suggestions or feedback on these guidelines, please reach out and contact us at digital.library@ucd.ie #ethicalcataloguing #MetadataMatters
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