Katherine McSharry from the National Library of Ireland (NLI) accepted our invitation to act as narrator in a video featuring The European Library and the NLI cooperation. View the video...

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Our partners in The European Library play a unique role as national libraries. Each has an exciting story to tell and we are delighted to be able to profile the National Library of Ireland in this issue of the newsletter. Katherine McSharry – Assistant Keeper, Services and Systems - of the National Library of Ireland/Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann (NLI), accepted our invitation to act as chief editor.

Katherine McSharry tells us: "My role in Digital Projects also includes liaison responsibility with The European Library. During EDLproject, I helped to coordinate the work here that brought the NLI into The European Library as a Full Participant. Our entire online catalogue, including digital images from our visual collections, is now fully searchable from The European Library site. As we are embarking on major digitisation projects, the range and variety of digital content available will grow significantly over the next few years."

"Involvement with European projects such as The European Library helps to drive the adoption of those standards and protocols that maximize interoperability - and thereby bring our resources to the widest possible audience."

The Director’s corner is dedicated to directors and chief executives of national libraries across Europe. Mr. Aongus Ó hAonghusa, NLI Director, gives us a brief presentation of the role and position of the National Libarry of Ireland in Europe

"The National Library of Ireland was delighted to become a Full Participant in The European Library, continuing Ireland’s long and proud history of contact with mainland Europe. People have been moving in either direction for thousands of years, ideas and knowledge traveling with them." More info...

The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has assembled unique images from museums, galleries and archives from all over Europe, describing the migration of the Irish populations over two hundred years. Following the wars at the end of the 16th century, soldiers, students, priests, professionals and merchants began to migrate to Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and elsewhere on continental Europe. Over time, migrants formed communities and eventually integrated into their host societies.

The exhibition charts the main phases of migration from Ireland to various parts of the continent. It gives us key insights into why so many people decided to uproot themselves and their families. More info...

The National Library of Ireland’s holdings constitute documentary material in the world and offer a valuable representation of Ireland’s history and heritage. Material acquired through Legal Deposit, donations and purchases is subsequently processed for storage and access. The NLI collections comprise printed material, manuscripts, visuals and digital content relating to the island of Ireland, and produced by Irish people in Ireland or overseas.

Additionally, the Library aims to acquire reference material to support its collections and to maintain a basic collection of reference material suitable for a National Library in a European context. More info...

The National and University Library NUK - Ljubljana, Slovenia – has initiated a 30-month project with the overall objective to collect, preserve and provide access to Slovenian written scientific and cultural heritage.

The project "Digital Library of Slovenia (dLib.si)" is led by the National and University Library - Ljubljana, Slovenia- with the financial support of Norwegian and EEA financial mechanisms. More info...

+ THE EUROPEAN LIBRARY OFFICE & EUROPEANA are seeking a highly motivated Business Development Director.

Are you interested? Do you know the person who wants to work on one of the most exciting projects in the cultural heritage area ever? Are you allowed a secondment?

The job is based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands. Interested? Then click on this link and send us your CV.

+ ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM (EUR) focuses on the generation and transfer of knowledge proceeding from a high degree of social engagement. The EUR divides its education and research activities into three domains; Economics and Management, Medicine and Health and Law, Culture and Society.

The 'Argumentation Discovery and Semantic Scholarly Publishing' project aims at developing models, methods and algorithms for argumentation discovery that can support semantic scholarly publishing. In this context, the EUR has opened a PhD vacancy. Click here for more info.

+ THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND (NLI) is looking for Temporary Cataloguers - Short-Term Contracts for a 6-month period - in the Department of Printed and Visual Collections. The primary responsibility will be the cataloguing of books and periodicals. Interested? Click here for more info.

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