July 2011

The Clean Sweep

by Bean an Phoist on July 11, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Projects,Rare books

by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Regular visitors may have wondered about what’s been going on in our Trustees’ Room in recent weeks – that’s the room to the left of our main hall. Comings, goings and that funny noise… Well, from 2 to 4.30 this afternoon, and every weekday afternoon, you can see for yourself. Our [...]

Tagged as: Books, Clean Sweep, Cleaning, Conservation, Nikki Ralston, Projects, Rare book team, Rare books, Trustees' Room

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Welcome to our world

by Bean an Phoist on July 8, 2011 · 12 comments

in Director's Posts

by Fiona Ross, Director of the NLI The National Library of Ireland was established in 1877 and the doors of our magnificent building on Kildare Street were first opened to the public 121 years ago this coming August. One of the NLI Trustees at that time, Dr. Edward Dowden (1843-1913), made a wonderful speech that [...]

Tagged as: Cathy Kelly, Digital Library, Director, Edward Dowden, Fiona Ross, James Joyce, Librarian, Scylla and Charybdis, Sinead Moriarty, Thomas W. Lyster, Trustees, Ulysses

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