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Celebrating the Commons on Flickr, Part Deux

by Bean an Phoist on January 15, 2013 · 7 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects,Research,Social Media

This is our second blog post celebrating the 5th anniversary of The Commons on Flickr which falls tomorrow, Wednesday 16 January. This means a 5th Birthday for the Library of Congress photostream. We’re not quite into the Terrible Twos on Flickr Commons ourselves yet here at the National Library of Ireland, but we’re certainly looking [...]

Tagged as: A.H. Poole, Anner Castle, Cork, Daniel O'Connell, derangedlemur, Down, Eason Collection, Evictions, flickr, Flickr Commons, Flickroonies, Flying Hunstman, James Morley, John Spooner, Kilbroney, La Belle Province, Lawrence Collection, Library of Congress, Limerick, Linen, Linen Bleach Green, Mangolds, Michael Seery, Mitchelstown, MKSeery, mogey, National Library of Ireland, Neeps, NLI, O'Connell Monument, O'Connell Street, Poole Collection, Rostrevor, Rutabagas, Sackville Street, Sean Mulligan, Streetview, Swedes, swordscookie, Thom's Directories, Turnips, whatsthatpicture, Winifred Mandeville

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Celebrating The Commons on Flickr

by Bean an Phoist on January 11, 2013 · 10 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects,Research,Social Media

Next Wednesday, 16 January, is the 5th anniversary of The Commons on Flickr. 56 libraries, archives, museums and galleries all over the world (including us) make up Flickr Commons. We all share our photographic collections online, and users help us to find out more about the photographs we look after, by commenting, adding notes and [...]

Tagged as: amintirivizuale, Athlone, Balloon House, Barriscales, beachcomberaustralia, Bridge Street, Carol Maddock, Clonmel Railway Station, Cork, DannyM8, Drumlargan, Fisherman, flickr, Flickr Commons, Gearhameen, guliolopez, Kerry, Khyber Pass, Killarney, Lawrence Collection, Library of Congress, Meath, Mossy Carey, Myrtle26, Niall McAuley, Picnic, Portmagee, River Shannon, Social Media, Tadgh Devane, Tipperary Hurlers, Tom Semple, Weir

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Welcome to Your NLI

by Bean an Phoist on November 1, 2012 · 2 comments

in Collections,Exhibitions,Projects

by Nikki Ralston, Exhibitions Our new Front Hall display proudly says “Welcome to Your NLI”, not the NLI or our NLI but Yours. After all, as a public collection the National Library of Ireland does belong to all, it’s Ours. Perhaps you already had a sense of this public ownership, but had you thought about [...]

Tagged as: Exhibitions, Gerald of Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis, Nikki Ralston, Projects, Topographia Hiberniae, Your NLI

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