Projects

Then, Then and Now Photographic Projects

by Bean an Phoist on April 13, 2012 · 23 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Digital Collections,Digitisation,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects

by Pádraig Laffan, Vice-Chairperson of The Federation of Local History Societies The Federation for Ulster Local Studies and The Federation of Local History Societies and The National Library Project Have you ever thought how great it would be to walk along by the Liffey with your grandchildren and to be able to say to them [...]

Tagged as: 10x8s, 12x8s, Aoife O'Connell, Catalogue, Cataloguing, Colette O'Flaherty, Dr. Pat Donlon, Dundalk, Federation for Ulster Local Studies, Federation of Local History Societies, Film, Fuji Ireland, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Collection, Lawrence Photographic Project, Liam Clare, Local history, Local History Societies, National Library of Ireland, Our Own Place, Pádraig Laffan, Photographs, Photography, Prints, Robert French, RTÉ, Ulster Museum, Volunteers, W. Lawrence, William Lawrence

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Improving access to the Lawrence Collection

by Bean an Phoist on April 5, 2012 · 6 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Digitisation,Maps,Photographs,Projects

by Aoife O’Connell, Catalogue Development Student The National Library of Ireland holds a number of historically valuable and interesting photographic collections. Perhaps the best known and most utilised of these over the years since its acquisition has been the Lawrence Collection. It was acquired in 1943 for the then huge sum of £300. The popularity [...]

Tagged as: Aoife O'Connell, Catalogue, Catalogue Development, Data Cleaning, Digital Images, flickr, Flickr API, Flickr Commons, Freebase, Glass Plate Negatives, Google Refine, Information Systems, Lawrence Cabinet, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Day Book, Lawrence Imperial, Lawrence New Series, Lawrence Photographic Studio, Lawrence Royal, Library Management System, Lutz Biedinger, Map View, Mapping, Maps, Open Source, Photographs, Robert French, Topographical Views, Virtua, William Lawrence

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Family Fragments from the First World War

by Bean an Phoist on March 15, 2012 · 10 comments

in Digital Collections,Events,Projects

History as the Sum of Our Stories by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian The digital age has caused a shift in our collective remembrance practices. No longer solely the province of professional historians, the great democratization of information production and sharing brought about by the world-wide web means that anyone can contribute to the patchwork of the [...]

Tagged as: 12th Battalion, 16th Lancers, 17th Lancers, 1st Indian Expeditionary Force, Avice-Claire McGovern, Battle of Cambrai, Bride Street, Catholic Soldiers' Institute, Curragh Camp, D Squadron, Easter Rising, Europeana 1914-1918, Family History, First World War, France, Frances Brady, Frances Kelly, Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Great War, Home Rule, Inchicore Railway Works, Jack Jenkinson, James Brady, John Jenkinson, John Redmond, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Malta, National Volunteers, Norah Daly, Photographs, Postcards, Royal Garrison Artillery, Sackville Street, Sialkot, Suez Canal, Tablecloth, Trumpeter, War Graves Photographic Project, Western Front, WWI