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"Furious dean, what offence laid fire to their brains?" Ulysses Gulliver's Travels was published 300 years ago today. As we finish our class on Jonathan Swift, we pay tribute to the furious dean, the godfather of modern Irish literature to whom James Joyce and so many others have paid tribute.

📣 ISSDA are holding a webinar on 13 Nov 2026 at 10:30 AM taking a look inside to see the tools and services available to help social scientists with their research. Register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/issda-unbo... #SocialScience #DataArchive @ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

The UCD #CulturalHeritage UCD Special Collections/ UCD Archives reading room is now closed. Please see their websites for more info. www.ucd.ie/specialcolle... www.ucd.ie/archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social

All UCD libraries will be closed on Monday, 26 October - the Bank Holiday. 🎃 #Samhain

‪The Planet Youth Survey: Cavan - Monaghan 2021 dataset, doi.org/10.7929/ISSD... and Planet Youth Survey: North Dublin 2021 dataset, doi.org/10.7929/ISSD... are now available per the ISSDA request process. #IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

View a new display of items from UCD Special Collections, celebrating UCD Global Week (19-22 October), now just next to the entrance to the James Joyce Library. @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdglobal.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

A reminder that the UCD Special Collections and UCD Archives shared reading room will be closed from this Fri, 23 Oct to facilitate the building works on the new UCD #CulturalHeritage Centre. Access to collections will be temporarily unavailable after this date. @ucdarchives.bsky.social

A Symposium in Honour of Dr Deirdre McMahon Saturday 31 October 2026 The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin This event is kindly sponsored by the Faculty of Arts, MIC, and the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Register: www.mic.ul.ie/MIC-Event-Re... Programme: www.mic.ul.ie/faculty-of-a...

Do you want to get your first book published, compile an edited collection or convert your PhD into a book? Hear from key editors Ben Doyle (Bloomsbury Publishing), Noelle Moran (UCD Press) & Sinead Neville (Cork University Press) at our virtual seminar on Wed, 28th Oct. Register bit.ly/ucdbookpub

Attend our online #EndNote clinic tomorrow, 20th October. Instead of being a training session, this is a chance for you to get your queries answered after you have taken the Library's online Brightspace module. This EndNote module is available to all at UCD. Register at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...

View a new display of items from UCD Special Collections, celebrating UCD Global Week (19-22 October), now just next to the entrance to the James Joyce Library. @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdglobal.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

The current UCD Library opening hours schedule is now valid until Sunday, 8th November. Extended hours begin 9th November. See www.ucd.ie/library/use/... Please note that all UCD libraries will be closed on the October Bank Holiday - Monday, 26 October.🎃

The current UCD Library opening hours schedule is now valid until Sunday, 8th November. Extended hours begin 9th November. See www.ucd.ie/library/use/... Please note that all UCD libraries will be closed on the October Bank Holiday - Monday, 26 October.🎃

The UCD Richview Library will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, 17th October. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Our opening hours schedule: www.ucd.ie/library/use/... @ucdengarch.bsky.social @ucdsu.bsky.social

Join us next Thursday, 22 Oct, for an online look at your #OpenAccess publishing options here at UCD Library. Suitable for UCD researchers, students and authors who want to know more about their Green, Gold & Diamond OA options! Register via our Training page at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...

Our current opening hours schedule has been extended to Sunday, 25 October. We have also extended the hours of our Service Desk in the James Joyce Library to 5pm on Saturdays to accommodate those who wish to collect requested JJL Level 2 books on the weekend. www.ucd.ie/library/use/...

Just received (a few days ago)! ✨😀📚📖🙏 Check out the packed schedule of talks and events over 5 days in November at dublinbookfestival.com/event_catego... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @ucdpress.bsky.social

UCD PhD & postgrad students! Join UCD Scholarly Comms librarian Jenny Collery & Research Impact Manager David Bennett on Thursday, 15 Oct at 11am in the UCD Research Boardroom for an intro to research impact in publishing. Details & register at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME... @ucdresearch.bsky.social

Closure Notice: All five UCD Libraries will close on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. Online library services will continue to be available. @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

There's still time to register for next Tuesday's (13 October) #Covidence workshop, giving you an introduction to the no. 1 systematic review tool. This 1-hr session take place at 1pm in the Health Sciences Library (Room D111). Book this & other sessions: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...

Closure Notice: All five UCD Libraries will close on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. Online library services will continue to be available. @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

Irishman and soldier with the French Foreign Legion, Michael MacWhite, writes from the Front #OTD 1916. #WWI "Six days in this mud and slush. Six nights on the parapet searching for the sleep that never comes. ..." Transcription in next post.

Join Jane Nolan, UCD's Citizen Science & Geospatial Support Librarian, next Tuesday at 3.30pm in the Health Sciences Library where she will show you how to create a symbol map using Datawrapper. Sign up for free at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE... See also libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/...

Join Jane Nolan, UCD's Citizen Science & Geospatial Support Librarian, next Tuesday at 3.30pm in the Health Sciences Library where she will show you how to create a symbol map using Datawrapper. Sign up for free at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE... See also libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/...

Our current opening hours schedule has been extended to Sunday, 25 October. We have also extended the hours of our Service Desk in the James Joyce Library to 5pm on Saturdays to accommodate those who wish to collect requested JJL Level 2 books on the weekend. www.ucd.ie/library/use/...

Many congratulations! Paul Muldoon has read his poetry for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, as well as being part of the 2022-2023 Poetry as Commemoration Project here at UCD. We are grateful and delighted for him.✨🏅

Bound without restraint...in the latest UCD #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post Claire Dunne takes us on a vibrant tour of the artists' books held in UCD Special Collections. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/09/29/b... @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdpress.bsky.social

Join Jade Smith, UCD's Research Data Librarian, on 9th Oct for this online session taking you through a live demo of using DMPonline to create a #DataManagementPlan. DMPonline at UCD helps you create, review, & share data management plans (DMPs) that meet institutional and funder requirements.

📚 Happy World Teachers’ Day! To mark the occasion, we’re sharing this photograph of a group of schoolchildren with their teacher, dating from around 1906–1914. The photograph is part of the Congested Districts Board Photograph Collection: https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000186697

It's #BlackHistoryMonth and we are celebrating with a Spotlight display in the James Joyce Library! Stop by & browse the shelves for titles from our collection on Black history, politics, arts and more. See our guide at libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight @ucdglobal.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Bound without restraint...in the latest UCD #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post Claire Dunne takes us on a vibrant tour of the artists' books held in UCD Special Collections. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/09/29/b... @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdpress.bsky.social

We're sorry we had to temporarily close Level 2 of the James Joyce Library, but... anyone up for a quick 'sneak peek' at the progress so far? We think you might like it.😀👍 Remember all the project details are on the Library's Projects page www.ucd.ie/library/cont... @ucddublin.bsky.social

Do you run a digital research service in Ireland? Then EOSC.IE Project want to hear from you! Help map the national landscape and design Ireland's national node of the European Open Science Cloud. 📋 Take the survey (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...) ⏰ Deadline: Monday 12 October 2026 at 17:00 IST

It's #BlackHistoryMonth and we are celebrating with a Spotlight display in the James Joyce Library! Stop by & browse the shelves for titles from our collection on Black history, politics, arts and more. See our guide at libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight @ucdglobal.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

UCD has a treasured collection of medieval manuscripts, written in Irish & Latin, & held in @ucdarchives.bsky.social & UCD Special Collections. UCD researchers are examining these complex sources to uncover intertextual networks, & reveal more about the people who created them. #AncientWorld_UCD

ATTN Registered postgrads at QUB, @ucddublin.bsky.social , @ox.ac.uk only: The Quill Project is recruiting three Research Assistants to support the digital humanities intiative, Writing Peace. The successful UCD candidate will work in UCDA. www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/quil...

UCD Library Open Access Publishing Agreements Update📢 The annual APC (Article Processing Charge) quota for the UCD-IReL agreement with ScienceDirect (Elsevier) is now fully used up. Accepted articles will not be offered APC cover until the end of 2026. See libguides.ucd.ie/oapublishing for more.

James Joyce Library Level 2 is temporarily closed and we now have a book retrieval system in place. Please request items from shelfmarks 400-999 via this form: ucd-ie.libwizard.com/f/retrievalf... The steps are in the form. Please see our Projects page for full details. www.ucd.ie/library/cont... 🙏

AI is changing how science is done - we’re only beginning to understand what that means. The ‘AI in Physics and Mathematics’ track at #AIS26 curated by @cern.bsky.social will explore how #AI is reshaping both fields. Join the conversation about the future of scientific discovery. www.ais26.eu