April 2012

‘This lonely propagandist in a new field…’

April 20, 2012 · 2 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Newspapers,Projects

Intro by Justin Furlong, NLI Newspaper Librarian This is the second in a series of blogs connected to a joint project (Newspaper Descriptors Project) by the National Library of Ireland and the Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland (NPHFI). The project hopes to provide short descriptors or pen notes for the newspaper titles listed […]

Tagged as: Anglo-Irish Treaty, Art O'Brien, Arthur Griffith, Benjamin Farrington, Bernard Doyle, Central News Agency, Colonel Maurice Moore, Donal P. McCracken, Eason's, Fownes Street, Irish Independent, Irish Republican Association of South Africa, John Mitchel, Justin Furlong, Mark Ryan, Matt Clancy, Maud Gonne, Middelberg Courant, Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland, Newspaper Database, Newspaper Descriptors Project, Patrick J. Little, Rand Revolt, Shan Van Vocht, Sinn Féin, South Africa, The Dawn, The Republic, United Irishman, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Weekly Freeman, William Rooney

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Then, Then and Now Photographic Projects

April 13, 2012 · 25 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

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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