by Deirdre Carroll, donor and daughter of J.J. (Joe) Carroll My father, Joe Carroll, who worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce on Kildare Street, Dublin (just across the road from the National Library of Ireland) acquired over 270 glass lantern slides from a colleague. Unfortunately we cannot recall the colleague’s name. They originally […]
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Clontarf,
Deirdre Carroll,
Donations,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Frederick Sleigh Roberts,
General Roberts,
J.J. Carroll Collection,
Joe Carroll,
Lantern Slides,
Laterna Magica,
Magic Lantern
by Caroline Montgomery, Research and Reference Student Video guides here at the National Library of Ireland These days there’s a YouTube how to video for almost everything and libraries are no exception. Library instructional videos are becoming increasingly popular as a way to guide users through various aspects of library services. They are already used […]
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by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive When asked if I would like to relocate from our Manuscript Department to the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, I was excited by the prospect, and when I heard that the work would involve a thorough stock check of our photographic collections, I was […]
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Barbara Bonini,
British Library,
Cellulose Acetate Film,
Colette O'Flaherty,
Conservation,
Daguerreotypes,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Flickr Commons,
Glass Negatives,
Glynis Pickett,
Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Collection,
Joanna Finegan,
John Joly,
Joly Colour Process,
Keith Murphy,
Lantern Slides,
Library Management System,
LMS,
Maria O'Shea,
Matthew Cains,
National Photographic Archive,
Negatives,
Nitrate Film,
Nitrocellulose Film,
Nora-Jane Thornton,
NPA,
O'Carroll Collection,
Photographs,
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Safety Film,
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Taking Stock,
Tintypes,
Vinegar Syndrome,
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