By Grace Kiernan, DIT NPA Internship, Sept-Dec 2013 In September 2013 I was offered the opportunity to do an internship as part of DIT’s Archiving in Context third year, semester-long module, which is run in conjunction with the National Photographic Archive (NPA). I was keen to put what I had learned about the more theoretical aspects […]
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Denis Tynan,
Donegal,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Fishing Industry,
Glass Plate Negatives,
Grace Kiernan,
Keith Murphy,
Matthew Cains,
Mylar,
National Photographic Archive,
Photographs,
Preservation,
Sarah Ward,
Vinegar Syndrome
by Margaret O’Brien Moran, PhD researcher I am a postgraduate researcher in the Centre for Media Research at the University of Ulster, Coleraine. Through an historical inquiry into the Poole Photographic Collection at the National Photographic Archive, my study considers the importance of the physical photograph and the impact of digitisation. The Poole Photographic Collection […]
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A.H. Poole,
A.H. Poole Photographic Studios,
Arthur Henri Poole,
Centre for Media Research,
Clonegam,
Curraghmore Estate,
Florence Grosvenor,
Florence Grosvenor Rowley,
George Tooth,
Georgina Tooth,
Glass Plate Negatives,
Holborn Union Workhouse,
John Henry De la Poer Beresford,
Lady Blanche Somerset,
Lady Waterford,
Margaret O'Brien Moran,
Marquess of Waterford,
National Photographic Archive,
Photographic Prints,
Poole Photographic Collections,
Press Picture Agency,
Pricella White,
Waterford
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 […]
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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
