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The Press Photographers Association of Ireland Collection

November 28, 2013 · 2 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Photographs

by Jason Kearney, BA Photography student, DIT As part of our third year in college, we had the option to study the archive in context – a progression from an earlier module in which we studied the theoretical aspects of the archive. To put these theories into practice and also out of a sense of […]

Tagged as: Carroll's, Conservation, DIT, Dublin Institute of Technology, Elizabeth Kirwan, Frank Miller, Jason Kearney, Kate Horgan, Matt Kavanagh, Matthew Cains, National Library of Ireland, National Photographic Archive, NLI, NPA, Photojournalism, PPAI, PPAI Awards, PPAI Collection, Press Photographers Association of Ireland, Virtua

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5.2 million reasons to do a stock check

October 5, 2012 · 1 comment

in Collections,Exhibitions,NLI Staff,Photographs,Projects

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 […]

Tagged as: Ambrotypes, 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, Preservation, Safety Film, Stock Check, Taking Stock, Tintypes, Vinegar Syndrome, Virtua

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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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