'Making the case' for inclusive community engagement at RCSI Library - CONUL T&L Annual Seminar 2024

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‘Making the case’
for inclusive community
engagement at RCSI Library
Jessica Handy
Digital Archivist
RCSI Library Heritage Collections

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SCONUL Library Design Award 2019
Beaumont
Hospital
Since 1784
Old RCSI Library in 123 St Stephen’s Green, c1900

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Library
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Delivery
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Virtual)
Collection
Development
(print &
electronic)
Library Digital
Systems &
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Awareness,
promotion, and
communication
Managing
spaces
Customer
service
excellence
onsite &
online
Education,
Research &
Clinical
Support
Advanced
database
searching
Research
metrics and
citation
analysis
Search
strategy
design &
support
Open access,
open science
& research
data
Clinical
information
service
Teaching &
curriculum
support
RCSI Library Teams & Services
Heritage
Collections
Internal &
external
collaboration
& partnerships
Collection
Development:
acquisitions,
transfers,
donations
Digital and
physical
access and
infrastructure
Community
outreach &
engagement
Research &
project
support
Collection
Management:
preservation,
cataloguing,
digitisation

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Library
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Delivery
Information
Desks
(In-Person &
Virtual)
Collection
Development
(print &
electronic)
Library Digital
Systems &
Services
Awareness,
promotion, and
communication
Managing
spaces
Customer
service
excellence
onsite &
online
Education,
Research &
Clinical
Support
Advanced
database
searching
Research
metrics and
citation
analysis
Search
strategy
design &
support
Open access,
open science
& research
data
Clinical
information
service
Teaching &
curriculum
support
RCSI Library Teams & Services
Heritage
Collections
Internal &
external
collaboration
& partnerships
Collection
Development:
acquisitions,
transfers,
donations
Digital and
physical
access and
infrastructure
Community
outreach &
engagement
Research &
project
support
Collection
Management:
preservation,
cataloguing,
digitisation

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THE HERITAGE
COLLECTIONS
1 RCSI College Archive
30+ Personal Papers
1800+ Medical Instruments
3000+ Antiquarian Books
5500+ Medical Pamphlets
… Art & sculpture, silverware, furniture,
specimens
Constantly growing
Physical AND Digital

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L
F O O T P R I N T
Welcoming
students from
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world for
~200 years

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ACCESS &
INCLUSION
Collection Development
• Oral History
• Calls for submissions
Access & Participation
• Digitisation and publishing
• Student-centred research
Outreach and Engagement
• Reaching diverse communities
through partnerships and
collaboration

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2023
IRISH MEN’S SHEDS
ASSOCIATION
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LEARNINGS
• Identify the ‘hook’
• Health and wellbeing
• Lifelong learning
• Public/community engagement
• EDI
• UNSDGs
• Leverage partnerships & connections to find
the right ‘fit’
• Make connections meaningful
• Step out of comfort zones
• Recognition and reward
• Capture!
• Sustainable resourcing

11. R C S I L i b r a r y S e r v i c e s
G r a n d R o u n d s J a n u a r y 2 0 2 3
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THANK YOU
RCSI Library Heritage
Collections
Email: archivist@rcsi.ie