Subject Support Special Collections UCC Library 2016-2017
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'Forever - is Composed of Nows': Knowledge is Power
Previously Special Collections & Archives were viewed as less readily open and accessible, however since 2012 this perspective has shifted. We acknowledge that 19th –early 20th century collectors are predominantly male; in the last 10 years we prioritised acquiring and listing more EDI created and owned collections. Our collections are held for posterity but through the process of kaizen we aim for 1% improvement daily of how, who and what we collect. This is so collections in the future better reflect who we are in the constantly evolving society. To this end we have selected an Emily Dickinson quote for the title as it too challenges our preconceived notions of past, present and future. Our paper will address how we are changing what makes an item worth collecting. We will identify and address the cultural bias of historical collectors and how we increase the visibility of a more diverse range of voices. Examples of this process include Emma Horgan listing the Elizabeth Friedlander collection (2016) and Elaine Harrington creating the Gayfield Press collection (2021), both of which have extended the ways potential stakeholders view the usefulness of our collections. In 2023/2024 the Radical Humanities Lab use these collections for modules including Women, Class & Society; Visualising War; and Visualising Feminist Activism. In changemaker terms we are aligning our work with our values which match those of our institution’s. We know we are not ‘heroes in capes’ therefore we partner with academics, UCC’s community and further afield to influence and connect, utilising our skills and expertise to create lasting change. These actions will enable the collections to be widely used and our level of impact aligns with the potential for systems change as we gain momentum.
'Good and bad newes from Ireland’: Eclectic Local History Sources within the ...
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The theme of the seminar was: "If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday: genealogical & local studies materials in Irish Special Collections & Archives."
When the SDGs Met the UDCs: Future Proofing Research
Lightning talk presentation at CONUL 2023: Sense and Sustainability
UCC is a world-leader in Green Campus/Sustainability initiatives and UCC Library has been at the vanguard of this work. As part of these measures UCC mapped its research, learning and teaching to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) in late 2022. Taking our cue from Emma Horgan’s long-term role in UCC Library’s Green team and Elaine Harrington’s increasing drive to engage with the wider community we sought to implement the SDG Mapping on a local scale. To maximise use of UCC Library’s Special Collections & Archives’ collections we will show why and how mapping our unique and distinctive collections (UDCs) to the SDGs will promote use of the collections by the UCC community and further afield. This work will also tie into UCC’s current research programme ‘Futures’ which “mines the frontiers of curiosity and inquiry at the intersection of disciplines.”
In this presentation we describe how we applied the models established by UCC to evaluate SDG coverage in our collections, visualise that coverage and potential gaps, and reflect on how we can enhance SDG integration into our collections. We know that some uncatalogued/unlisted collections will be excluded but many collections already show a longitudinal perspective in developing this area. We will also give recommendations for how this activity and creating a specific Green UDC aligns with UCC’s 2023-2028 strategic plan and goals, as well as the Connected University framework. We address the opportunities for research and teaching that this activity will build on the fruitful collaboration between the University’s Sustainability Team and the Library’s Green Team locally. Integrating this SDG mapping to UDCs will enable students, staff and researchers to futureproof research, teaching & learning needs. Significantly, this interdisciplinary activity offers a benchmark for all library collections, not limited to UDCs alone, as this activity has the potential for worldwide application.
From Books to Bytes: Transforming Access to the Printed Word in the Digital Age
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Special Collections at University College Cork, Cork, Ireland has a rich history of engaging with a wide community through blogging & Twitter (@theriversideUCC), physical and digital exhibitions, digitised collections, stand-alone events and seasonal guides. These communicate to different target audience groups information about UCC Library’s unique and distinctive collections. However, since 2020 when access to physical spaces was not guaranteed or was restrictive, Special Collections expanded the use and range of its digital and virtual platforms to continue and enhance access to its collections. This was achieved both through creating new content via internationally available technologies: 3D Scanning and 360° tours, in addition to uploading new content to internationally available platforms: #ColorOurCollections, SpringShare, Google Maps, Scalar and Sketchfab.
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Remaking the Printed Word in the Digital Age
Chen, Stephanie and Harrington, Elaine. (2022) Remaking the Printed Word in the Digital Age. 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 26-29 July.
This poster highlights a collaborative project to enhance access to rare and unique library collection items using emerging technologies. It presents four examples of how UCC Library staff and students worked together using new digital tools/platforms to showcase material in Special Collections to inspire, engage, enable, and connect, especially in uncertain times. Special Collections and Archives have long-engaged with the community through social media (like Twitter @theriversideUCC), through physical exhibitions, digital collections, stand-alone events and seasonal guides communicating information about UCC Library's unique and distinctive collections. Recently, they partnered with the Library's Digital Learning Specialist to explore a selection of digital tools/platforms. These are: a 3D Scanner, a 360- degree camera, Pressbooks, and Scalar. The output of this cross-portfolio partnership was the creation of 3D models of various objects; an immersive, virtual tour of Cork city based on historical newspaper advertisements; an online colouring book published on Pressbooks; and a digital exhibit on historical recipes on Scalar. While the four examples use material from Special Collections, they serve as an example of what is possible. The digital tools and platforms used are not limited to unique and distinctive collections but can be applied to all types of collections and material.
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Previously Special Collections & Archives were viewed as less readily open and accessible, however since 2012 this perspective has shifted. We acknowledge that 19th –early 20th century collectors are predominantly male; in the last 10 years we prioritised acquiring and listing more EDI created and owned collections. Our collections are held for posterity but through the process of kaizen we aim for 1% improvement daily of how, who and what we collect. This is so collections in the future better reflect who we are in the constantly evolving society. To this end we have selected an Emily Dickinson quote for the title as it too challenges our preconceived notions of past, present and future. Our paper will address how we are changing what makes an item worth collecting. We will identify and address the cultural bias of historical collectors and how we increase the visibility of a more diverse range of voices. Examples of this process include Emma Horgan listing the Elizabeth Friedlander collection (2016) and Elaine Harrington creating the Gayfield Press collection (2021), both of which have extended the ways potential stakeholders view the usefulness of our collections. In 2023/2024 the Radical Humanities Lab use these collections for modules including Women, Class & Society; Visualising War; and Visualising Feminist Activism. In changemaker terms we are aligning our work with our values which match those of our institution’s. We know we are not ‘heroes in capes’ therefore we partner with academics, UCC’s community and further afield to influence and connect, utilising our skills and expertise to create lasting change. These actions will enable the collections to be widely used and our level of impact aligns with the potential for systems change as we gain momentum.
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Case Study presentation given at Library Association of Ireland's Rare Books Annual Seminar: Teaching & Learning Through Special Collections, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin 22 November 2019.
The Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project is an interdisciplinary research project between members of UCC Library's Special Collections and UCC's Department of Music. The SHOCC Project explores relationships between sound, space and history and investigates what locations in Cork City might have sounded like in various moments in the city's past. In using the SHOCC Project as a platform Special Collections can reach different groups not necessarily accessible through previously traditional methods of teaching & learning. In addition emerging technologies provide Special Collections with a means to showcase & disseminate its collections in different ways.
The Sonic Histories of Cork City Project
Guest lecture given to IS40370: Management for Information Professionals, UCD iSchool, 1 November 2019. Invited to present by module lecturer, Jane Burns, Director of AIT Library.
The Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project is an interdisciplinary research project between members of UCC Library's Special Collections and UCC's Department of Music. The SHOCC Project explores relationships between sound, space and history and investigates what locations in Cork City might have sounded like in various moments in the city's past. The SHOCC Project is a spin-off from a postgraduate music module and the SHOCC Project has its own spin-off research project, 'Listening to Libraries Sounds for the Library of Tomorrow.' Key take-aways from the module and SHOCC Project are the importance of public engagement, adaptability and curiosity.
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Case Study presentation given at "Evolving Identities: Collaboration to Enhance Student Success" National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, Dundalk IT, 23 May 2019.
What is the barrier to researching in Special Collections? Is the process akin to going on a bear hunt? Can you go through it? If you learn how to do this then the achievements and opportunities for student success can be immense. Student success can be gauged in terms of internal departmental or university awards, or external awards and funding. Equally student success can be gauged by public engagement outputs, the reach and impact of such outputs and the skills learned. This presentation examines a number of different interactions with Special Collections borne out of conversations 2013-2019.
Subject Support Special Collections UCC Library 2017-2018
Infographic showing the ways Special Collections at UCC Library supports different subjects and academics in UCC. Also featured are the different outputs of student public engagement.
UCC Library is are located in Cork, Ireland.
Sound Out! Connecting the Library & the City Through Space, Time & Space
Case Study presentation given at Academic & Special Libraries Conference, 29 March 2019.
The Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project is an interdisciplinary research project between members of UCC Library's Special Collections and UCC's Department of Music. The SHOCC Project explores relationships between sound, space and history and investigates what locations in Cork City might have sounded like in various moments in the city's past. The project gives UCC's MA students and members of the public opportunities to both engage creatively with the city's history and to contribute to Cork's present sounds. Such engagement aims to teach people about Cork City's fascinating past, but also to encourage people to think critically about present and future spaces.
The SHOCC Project fully underpins UCC's Connected Curriculum, enhancing the relationship between teaching and research. This is possible by considering the library as a fourth space: the library actively engaging in projects through collaborative partners of faculty, students and library brings the university into its wider constituency, contributing to society in general.
Destroying & Creating the Library of the Future
Presentation given at Digital Humanities Research Colloquium, 10 October 2018.
After the recent fire at the National Museum of Brazil the Bendegó meteorite was one of the few artefacts left relatively intact. Considering the cycle of creation and destruction of libraries from the time of the library in Alexandria to now, how do libraries prepare for this type of event and are libraries phoenix-like in their re/creation? In this presentation I discuss the different forms of destruction and re/creation and what this might mean for the library of the future.
Space, The Final Frontier: Next Generation Special Collections
Paper presentation at HEAnet National Conference 2017: Digital Transformation for Education & Research
In 2016 UCC launched an internal funding call to enable next generation learning spaces across the campus. UCC Library's Special Collections spatial design is optimised both for environmental standards (BSI PD5454) and for users examining items in this controlled environment. However there are pedagogical limits to this type of spatial design; limits which correspond to changes in Special Collections' teaching and learning trends in the last decade. Special Collections have moved away from ‘show and tell’ presentations to a more conscious engagement with academics, as evidenced by Bahde et al. and Mitchell et al. At UCC such a trend has manifested in undergraduates and postgraduates alike using Special Collections in new ways, including research-led teaching on early printed books and Irish language manuscripts, and a focus on online public engagement (Harrington, 2015 and 2017).
In this presentation, I address how this known spatial design obstacle is mitigated through the use of various existing technologies: GIS, 3D printing, social media, document camera, microscope and iPads. Using these technologies on a pilot-basis not just as stand-alone tools but also in combination with each other means that within the Special Collections' environment they are used in an innovative manner. The combination of using traditional reference sources including manuscript bibliographies and catalogues, almanacs, directories, maps and existing digitised collections such as Irish Script on Screen and Early English Books Online with these innovative tools mean content and use of material are reshaped and the combination ensures that students gain critical thinking and analytical skills in relation to a variety of formats.
I demonstrate how such technologies are used by focusing on the fruitful collaborative modules and projects between Special Collections and various UCC departments: English, Music, History and Irish, who each have embraced the ethos of using technology to drive engagement and engagement to drive the use of technology. This is in order to provide a rich user learning experience and for students to understand that there is a potential for multiple points of inquiry. This symbiotic relationship between the judicious horizon scanning of technologies and equipment and the desire to optimise different pedagogical methodologies ensures that Special Collections continues to function as an experimental “lab for the humanities” as well as providing best-practice evidence for adapting existing spatial design models.
Object Based Research Learning As Used By 1st Year Music & History Students
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Preserving the Library of the Future
Presentation given at Digital Humanities Research Colloquium, 18 October 2017.
Abstract: On 11 October 2017 UCC's Office of the Vice President for Teaching & Learning hosted a #nextgenspaces learning event. One of the speakers, Prof. Stephen Heppell, noted the following: ‘next generation is here and it means business’ and ‘students are going to a world of surprises.’ With these points in mind how do libraries prepare for the library of the future? In this presentation I discuss traditional expertise and how this is adapted for the uncharted territories of the future.
Exhibitions in UCC Library
How does UCC Library use exhibitions? How to create an exhibition? Use the LibGuide: http://libguides.ucc.ie/exhibitions/home as a starting point. Presentation as part of CPPD schedule in UCC Library (2017).
Special Collections for Class Projects
Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian, uses case studies to discuss the different types of engagement she has with academic staff and students in relation to Special Collections. Case studies will include show & tell class visits to Special Collections, modules that use specific methodologies for both undergraduates and postgraduates, exhibitions and events.
This presentation was given as part of UCC's Instructional Design TEL Tasters 2017 programme.
Resources for Art History in UCC Library’s Special Collections & Archives
Presentation at a joint seminar between the Library Association of Ireland's Rare Books Group and the Irish Association of Art Historians, 19 May 2017.
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Paper presentation at CONUL 2017: Inspiring & Supporting Research.
From the English Market to Merchant’s Quay, Cork City has a rich sonic history that musicology postgraduate students examine in UCC’s “Sound Studies” module. Similarly, UCC Library’s Special Collections has a unique collection of sources that, in encouraging consideration of intersections between history and geography, provides clues as to what locations in Cork sounded like in the past. In the last decade, libraries’ Special Collections have moved away from ‘show and tell’ presentations to more conscious engagement with academics, as evidenced by Bahde et al and Mitchell et al. At UCC, this trend has manifested in undergraduates using Special Collections in new ways: research-led teaching on Irish manuscripts and problem-based enquiry for studying short stories (Harrington, 2015). This “Sound Studies” module continues this trend by illustrating how a symbiotic relationship between researchers in Special Collections, music, and digital humanities, permits primary sources to offer a means to study, create, and map historical sounds. As such, this module provides a model for how libraries might become more embedded in teaching and learning within their universities.
In this presentation, we address the opportunities for research and teaching that UCC’s “Sound Studies” module has facilitated, focusing on the fruitful collaboration between the University’s Library Special Collections and its Musicology Department. This collaboration has enabled students to consider how music, sound, and sound practices have shifted historically in Cork through examination of UCC Library’s collection of maps, almanacs, tourist guides, and visitor accounts. Significantly, this interdisciplinary module offers an experimental space for students, librarians, and researchers to contemplate how primary sources shape the production of historical knowledge, as well as the creation of historically-informed soundscapes. In so doing, this module – a pilot for a larger project entitled “Mapping Sound in Cork City”- holds the potential to enable new, creative ways of addressing historical questions.
PG6009: Science, Engineering, Medicine & Health
This unit is part of an accredited postgraduate interdisciplinary module designed for PhD and research masters students. It is delivered twice a year: in February to the Colleges of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and in November to the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences, and the College of Business & Law. The module provides an introduction to the principles and practice of information literacy as applied to postgraduate research. This version is designed for Sciences, Engineering, Medicine & Health.
Gathered Together: A Survey of the Unique and Distinct Collections held by CONUL
In 2015 the CONUL Collections, Preservation & Conservation Sub-Committee began a survey of Unique and Distinct Collections across the CONUL Libraries, with the aim to identify the size of the UDC’s, their age ranges, their accessibility via records and digital surrogate, and their preservation need. With this data we hope to promote the cultural and scholarly value of the collections, and to open discussion about collaborative work packages. Synergies, complementarity and overlaps run through all our libraries where collectively we tell the story of Ireland, its history, its people, and their preoccupations. This paper will present some of the highlights from our survey which we hope will lead to joint projects to expose our rich and valuable resources in new and innovative ways, and provide for their continued preservation.
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