No no, not at all jealous seeing everyone's photographs from Venice 👀

Marie Lynch, curator of our new exhibition about the pioneering stained glass studio An Túr Gloine, explains why the studio's collective model was key to its success both nationally and internationally, and discusses some of its illustrious members.

AI as “a radical intensification of historical business as usual: the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and the powerless getting crushed by a machinery of power that is increasingly sophisticated, and enduringly barbaric.” 👇

Behind the Scenes at Crawford Art Gallery: Chiara Chillè, art conservator irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

A lovely event if you’re in Cork on Thursday (registration closes tomorrow)👇📸

“There are new laws that warn us we may be recorded by students in class, though only for the purposes of bringing a suit against us for political indoctrination.”

(A great, if terrifying read!)

This is such a long shot but here goes: I’m trying to track down a copy of Patrick Butterly’s self-published book From Radishes to Riches. There were only ever 90 copies published. Would anyone have a copy that I could borrow for a few days? RTs appreciated #stardust

Lovely to see Painting Dublin included in MUP's AAH reading list 🫶 It feels like far too long since I've been to an AAH too - wishing everyone a wonderful conference!

Date for the diary!

Women often entered the book trade through family connections. Living and working in a family printing house, enabled them to develop skills and knowledge.
Today we share some examples of printing families from our exhibition ‘Printing Women’ Maynooth University Library

Our last research seminar of the term will take place this Thursday. Dr Billy Shortall from Trinity College will discuss Hilary Herron's (1923-77) career and  the research journey that led to her first retrospective which will open at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

Join us for our AGM & Annual Lecture - Mon 8 April 12pm. Reserve your free ticket: tinyurl.com/RBGLecture

Laura Ryan (Asst. Keeper of Visual Collections National Library of Ireland) will give a talk on “Preserving Children’s Literature as Special Collections in Ireland'.

The dissolution of the Digital Hub could leave lots of Thomas Street area property vacant – presenting a danger, and an opportunity. The govt has ordered the transfer of the Hub’s campus to the LDA, but it only wants some of the land – and not for years. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/03/dis…

Appalling news 💔

Two interesting library & archives jobs advertised here: 'to develop the business case and quantify costs for a replacement Library Management System (including Reading List Management System) and for an Archives Management System.'

Right, go in there to Leinster house now and hand in your cv. Just say “I have the some experience and I’d like to be the Taoiseach”. Show them your Gaisce award. The worst they can say is no.

Interesting! “The new research and innovation library will be Trinity’s first stand-alone digital library”

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir agus Saoirse don Phailistín 🇮🇪🇵🇸

Sally Rooney: “Killing in Gaza has been supported by Ireland’s ‘good friend’ in the White House”:

irishtimes.com/culture/books/…