Shona
@shinysho.bsky.social
Librarian. Community, books, environment, art.
Ireland.
I'm back!
Client Services Team Lead, UCC.
She/her.
Ireland.
I'm back!
Client Services Team Lead, UCC.
She/her.
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Love this article by our Learning and Teaching team setting out how they have worked together to strengthen their combined evidence synthesis skills to support research across @ucc.ie
Our Latest guest post by Siobhan Bowman, Paul Breen, Stephanie Chen, Breeda Herlihy, Ronan Madden & Ben Williamson of UCC Library is now available.
They write about learning together to strengthen evidence synthesis skills and support research across campus.
www.libfocus.com/2025/11/libr...
They write about learning together to strengthen evidence synthesis skills and support research across campus.
www.libfocus.com/2025/11/libr...
Librarians learning together to enhance their evidence synthesis expertise
Guest post by Siobhan Bowman, Paul Breen, Stephanie Chen, Breeda Herlihy, Ronan Madden, Ben Williamson of UCC Library. Introduction Eviden...
www.libfocus.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Love this article by our Learning and Teaching team setting out how they have worked together to strengthen their combined evidence synthesis skills to support research across @ucc.ie
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UCC Library invites staff to take part in our UCC Library Survey (28 Oct–25 Nov).
Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections.
It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes
www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...
Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections.
It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes
www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
UCC Library invites staff to take part in our UCC Library Survey (28 Oct–25 Nov).
Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections.
It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes
www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...
Your feedback helps shape our research and teaching support, spaces and collections.
It takes 8–10 mins. And you could win some great prizes
www.libqual.org/survey/RWSLJ...
In Ireland, we are doing a lot of things right in public libraries, but we are at odds with this philosophy. We require guardians and we ultimately place responsibility/consent for choices with them.
my library's policy.
Librarians like to say that book bans interfere with parents' direction of their children's reading. But also, by letting minors be patrons, librarians do not collude with parents' control over their children's reading.
The freedom to read is radically democratic. 📚
Librarians like to say that book bans interfere with parents' direction of their children's reading. But also, by letting minors be patrons, librarians do not collude with parents' control over their children's reading.
The freedom to read is radically democratic. 📚
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In Ireland, we are doing a lot of things right in public libraries, but we are at odds with this philosophy. We require guardians and we ultimately place responsibility/consent for choices with them.
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The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.
I'm watching Buildings Beo @tg4.bsky.social
1) I really want to go to Castleblaney- such a beautiful area, not just the library! And wow what a project the building is 🥰
2) How fab are the Monaghan Libraries fleeces- cosy!
#libraries #librarybuildings
1) I really want to go to Castleblaney- such a beautiful area, not just the library! And wow what a project the building is 🥰
2) How fab are the Monaghan Libraries fleeces- cosy!
#libraries #librarybuildings
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm watching Buildings Beo @tg4.bsky.social
1) I really want to go to Castleblaney- such a beautiful area, not just the library! And wow what a project the building is 🥰
2) How fab are the Monaghan Libraries fleeces- cosy!
#libraries #librarybuildings
1) I really want to go to Castleblaney- such a beautiful area, not just the library! And wow what a project the building is 🥰
2) How fab are the Monaghan Libraries fleeces- cosy!
#libraries #librarybuildings
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Two Cork properties feature in TG4 TV show on heritage projects
https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/113184/
Two Cork locations are to feature on Buildings Beo, a property show about the renovation of heritage buildings…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/113184/
Two Cork locations are to feature on Buildings Beo, a property show about the renovation of heritage buildings…
Two Cork properties feature in TG4 TV show on heritage projects - Ireland News Beep
Two Cork locations are to feature on Buildings Beo, a property show about the renovation of heritage buildings all around the country and the people and
www.newsbeep.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Two Cork properties feature in TG4 TV show on heritage projects
https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/113184/
Two Cork locations are to feature on Buildings Beo, a property show about the renovation of heritage buildings…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/113184/
Two Cork locations are to feature on Buildings Beo, a property show about the renovation of heritage buildings…
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🏗️Buildings Beo
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🏗️Buildings Beo
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
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Over on Threads there's discourse about some 28 year-old unschooled woman not knowing that Anne Frank died because her mother left the upsetting parts out of history when teaching her, and that would be an excellent example of why unschooling is frequently a fancy word for educational neglect.
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Over on Threads there's discourse about some 28 year-old unschooled woman not knowing that Anne Frank died because her mother left the upsetting parts out of history when teaching her, and that would be an excellent example of why unschooling is frequently a fancy word for educational neglect.
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Was, completely, preventable!
Canada loses its official 'measles-free' status
After having only 16 total cases of measles nationwide between 2020 and 2023, the number of measles cases in Canada jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025.
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork....
Canada loses its official 'measles-free' status
After having only 16 total cases of measles nationwide between 2020 and 2023, the number of measles cases in Canada jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025.
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork....
Canada loses its official 'measles-free' status
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
www.gavi.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Was, completely, preventable!
Canada loses its official 'measles-free' status
After having only 16 total cases of measles nationwide between 2020 and 2023, the number of measles cases in Canada jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025.
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork....
Canada loses its official 'measles-free' status
After having only 16 total cases of measles nationwide between 2020 and 2023, the number of measles cases in Canada jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025.
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork....
You may avail of family friendly policies but you will pay.
Do not tell me to get the bus!
Do not tell me to get the bus!
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
You may avail of family friendly policies but you will pay.
Do not tell me to get the bus!
Do not tell me to get the bus!
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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Received my UK public lending right statement (writers receive a payment every time their books are borrowed from the library).
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Received my UK public lending right statement (writers receive a payment every time their books are borrowed from the library).
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
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Hey.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
October 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hey.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
Excellent and very enjoyable overview of Helen Hooker O'Malley's life and work by her son Cormac O'Malley, celebrating the acquisition of her photographic archive @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Excellent and very enjoyable overview of Helen Hooker O'Malley's life and work by her son Cormac O'Malley, celebrating the acquisition of her photographic archive @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access
I guess working from home for 2 weeks is out of the question 😫
October 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I guess working from home for 2 weeks is out of the question 😫
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The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer!
Check out wikimedia.ie
Check out wikimedia.ie
Wikimedia Community Ireland - Promoting Open Knowledge and Gaeilge in Ireland
Promoting Open Knowledge and Gaeilge in Ireland
wikimedia.ie
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer!
Check out wikimedia.ie
Check out wikimedia.ie
How are people coping with working 5 days when they have tiny humans? How are you squeezing more of their joy into your life? Should I work at night while they sleep??
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How are people coping with working 5 days when they have tiny humans? How are you squeezing more of their joy into your life? Should I work at night while they sleep??
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I very much enjoyed being invited on the @shushradio.bsky.social radio show (link to recording below) and being able to pick my own songs (great fun, but difficult choices had to be made!) and also having a great chat about libraries (they give us power you know), food science and much more.
Latest Takeover show is now available
@akellyucc.bsky.social Head of Food & Nutritional Sciences. and Co-Director of UCC Futures in Food, Microbiome & Health joined me and we talked @ucclibrary.bsky.social , libraries, research, music & cheese and played some great tunes.
bit.ly/Shush304
@akellyucc.bsky.social Head of Food & Nutritional Sciences. and Co-Director of UCC Futures in Food, Microbiome & Health joined me and we talked @ucclibrary.bsky.social , libraries, research, music & cheese and played some great tunes.
bit.ly/Shush304
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I very much enjoyed being invited on the @shushradio.bsky.social radio show (link to recording below) and being able to pick my own songs (great fun, but difficult choices had to be made!) and also having a great chat about libraries (they give us power you know), food science and much more.
Excel. Great for numbers. Shit for text.
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excel. Great for numbers. Shit for text.
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Taispéantas deas i gcuimhne Manchán Magan sa leabharlann Blanchardstown 💙 Nice display in memory of Manchán Magan in Blanchardstown library.
@darach.bsky.social
@darach.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Taispéantas deas i gcuimhne Manchán Magan sa leabharlann Blanchardstown 💙 Nice display in memory of Manchán Magan in Blanchardstown library.
@darach.bsky.social
@darach.bsky.social
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[God, about to create the giraffe] Now let's do a silly one
September 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
[God, about to create the giraffe] Now let's do a silly one
It's a beautiful time of year when the sun shines!
September 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's a beautiful time of year when the sun shines!
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Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
September 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Really enjoyed the ‘Words on Waves’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, with truly spectacular early Irish manuscripts loaned from the monastery of St Gall in Switzerland, paired with related artefacts from the NMI’s collection. Mobile art and ideas taking literal form! Unmissable.
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Really enjoyed the ‘Words on Waves’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, with truly spectacular early Irish manuscripts loaned from the monastery of St Gall in Switzerland, paired with related artefacts from the NMI’s collection. Mobile art and ideas taking literal form! Unmissable.