May 2021
Archives and Social Justice Seminar Series
Recordings of the second two events in this seminar series are available. It was decided not to record the first session due to the sensitivity of the topic. Please get in contact with the training officer at
trainingofficersoai@gmail.com if you would like to obtain a copy of the presentation videos. Presentation slides are also available below.
Session 1 - Archival Sovereignty
Archival Sovereignty: Towards a New Archival Principle
Dr. James Lowry, City University of New York
Session 2 - Archives and Impact
Social Justice Goals and Impact in the Archive: a Case Study of 'Universities Studying Slavery'
Ashley Williams, Independent Archivist
Sites of (Un)Remembrance: The State, Testimony, and Archival Memory
Dr Barry Houlihan, Archivist and Lecturer, NUIG
Session 3 - Archives and Activism
Archiving the 8th: Documenting Significant Social Shifts through Archivist, Activist and Academic Perspectives
Dr Maeve O'Brien, Postdoctoral Research Coordinator, Archiving the 8th Project
The Conradh na Gaeilge Archive: Activism, Archives and the Irish Language
Niamh Ní Charra, Project Archivist, Conradh na Gaeilge and Mary Robinson Collections, NUIG
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January 2021
Kickstarting Your Career: A New Professionals Training Seminar
Recordings of the presentations were generated during the event. Please get in contact with the training officer at
trainingofficersoai@gmail.com if you would like to obtain a copy of the presentation videos.
Presentation 1
Career Resilience in a Time of Plague: Adapting to the Effects of the Pandemic
Carly Randall, Archivist at V&A Archive and Registry
Presentation 2
Who do you think we are? Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement in the Archives Profession
Deirdre McParland, Senior Archivist at ESB Archives
Presentation 3
Managing Large Archival Projects: Tips and Lessons Learnt
Cécile Gordon, Senior Archivist at Military Archives of Ireland
Presentation 4
Managing Large Archival Projects: Tips and Lessons Learnt
Cécile Gordon, Senior Archivist at Military Archives of Ireland
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August 2020
Online Training: Digital Curation and Digital Preservation
Recordings of these presentations were created for this online event. Please get in contact with the training officer at
trainingofficersoai@gmail.com if you would like to obtain a copy of the presentation videos.
Presentation 1
Digital Curation and Preservation at UCD Digital Library
Peter Clarke, Digital Services Programmer, UCD Library
Presentation 2
Opening Doors: Using Open Source Software in Digital Preservation
Rachel MacGregor, Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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July 2020
Online Training: AtoM Cataloguing Software and Open Refine
Recordings of these presentations were created for this online event. Please get in contact with the training officer at
trainingofficersoai@gmail.com if you would like to obtain a copy of the presentation videos.
Presentation 1
Experiences with AtoM in Offaly Archives and the Irish Jesuit Archives
Lisa Shortall, Offaly Archives and Damien Burke, Society of Jesus, Ireland
Presentation 2
Clean Migrate, Validate, Enhance: Using Open Refine to Process Metadata for the Endangered Archives Programme
Dr Graham Jevon, Endangered Archives Programme, British Library
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November 2019
Championing Diversity and Inclusion in Irish Archives and Records
Presentation 1:
National Library of Ireland: Diversity & Inclusion
Maria Ryan, NLI
Presentation 2:
Queer Treasure: Documenting & Preserving Irish LGBT History
Tonie Walsh, Civil Rights Activist, Historian and Journalist
(coming soon)
Presentation 3:
Structured Ignorance and Silencing in Irish Archives
Katherine O’Donnell, UCD and Dr Maeve O'Rourke, NUIG
Presentation 4:
Queer Archival Activism: The Cork LGBT Archive
Orla Egan, Cork LGBT Archive
Presentation 5:
Access, Representation and Engagement: Working with Wikimedia Projects
Rebecca O’Neill, Wikimedia Community Ireland
Further details for the event available through Eventbrite
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September 2019
‘Making the Most out of your Career’: Continuing Professional Development for Archives and Records Management Professionals
Presentation 1:
What do I need to learn? Identifying regional training needs: the value of a Skills Audit
Caroline Williams
Presentation 2:
RMS ACCREDITATION – Your Route to Recognition as Professional
Deirdre Allison
Presentation 3:
ARA Professional Development Programme - Understanding the competency framework
Chris Sheridan
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21st March 2019
Digital Preservation and ARA Professional Development
Presentation 1:
Using and developing open source tools in the Irish Film Institute
Kieran O'Leary, IFI Irish Film Archive
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Presentation 2:
The Atlantic Philanthropies Archive Project
Anja Mahler, Digital Repository of Ireland
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Presentation 3:
ARA Professional Development
Chris Sheridan
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18th September 2018
(Joint event run by ARA, Ireland and IRMS Ireland)
Copyright and Data Protection Seminar
Presentation 1:
Copyright in Digital Environments
Clare Lanigan, Education and Outreach Manager, Royal Irish Academy
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Presentation 2:
Becoming Compliant using Records Management
Dorothy Quinn, Digital Records Manager
Limerick City and County Council
(This presentation was made available to attendees only)
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Presentation 3:
Copyright and orphan works
Professor Ronan Deazley, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
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Presentation 4:
GDPR and how it affects bodies covered by the National Archives Act
Niamh McDonnell, Senior Archivist, National Archives of Ireland
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27th March 2018
Excel for Archivists
Presentation 1:
Using Excel for creating and improving archive catalogues: Why and how
Gillian Sheldrick
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