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    Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections

    Fri, 28 Nov 9:30 AM

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    Join the LAI Rare Books Group to learn how climate change affects buildings and special collections in libraries. Details The Library Association of Ireland Rare Books Group look forward to welcoming you to a seminar on Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections. Friday 28 November, 09:45-16:20 Advance registration is required for…

    Join the LAI Rare Books Group to learn how climate change affects buildings and special collections in libraries.

    Details

    The Library Association of Ireland Rare Books Group look forward to welcoming you to a seminar on Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections.

    Friday 28 November, 09:45-16:20

    Advance registration is required for this event which will be held in the Joly Lecture Theatre, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

    If you are interested in joining the Library Assocation of Ireland which is open to all those interested and working in libraries and information services, see the membership page for further information.

    We accept payment by invoice or payment via PayPal. Invoices are only issued to members working in a library. Payment via PayPal can be via credit card or with a PayPal account. If there is an issue, please contact lairbgtreasurer@gmail.com. Payment at the event is not possible.

    Schedule

    09:45: Registration

    10:00: Welcome – Alexandra Caccamo, Chair of the LAI Rare Books Group

    Session 1: Climate Change and Ireland: Past and Present

    Chair – Alexandro Caccamo (Maynooth University)

    10:05: “Climate Change and Ireland’s built heritage” – Fergus McCormick (OPW and Irish National Committee for the Blue Shield)

    10:35: “Climate research using collections; Understanding the past to shape the future” – Paolo Viscardi (Natural History Museum)

    11:05: Questions

    11:20-11:35: Coffee provided by the LAI Rare Books Group

    Session 2 : Sustainability and Conserving our Special Collections

    Chair – Sarah VanSnick (Trinity College Dublin)

    11:35: “Sustainability at Trinity College Dublin” – Tania Desloge (Trinity College Dublin)

    12:05: “Archives and climate change threats: mitigation and adaptation for sustainability and resilience” – Cécile Chemin (Military Archives, Dublin and Irish National Committee for the Blue Shield)

    12:35: Questions

    12:45-13:45: Lunch, at delegate’s own expense

    Session 3: We all have role to play: Libraries and Carbon Literacy

    Chair – Elaine Harrington (University College Cork)

    13:45: “Carbon Literacy for Libraries” – Laragh Quinney (National Library of Scotland)

    14:15-14:55: Panel on Carbon Literacy, convenor Laragh Quinney

    Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Librarian of the Edward Worth Library and Secretary of the Irish National Committee for the Blue Shield)

    Barbara Diener (Photographic Librarian, University College Cork)

    Barbara McCormack (The Royal Irish Academy and Irish National Committee for the Blue Shield)

    Louise O’Connor (Conservator, University College Cork)

    14:55-15:10: Coffee provided by the LAI Rare Books Group

    Session 4 : Climate Change and Ireland: Planning for the Future

    Chair – Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Edward Worth Library)

    15:10-15:50: Keynote: “Ireland’s New Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan” – Dr Cathy Daly (Carrig Conservation International Ltd and University of Lincoln)

    16:10: Questions

    16:20-16:30: Wrap up and thank you!

    Photographs

    Please note photographs will be taken during the event and will be uploaded to social media and will be included in the Library Association of Ireland’s Annual Report. If you prefer not to be included in these photographs, please inform a member of the committee on the day.