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Annual Teaching & Learning Seminar is taking place on Friday April 17th 2026.
Registration & Call for Papers now open :

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The vision of this framework is to help students develop the skills needed to successfully live in a changing digital society and continue adapting their skills as lifelong skills after their studies
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Ben Williamson of University College Cork helps round out the day with their talk “The Magnificent Seven: The lifelong qualities of UCC Library’s DIL framework”
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Underrepresented and underserved communities and groups are brought into and engaged with the library space and library world through a number of initiatives: tours, info sessions, etc
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Sean Adderley of Trinity College Dublin is next up with his talk on "Opening the Library: Connecting Communities with Collections"
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Inclusivity and accessible gateways to knowledge are key parts of lifelong learning and underpin the Age-Friendly Initiative
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Our final session of the day begins with Mícheál Ó hAodha from University of Limerick and his talk on “Developing Age-Friendly Library Services in the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick: Current Challenges and Opportunities”
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Networking time at #CONULTL26 with time to reflect on thoughts and ideas of the day so far

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Libraries using book recommendations to help with understanding, engaging, and challenging conceptions around difficult or misunderstood topics
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Gwen Ryan from University of Galway is next with her talk on “Shannon College of Hotel Management’s first One College, One Book initiative”
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Case Study on how archives can support and inspire lifelong learning by providing access to collections on key topics, such as the Mary Crowley collection for Midwifery
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Erin McRae of RCSI is next with her talk on “Archives Inspiring Generations: Case Studies from RCSI Heritage Collections”
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Volunteering as one opportunity to use your librarian skills in retirement, and promote library skills as lifelong learning skills
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Our afternoon kicks off with Helen Fallon speaking about “Opening New Windows of Opportunity: Using your library skills in retirement”
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DCU Library's great involvement in the Headstart programme, giving Library tours and information literacy sessions to adults returning to education
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Michelle Breen and Margaret Phelan of University of Limerick present their talk on “Spotlighting Information Literacy: Aligning Library Teaching with an institutional Transferable Skills Framework”
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Celine Campbell & Grace O’Connor from Dublin City University round off our morning session with “It’s a kinda magic: demystifying information literacy for adults returning to education”
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Seven key sections in the UL Transferable Skills Framework
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"Library Essentials" as a redeveloped Digital Literacy programme to support graduate employability
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Israel Chidavaenzi and Sarah-Anne Kennedy from TUDublin are next, speaking about “Harnessing Transferable Skills for Digital Literacy and Employability”
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The Four Space Model is important in designing Libraries as a vital learning space and community hub
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The first of our paper talks is Nuala Murray of DCU, with “Learning to Learn: How Library Design Shapes Lifelong Learners”
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