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Tag Archives: Printed books
HI6091: Elizabeth Aldworth, The Lady Freemason – Online Work Placement in Special Collections (2020)
The River-side welcomes the final post in this online work placement series in the second of two guest posts from Patrick McKee. Patrick was a student on the 2019/2020 MA in Medieval History in UCC, that includes the HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians module. … Continue reading
HI6091: History in Queen’s College Cork Classified Catalogue – Online Work Placement in Special Collections (2020)
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Andrew Neville, a student on the 2019/2020 MA in Medieval History in UCC, that includes the HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians module. Andrew Neville spent two weeks investigating digital catalogue projects, how university collections evolve in response … Continue reading
HI6091: Online Work Placement During Lockdown
Over the coming week The River-side welcomes guest posts from Patrick McKee and Andrew Neville. Both Andrew and Patrick were students on the 2019/2020 MA in Medieval History in UCC. This course includes the HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians module, co-designed and co-delivered by … Continue reading
Posted in Internship
Tagged academic engagement, catalogues, classified catalogue, Elizabeth Aldworth, finding aid, HI6091, internship, Life in London, MA in Medieval History, online work placement, Pierce Egan, primary sources, Printed books, prints, QCC, satire, School of History, special collections, student engagement
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Topographical Prints: A Rich Visual Record of the Irish Landscape
Over the past few months I have been listing a collection of 18th and 19th century topographical prints held in Special Collections. The prints primarily relate to locations across Ireland and depict a diverse range of landscapes and townscapes, including … Continue reading
Portal to the Past: You’ll Be Surprised By What You’ll Find! The Special Collections Edition!
This is the final blog post in the series about the new wall design outside Special Collections & Archives. Over the last few weeks Emer, Emma and I have tried to dispell notions of what people think of may be … Continue reading
Posted in Special Collections & Archives
Tagged bookplates, coded letters, collections, Cork, Cork harbour, County Cork, cryptography, digitised collections, display, endpapers, exhibition, graphic design, Irish language, manuscripts, maps, Music, Portal to the Past, Printed books, special collections, visual, wax cylinders
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Portal to the Past! You’ll Be Surprised By What Can Find!
Have you spotted the new wall design outside Special Collections & Archives? In an age where people use and rely on the web and digital content we wanted to show we are more than old text-based documents or old and … Continue reading
Posted in Special Collections & Archives
Tagged advertising label, archival collections, bookmarks, bookplates, business archives, collections, graphic design, landed estates, manuscripts, maps, notepaper, Photographs, Portal to the Past, postcards, Printed books, sketchbooks, special collections, visual
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HI6091: Work Placement in Special Collections (2019)
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Patrick O’Dwyer, a student on the 2018/2019 MA in Medieval History in UCC, that includes the HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians module. HI6091 is taught by Dr Malgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton and Elaine Harrington. Dr Krasnodębska-D’Aughton was selected for a President’s … Continue reading
A Printed Pilgrimage
In conjunction with UCC’s Dept. of Geography, the Irish Research Council and UCC Library an exhibition on Modern Irish Pilgrimage: Journeys of Belief and Belonging is on display on Q floor, UCC Library. This post is the second of two … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Special Collections
Tagged exhibition, heritage week, pilgrimage, Printed books, special collections
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UCC’s Special Collections on Shush! Sounds from UCC Library
Recently I was asked to record a segment about UCC Library’s Special Collections for a music & library radio chat show: Shush! Sounds from UCC Library. The show is hosted by Martin O’Connor & Ronan Madden for UCC 98.3 FM Monday … Continue reading
