Self-archiving: The benefits of a toolkit for artists

Time: 13:00 to 14:00

Platform: Microsoft Teams

Part of the ARA Ireland Diversity and Inclusion Lecture Series collection

NIVAL has developed a toolkit with practical templates and prompts to help artists of any level of experience or background.

The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), based at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, collects stories of the development of art across the island of Ireland from 1900 to the present. NIVAL has developed a toolkit for artists’ archiving with practical templates and prompts to help artists of any level of experience or background. To ensure the accessibility of this toolkit, the document is free to download and will be supported by a series of free workshops for artists across Ireland in 2026. Through this process, NIVAL aims to challenge the disproportionate representations in its collections, ensuring that the plurality and cultural richness of contemporary Irish art and design is well documented and freely available for research.

The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) is an initiative of NCAD in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland. Since 1997, NIVAL has become the foremost centre for the documentation of contemporary art and design in Ireland and holds arguably the largest public-access artist book collection in Ireland. Assistant Manager, Ruth Hallinan, has presented at various festivals and conferences including the Irish Book Trade conference, International Publishers Association conference, Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) conference, Dublin Book Festival and Dublin Art Book Fair. She was named as one of the 150 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller in 2021 and 2022.

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