News and announcements from ARA Ireland.
For some time now it has been obvious to our committee and many in the wider profession that one of the major challenges in advocating for our profession, in particular in the area of funding and resources, was the difficulty…
As Chair of the Archives and Records Association, Ireland, archivist Niamh Ní Charra was invited as a witness to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media on the Detailed Scrutiny of Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023,…
The 2022 award will be an opportunity to thank our volunteers for all their continued support and work over this very difficult time. We welcome projects which demonstrate how archives have supported volunteers through the past year and have adapted…
ARA, Ireland is pleased to present a seminar series on Archives and Social Justice, organised in collaboration with the School of History, UCD. Addressing topics of record keeping structures, archival memory and archival activism, these three short online seminars will…
Tá tionscadal ar chuir Niamh Ní Charra, Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh (OÉG), tús leis agus a bhí faoi stiúir Ní Charra agus Niamh McDonnell, Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann (NAI) i gcomhar leis an gCoiste Téarmaíochta tagtha chun críche an mhí…
In October 2020, the Archives and Records Association, UK and Ireland, launched a skills survey, which was open to all ARA members and non-members across the UK and Ireland, to better understand the changing training needs of the sector and to inform…
Dublin City University Library is delighted to announce the launch of AtoM in partnership with Arkivum and EBSCO Information Services. AtoM is an open-source archive management system with digital preservation capabilities, to ensure collections, both physical and digital, are catalogued and accessible…
This 2021 award will go ahead as previous years and we hope it will be an opportunity to thank our volunteers for all their continued support and work over this very difficult time. This year in particular we welcome projects…
ARA Ireland’s statement on the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020, calling for a fundamental review in consultation with survivors and the archival community.
The Digital Repository of Ireland invites early career researchers to apply for our annual Research Award. This Award grants a prize to an original piece of research (e.g. research done for Master’s or PhD thesis, article or publication) informed in…
We always welcome articles for our quarterly newsletter on all topics relating to archivists, records managers and conservators in Ireland.
Stories from archives across Ireland: collections, projects, and the people who look after them.