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Lorcan Dempsey

@lorcand.bsky.social

Librarian, writer, adviser. Father, emigrant, Irish. More about me: https://www.lorcandempsey.net

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 4w ago

"One of the key principles of the scheme is our retention threshold of seven copies. We aim to ensure that at least seven libraries retain each print title nationally. "https://buff.ly/IfcSqj1

How Do You Build a National Distributed Print Collection?

The UK Print Book Collection has grown rapidly since its 2025 launch. In this interview, representatives of participating organizations explain how it works, why it’s succeeded, and where they hope…

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Nice to have the Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Micheál Martin open the Academic Hub & Library at the new campus of TU (Technological University), Dublin.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD Officially Opens TU Dublin's New Academic Hub and Library at Grangegorman

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"One area of divergence between US and European libraries at present, however, is the prioritization of open science activities that promote access and reuse of information." sr.ithaka.org/blog/reflect...

Reflections on the LIBER Annual Conference 2026 - Ithaka S+R

Last week, we attended the LIBER annual conference in Trondheim, Norway. Our reasons for attending were twofold: (1) to present results from Ithaka S+R’s recent 2025 US Library Survey as part of the…

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am wondering what persuaded Anthropic to focus resource here >> "The Claude Science app runs analyses, searches databases, and traces every step from data wrangling to publication, so you can spend time on science." buff.ly/4dk9736

Claude Science beta | Claude by Anthropic

Claude Science is your AI workbench for scientific research. Works through your research like a skilled scientist, running the analysis and tracing every step. Spend less time stitching pipelines…

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I have enjoyed talking about some new things in recent presentations. Here is my presentation to the AGM of the KM and IM group of CILIP on why relational skills are so important to information work. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

So-called soft skills are hard: presented to the Knowledge and Information Management Group of CILIP AGM

This is a presentation to the AGM of the Knowledge and Information Management group of CILIP, the UK Library and Information Association. It discusses how so-called soft skills are at the core of information work. KM/IM is relational by nature: convening, brokering, facilitating, negotiating jurisdiction.These skills are relational infrastructure which strengthens organizations and their interactions. They support specialist skills and make those with them more effective. However, they are often underinvested in and undervalued.‘Soft’ does real harm as an expression: it underestimates real labor, and can encourage gendered reception, …The presentation also discusses CILIP's framework for skills.

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This really is highlighted ... "While eligibility rules have changed, the World Cup remains shaped by migration and colonial ties nearly a century on, with many dual-national players tracing family histories across continents." buff.ly/SUBCtUs

How migration, colonial ties and tweaks to FIFA eligibility rules have made this the diaspora World Cup

Of the 1,248 players at the 2026 World Cup, 292 were born outside the country they represent, including 10 Senegalese born in France

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Quite pleased with the shape of this presentation, although it went a bit long. Thanks for invite to deliver Bobinski Lecture at Dept Info Sci, University at Buffalo. I think the library network expertise is a useful way of looking at role/position. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Librarianship, information & education

Librarianship, information and education, each of these words is complicated by social and technological reconfigurations. This presentation will consider the educational demands of the relational library, the floating contexts of information, and the university as a research and education partner of the library in its institutional and organizational fullness. This presentation was delivered in the Bobinski Lecture Series at the The Dept of Information Science, The Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo. 23 April 2026

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Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A Claude-hallucinated reference I would like to read: "Farrell, H., & Schneier, B. (2025). Rewiring democracy: How AI will transform our politics, government, and citizenship. MIT Press." Seems @himself.bsky.social is added to a similarly titled book by sometime collaborator B Schneier (co-a).

Lorcan Dempsey@lorcand.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"If there is a downside, it is that today’s teenagers have little experience writing with pens and pencils. Their handwriting can be atrocious. Still, many educators said they were willing to deal with that inconvenience in order to ensure they were grading authentic student work." buff.ly/Jd5PW6w

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