Great turnout from GLS at yesterday's @ebscouk.bsky.social day (terribly positioned photo, swear that's us! 🤣)
Government Libraries Section - LAI
@glsireland.bsky.social
Government Libraries Section of the Library Association of Ireland.
Yesterday the GLS was delighted to host our first Knowledge Cafe. Massive thanks to Noeleen Murtagh for sharing insights on running an impactful journal club, and to everyone who joined for the inspiring conversations. Was wonderful to have colleagues from @healthlibraries.bsky.social join as well.
GLS members were out in force at the HSLG conference! Bord Bia librarian Mairéad McKeown was joined by colleague David Lombard to showcase their work building the AI capability of graduates within the organisation. Thanks to the @healthlibraries.bsky.social for organising such an inspiring day
Government librarians at the heart of government! We were delighted to hold an in-person meeting in Leinster House last week. Thanks so much to the Oireachtas library team for hosting and giving us a peek at your beautiful reading room.
GLS members Mairead, Jean and Shona were in attendance at last week’s Knowledge Management Network meeting, a forum for members of public sector organisations to share knowledge, experience, expertise and best practice. Shout out to Jordan Murphy and Ronnie Buckley for hosting a brilliant event!
For July, the GLS is sharing tips on Records Management and Archiving. We hope you can put some of these into practice in your own organisations.
This month we're sharing GLS member tips on Literacies and Learning. We hope these can provide some learnings too!
This week, GLS member were delighted to get an opportunity to tour the Department of Justice and their Censored Books Room. We also got a peek at the Minister's office! A really fascinating visit!
For May we are sharing GLS member tips related to Knowledge Management. Check them out below!
The next area of CILIP’s Professional Knowledge and Skills Base wheel that we are sharing GLS member tips from is Information governance and compliance.
GLS member Amy Bond from Bord Bia presenting at #ASL2025 today. An incredibly informative and inspirational day!
At #ASL2025 Amy Bond discusses how the Bord Bia library team updated key company templates as part of a project that helped them to build relationships with colleagues
The GLS recently contributed to a @libfocus.bsky.social blog post outlining tips from our members. Each month we will highlight some wisdom from key areas. Here are some nuggets focused on information exploitation and use.
We're delighted to be on Bluesky to connect with librarians and other library groups! Big thanks to @martinoconnor.bsky.social for his Irish libraries starter pack to help us get going!