UCD Digital Library

UCD Digital Library

Irish Poetry Reading Collection: English and Irish language readings by Irish poets

Minor Harbours of Ireland: Lighthouse at Balbriggan Harbour

Sculptures in UCD: Horse by Conor Fallon

Workhouse Drawings Collection: surviving drawings for workhouses built by George Wilkinson

Diaries of John and Arthur Oram (1854-1919): a snapshot of life from an estate in Co. Mayo

UCD News: Engineering Faculty at Merrion Street in 1976

St. Stephen's: Michaelmas Term for 1901

Ornate feature on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin (1927) G. & T. Crampton Photograph Archive

Interviews and reflections on the 1916 commemoration. 1916 and Me / 2016 and Us

Foreword to student literary journal: HERMES

A signed military permit: Loreto 1916

Entrance to the Savoy Cinema in 1930: Savoy Cinema Album

James Connolly & Jim Larkin arrest details: Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Prisoners Books

The Shan Van Vocht, founded in 1896 by two Belfast women, Alice Milligan and Anna Johnston

Irish Republican Hero. UCD student. Kevin Barry Papers

A fitting memorial to UCD student, Kevin Barry. Papers of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee

May 1916 : Henry Street, Dublin, after the shelling of the rebels. 1916 Rising Postcards

James Joyce as a boy. Curran Collection photographs

Pat, 19th-century satire. Pat

Roman silver coin, UCD Classical Museum. Roman Republican Coins

Michael Collins & hurlers. Desmond FitzGerald Photographs

Stephens Green (1898) Thom's Directory Maps

Irish Free State Army soldiers Desmond FitzGerald Photographs

Page from a diary. Fr Francis A. Gleeson Papers

Housing Plans for Greater Dublin. Dublin Town Planning Competition 1914

Cork, Patrick Street (1920). Desmond FitzGerald Photographs

Drawing water, Omeath, Co. Louth. Folklore Photographs

Limburg POW camp. Boehm/Casement Papers

Georgian architecture. Domestic sites in Dublin

Visual resources. Beranger watercolours

History & politics. de Valera press photos

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News

Ethical Cataloguing Guidelines

UCD Digital Library are very proud to launch our Ethical Cataloguing Guidelines. The guidelines were extensively researched and compiled by our metadata librarian, Órna Roche, and demonstrate our commitment to describing material accurately, respectfully, and in a way that will not cause distress or offence.

Ethical Cataloguing in UCD Digital Library

Topics covered by the Guidelines document include: sensitivity criteria; language in descriptive records; underrepresented communities in descriptions; language/imagery in the content; controlled vocabularies; and guidelines for medical, disability, and related collections.

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New Features

New Mirador Help Video Tutorials

We now have a series of tutorial videos on how to use the Mirador Image Viewer's exciting new features, including an introduction to Mirador, Saving and Sharing Images, and using Maps.

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UCD Digital Library has upgraded its default image viewer for visual resources to Mirador version 2.5.2. Mirador, a IIIF-compliant viewer, now includes further enhancements, including a View Map tool, a 'lock zoom' tool, a Transcription tool (where appropriate), and more detailed Help.

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