News and Updates

The UCD Digital Library is constantly working on new collections, updating workflows, and engaging with our user communities. Check back here for all updates on our activities.


Update

Date: 17th February 2025
UCD Digital Library service takedown

The UCD Digital Library has been taken down until further notice.

Following a review of UCD Digital Library, we have decided to retire the existing infrastructure and we are focusing our efforts on a Digital Library replacement project and the introduction of a new digital preservation system. UCD Library is taking this action to ensure the safe-keeping and long-term sustainability and accessibility of all the digital collections that we steward.


Up-coming collections

Updated: September 2021

We currently have a lot of collections at various stages in our workflow. The following is a flavour of what will be coming on-line in the near future.

  • Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations
  • Letters from the Curran Collection (Special Collections)
  • Additional poets in the Irish Poetry Reading Collection (UCD Library, Special Collections)
  • A collection of Douglas Hyde material (National Folklore Collection)
  • Additional photographs in the Georgian Dublin collections (UCD Art History & Cultural policy)
  • NFC Scrapbooks (National Folklore Collection)
  • Zozimus (National Folklore Collection)
  • The Lepracaun (National Folklore Collection)
  • Papers of Eithne Coyle O'Donnell (UCD Archives)
Lepracaun

National Folklore Collection Journals

Work is currently underway to digitise and catalogue a selection of 'mosquito press' political journals. The journals are held in the National Folklore Collection library in UCD.

The journals that have been scanned to date include:

  • The Lepracaun (1905–1914)
  • Pat (1879–1883) (Online)
  • Zozimus (1870–1872)
  • The Shan Van Vocht (1896–1899) (Online)
  • Comhthrom Féinne