DigitisationBranching Out Meath County Library

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Digitisation-Branching Out Meath County Library

• Ciarán Mangan
• County Librarian

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Meath County Council Library Service

• Population 162,620
• 13 Branches
• 22,500 members
• 420,000 Issues
• 10 Professional Posts (48 Staff in total)
• Branching Out
• Opening Hours
• Branch Development

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Local Studies Dept

• 4,500 Vols
• Journals
• Maps
• Ephemera
• Archives
• Local Studies Librarian
• Staff Development

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Digitisation in context

• Automation of collection
• 3 Phases
• Publishing-CD,Audio,Book
• National Initiatives-AAI
• Focus
• Structure

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Ask About Ireland

• Architecture-Thatched Houses in County Meath
• The Big House-Charlesfort Estate
• Flora and Fauna-Tobacco Growing in Meath
  1898-1932
• Poor Law Union-Dunshaughlin Workhouse
• Irish Traditional Music-Turlough OCarolan

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Student Zone

• Homes Then and Now
• Quality
• Partnership

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Benefits

• Upskilling of staff
• Outlet for unique material
• Access to national resource
• Osi -Access
• Irish Times-Digital Archive
• Goodwill

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Future Plans/Challenges

• Conway Papers- Challenges
• Audio Publishing- Options
• Archive and LS Resource Pack for Schools
• Fieldnames
• Photographic Archive- Clare Library model ??
• Library Website-Waterford County,Clare,Mayo,Sligo

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THEMES

• I. LOCAL STUDIES
• Locality and Schools
• Transportation railways and canal
• Farming in Meath
• II. 19TH CENTURY MEATH
• Meath poor law unions and workhouses
• The land
• Health and medicine
• III. PAST AND PRESENT
• Business and trade
• Sport
• Glossary
• Timeline

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