Libfocus Link-out for March 2025

Welcome to the March edition of the Libfocus link-out, an assemblage of library-related things we have found informative, educational, thought-provoking and insightful on the Web over the past while.CRAAP test image from Georgia Southern University, remaining images taken from this month's linkout articlesThe one change that worked: I found an escape...

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Libfocus Link-out for February 2025

Welcome to the February edition of the Libfocus link-out, an assemblage of library-related things we have found informative, educational, thought-provoking and insightful on the Web over the past while.Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites.Scott J. Mulligan for MIT Technology Review looks at the organizations working to preserve vital...

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Changing Roles, Not Missions: Why I Moved from Teaching to an Academic Library

This guest blog post is written by Holly Meade-Kennedy from Maynooth University Library.Maynooth Library: picture credit Alan MonaghanIn April 2024, I joined the Engagement and Information team as a Library Assistant in Maynooth University Library.One theme that has continuously arisen in my reflections over the last year, is the close link between...

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Libfocus Link-out for January 2025

Welcome to the first Libfocus link-out edition of 2025, an assemblage of library-related things we have found informative, educational, thought-provoking and insightful on the Web over the past while.Canva stock images clockwise from top: ckstockphoto, Marchmeena29, Elnur, munghoodstudios, platongkohLending out a person instead of a book? Abington...

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Libfocus Link-out for December 2024

Welcome to the December edition of the Libfocus link-out, an assemblage of library-related things we have found informative, educational, thought-provoking and insightful on the Web over the past while.Images featured in this month's link-out articles‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril.Junk papers...

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A Culinary Tour of Carlow Town: How to create an AI-generated blog post

Alana Mahon O'Neill is a library assistant in DCU Library. She attended the CONUL Training and Development AI and Libraries seminar which took place in the University of Galway on the 28th November 2024. At this event she won the blog series contest and she has shared her winning blog post with us below.It's an AI-generated blog post called A Culinary...

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