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Conference 2026 – Presentations

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Our 2026 Annual Conference on Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference was held in the Ashling Hotel on Thursday 12th March.

We would like to thank our wonderful speakers for their permission to add their presentation slides here.

Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry — Information, intelligence, instinct navigating knowledge in an ocean of AI

Tony Linnane – One person libraries in healthcare settings

Bryn Murphy & Emily Adydan – Growing together: scaffolding systematic review training for early-career librarians

Bennery Rickard – HSE Library day, 24th September 2025: light a big fire

Aoife Lawton – A national eHealth Library for all –​ how can we meed the needs of a nation?

Mairéad McKeown & David Lombard – Preparing future talent for the AI era – through a graduate Copilot upskilling programme

Mary Hearne – Beyond the individual – a collective approach to AI literacy for librarians

Niamh Walker-Headon – HSE Library partner organisation collaborations

Aphra Kerr – Libraries, expertise and literacy in the AI era

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HSLG Conference 2026 Programme

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We are holding our annual conference on Thursday 12th March in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin.

This year’s theme is Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference.

Our keynote speaker Professor Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin will present on Information, intelligence, instinct: navigating knowledge in an ocean of AI.

We also have an afternoon workshop on Libraries, Expertise and Literacy in the AI Era facilitated by Professor Aphra Kerr, Professor of Digital Media & Communication and a senior adviser at the UCD Centre for Digital Policy. 

Register for this on EventBrite.

Download the programme here

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Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference – HSLG Conference 2026 – Call for abstracts now open

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We will hold our annual conference in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin on Thursday 12th March 2026.

Our theme is “Celebrating Our Collective Power: Finding Strength in Difference“.

We all have different values, preferences, priorities, stakeholders, professional goals and ways of working. This diversity provides benefits to our profession with greater access to new ideas and innovations.

  • Technology – how do we prepare for technological innovations such as AI
  • Impact – how do we make a difference to others
  • User Engagement – how do we ensure our services meet the varied needs of library users
  • Resilience – how do we function well in the face of adversity
  • Lifelong Learning – (such as CPD)

Submit your abstract to contacthslg@gmail.com by Tuesday 13th January 2026. Please include a presentation title, name of presenter(s), organisation, abstract of 250-300 words, and whether you will speak for 10 or 20 minutes.

Successful presenters will have the conference fee waived.*

Tickets are now on sale register on Eventbrite

Ticket Prices:

HSLG member: €35

Non-LAI member: €80

LAI member/Student/Unemployed: €50

[*Note: Standard presentation will be limited to a maximum of two presenters, with short presentations limited to one.]

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HSLG Conference 2025 – Presentations

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Our 2025 Annual Conference on Cultivating Curiosity: a Wonderland for Librarians was held in Ashling Hotel on Thursday 6th March.

We would like to thank our wonderful speakers for their permission to add their presentation slides here.

Keynote Speaker: Sue Lacey-Bryant – Making Curiosity Count

Mary Dunne – Conceptualising Curiosity 

Peter Reilly – Cultivate your Creativity by Being Curious!

Dympna McGettigan – Health Information Calendar: a health calendar for all

HSE Library ILL Team – Everything, Everywhere All at Once…But in One Place!

Ann Byrne – Follow the White Rabbit: Guiding Nursing Students to Creative Poster Presentations

Niall O’Brien – Following Protocols: adventures in tracking the lifecycle of review protocols

Aoife Lawton – LAI Library Labour Market Taskforce Report: key findings

Mingli Gong – What are the CPD Needs & Challenges in Engaging ICT for Librarians in Ireland?

Mairéad McKeown & Amy Bond – Knowledge Cafe: How We Make Better Sense of a Rapidly Changing and Complex World

Amy’s Top 10 Tips for Hosting a Knowledge Cafe

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Registration for HSLG Conference 2025 – now open

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The HSLG committee are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the Annual HSLG Conference which takes place on Thursday 6th March in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin.

Our theme for 2025 is “Cultivating curiosity: a wonderland for librarians”.

Our theme explores the role of curiosity within librarianship, which includes:

  • Innovating, challenging and being open to new ideas, experiences and perspectives
  • Planning for the future / creating or adapting to environments of change
  • Delving deep. Understanding and providing evidence of value
  • Lifelong learning
  • Believing impossible things – and making them happen

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hslg-conference-2025-cultivating-curiosity-a-wonderland-for-librarians-tickets-1092203563259?aff=oddtdtcreator

The programme is packed with interesting and relevant speakers, with plenty of time to network. Highlights include keynote speaker Sue Lacey Bryant, CILIP President, and a knowledge café led by Mairéad McKeown and Amy Bond of Bord Bia.

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The HSLG makes the Bernard Barrett Bursary award available to HSLG members from across Ireland to enable members to attend the annual conference. Members may apply for funds to cover the registration fee and/or travel expenses: https://hslg.ie/about/hslg-bursary/

 

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Dive down the ‘rabbit hole’ with us at HSLG conference 2025 – call for abstracts now open

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We will hold our annual conference in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin on Thursday 6th March 2025.

Our theme is “Cultivating curiosity: a wonderland for librarians”. Maybe you are finding these times are ‘curiouser and curiouser’? (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation.

Subthemes include
• Innovating, challenging and being open to new ideas, experiences and perspectives (new developments, critical appraisal, AI, technology, tools etc)
• Planning for the future / creating or adapting to environments of change (planning, forecasting, work roles, change etc.)
• Delving deep. Understanding and providing evidence of value (user experience, marketing, research, evaluation)
• Lifelong learning (such as CPD)
• Believing impossible things – and making them happen (success stories or adventures)

Submit your abstract to contacthslg@gmail.com by Monday 13 January 2025. Please include a presentation title, name of presenter(s), organization, abstract of 250 – 300 words, and whether you will speak for 10 or 20 minutes.

Successful presenters will have the conference fee waived.*

Ticket prices:

HSLG member: €35

Non-LAI member: €80

LAI member/student/unemployed €50

[*Note: Standard presentations will be limited to a maximum of two presenters, with short presentations limited to one.]
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HSLG conference 2024 – presentations

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Our 2024 conference – Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? took place in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin on 7 March 2024.

We would like to thank our wonderful speakers for their permission to add their presentation slides here.

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Registration for HSLG Conference 2024 opens

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The HSLG committee are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the Annual HSLG Conference which takes place on Thursday 7th March in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin.

Our theme for 2024 will be “Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”. There’s always something that can potentially disrupt our professional work (remember search engines were meant to herald our doom?). We’ve managed to survive, and often thrive, in the face of adversity, but can produce a better response when we work together and plan ahead.

Sharing our ideas and innovations at this conference is one way to become stronger.

In the library of “Howling Innovation,” the big bad wolf of change is not to be feared but embraced — could it be a companion in the quest for knowledge, a catalyst for evolution, and a muse for the ever-changing melody of progress? Join Dr Lollie Mancey for an exploration of the changing landscape of libraries in an AI world, questioning how we safeguard our core values and functions to ensure that libraries not only survive challenges but thrive in the ever-evolving landscape of information and technology.

Register Now: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hslg-conference-2024-whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wolf-tickets-757718395117?aff=oddtdtcreator

The programme will include the following speakers:

  • Dr Lollie Mancey – Howling innovation: unleashing the spirit of change in libraries
  • Mairéad McKeown and Lauren Sneyd – How the Bord Bia Library is helping its users learn, know and sustainably grow with AI
  • Caitríona Lee – Literature searches and AI in health libraries
  • Eimear Carney and Jean McMahon – Mentoring for librarians ‘fireside chat’
  • Breeda Herlihy – First year of the HSLG literature search peer review buddy scheme
  • Louise Farragher – Mind the Gap: mapping reviews and evidence gap maps
  • Marie Carrigan – Using citation-based literature mapping tools for scoping reviews

The HSLG makes the Bernard Barrett Bursary award available to HSLG members from across Ireland to enable members to attend the annual conference. Members may apply for funds to cover the registration fee and/or travel expenses: https://hslg.ie/about/hslg-bursary/

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Call for Abstracts for HSLG Annual Conference 2024

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The HSLG will hold our annual conference in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin on Thursday 7th March 2024.

Our theme for 2024 will be “Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”. There’s always something that can potentially disrupt our professional work (remember search engines were meant to herald our doom?). We’ve managed to survive, and often thrive, in the face of adversity, but can produce a better response when we work together and plan ahead.

  • What can we do to prepare for the future?
  • What issues should we be talking about?
  • Are potentially scary issues challenges or opportunities?
  • How can we produce a strong, structured approach to practice that will withstand potential assaults?

Sharing our ideas and innovations are one way to become stronger, so we’d also like to hear about any subject that interests you. We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation on our theme or sub-themes. Subthemes include:

  • artificial intelligence
  • environmental issues
  • library community support
  • CPD
  • workforce challenges
  • censorship

Presentations will be 20 minutes. You can submit your abstract to contacthslg@gmail.com by Friday 19th January 2024. Please include a presentation title, name of presenter(s), organization, and abstract of 300 – 500 words.