strategic partnerships: irish poetry reading archive & library exhibitions, ursula byrne

Strategic partnerships:

Irish Poetry Reading Archive and

Library Exhibitions

What is it & Why build it : – Curated digital poetry Archive /Hub– Preserving and presenting voices of

Irish Poets– Central repository of readings in

English and Irish – Resource of national scope and

significance– Access via UCD Digital Library ;

YouTube ; and Vimeo

• Building on strengths in our heritage collections • Film & Audio excellent vehicles for poetry• Strong spoken word tradition & part of our oral heritage• Contemporary Heritage Archive :

– Newly captured content– Defined niche area – Seeks to preserve substantial rare digital collections of poetry related work

How it works – Poet reads a selection of work– Provides overview of context & circumstance – Provides signed manuscripts– Signed book collection

Captures rich diverse landscape of poetry: – Established poets Emerging poets– Emigrant poets Performance poets– Avant guard poets Bilingual poets – Irish diaspora poets Translations

• Conversations• Publishers• Poets

• 13,324 views on YouTube ( 708 Paula Meehan , most viewed)• 1,255 views of IPRA LibGuide • 100 poets/publishers in contact with us• 50 poets recorded plus• 20 Aosdana poets recorded• 7 Interviews with publishers of poetry• 5 series - Readings; in-conversations; publishers series;

Ireland Chair of Poetry; interview series • 2 languages ..• 2 years in the making

Publicity: – Library website– IPRA Libguide – Launch – Irish times– RTE Poetry Programme– Word of mouth

Credit where it’s due … • John Howard, University Librarian• UCD Special Collections: Evelyn Flanagan, Eugene Roche, Daniel

Conneally

• UCD Library Research team • UCD Academics: Dr Lucy Collins, Dr Maire Ni Annrachain

• Champions – too many to mention• UCD Library Outreach Team

Library exhibitions and strategic partnerships