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