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Open Call for facilitation in dlr Libraries 2017-2019
Open Call for facilitation in dlr Libraries 2017-2019
Call for authors, artists, lecturers, facilitators, workshop leaders and enthusiasts
dlr Libraries are delighted to announce an opportunity for authors, artists, lecturers, facilitators, workshop leaders and enthusiasts to submit proposals for events in dlr Libraries during the period 2017-2019. Events encompass workshops, talks, courses, shows, productions, classes, exhibitions and any other creative enterprises envisioned as a possibility within a public library context. As well as proposals suitable for festivals such as Bealtaine
Health Information Survey
Help Us to Help You
Fill out this short survey and you could be in with a chance to win a €100 One4All voucher!
How do you look for information on health? Librarians want to know! Tell us how you look for health information by filling out this survey.
We will use your answers to help us make it easier to find health information. We are HEAL: the Health Education and Libraries group. Members include librarians in public libraries in Dublin, health librarians from St Vincent’s Healthcare Group and a researcher from UCD.
Survey closes at 5pm on May
Teen Entrepreneur STEM Camp 2017
A New Camp is being held in October and November 2017 - We are inviting teachers to APPLY BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 31st. There are 24 places for Transition Year students from 8 schools (a limit of 3 students per school). There is no charge.
Prince: The Tail of Prince Charming
Prince: The Tail of Prince Charming
Written and illustrated by ‘the young lackeens’ from the Southside Travellers Children and Young People’s Programme
Graphic Novel, Prince:The Tail of Prince Charming
Prince: The Tail of Prince Charming is the culmination of a three month project where Traveller children attended dlr LexIcon weekly between January - April 2017 and worked on both artwork and stories about a dog named Prince. The book was officially launched on Thursday 25th May in dlr LexIcon by Cathaoirleach Councillor Cormac Devlin.
After the great success with ‘Demons in Disguise’, a graphic novel project we worked on with local young people in 2015, we knew we wanted to create another graphic novel and decided to work with the Travelling community in the dlr area. We got in touch with
'I am Shanganagh' poem
As part of her residency, Sarah Webb, the dlr Writer in Residence 2016-2017 did some outreach work in the dlr county. In April, Sarah Webb and local poet Lucinda Jacob visited Shanganagh Park House. Sarah created artwork with the younger after school children and both Sarah and Lucinda created a very special group poem with older children who attend the afterschool in Shanganagh Park House. The poem is called 'I am Shanganagh'.
On Wednesday May 31st President Michael D. Higgins visited Shanganagh Park house to celebrate its 40th year anniversary. Our president and poet was presented with a copy
dlr LexIcon Summer Stars Family Day
dlr Libraries' Summer Stars Family Day will take place on Saturday, 24 June.
Summer Stars 2017
dlr Libraries are once again participating in the nationwide Summer Stars reading adventure.
A successful dlr LexIcon Family Day
A big thank you to all who made our recent dlr LexIcon Family Day such a success!
Words Ireland Mentoring Programme for writers 2017
Words Ireland is a collective of seven Irish literature organisations that is initiating a total of 11 literature mentoring relationships in 2017, one of which is offered in partnership with and dlr Libraries and the the dlr Arts Office of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.