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Eira TanseyI asked this a while ago and got no nibbles but let’s try again: I’m a librarian and archivist who will be visiting Iceland and Ireland in mid-October and I would LOVE to meet some library/archives/museum people/get some GLAM recommendations while I’m traveling. Please boost, thank you 💚💚💚💚
Dr Suzanne she/her@TeamMidwest I bet if you put some hashtags in there you might get more traction.
Deborah Rose Reeves@TeamMidwest Try posting with the hashtag #MastoDaoine for visibility to Irish folks on here (daoine means people in Irish)
Kay 
@TeamMidwest If you want better pickup from people who don't follow you, you may have more success by adding # tags like #Iceland #Ireland and #librarians. You can even edit your post to add a few # s in
Mark Maguire@Kay @TeamMidwest Hi both ☘️: If you’re looking to catch Irish Mastodon’s attention try group hashtag #Mastodaoine I’ve found #GLAM useful for sector reach. DM me if you need specific info but the largest all-island network is the Irish Museums Association
https://www.irishmuseums.org
https://www.irishmuseums.org
@MarkMaguire Many thanks. Hope this helps @TeamMidwest
Derek Brauders@Kay @MarkMaguire @TeamMidwest the hashtag #mastodaoine is in fact how I found this thread, and the post!
Kev@alisca @derekbrauders @MarkMaguire @TeamMidwest FWIW I'm not a #librarian but a #bookaddict and fan of all things #GLAM and even #GLAMR = like GLAM but with records!
@Kay @derekbrauders @MarkMaguire @TeamMidwest
it sounds to me - and I'm just spitballing here, no bad ideas - that we should all meet Eira in Dublin, go hard on the National Museum and National Gallery before retiring to Grogan's for lunchtime toasties and pints?
@alisca @Kay @derekbrauders @TeamMidwest That’s it. Wait till the power of the #Mastodaoine is unleashed during the visit. It’s a superpower!
@Kay @alisca @derekbrauders @TeamMidwest Neither am I a librarian 😁 but yes all things GLAM and glam good 👍
@TeamMidwest I'd recommend Cécile Chemin, Military Archives in Ireland. That team has been doing wonderful historical research work. She's currently mainly on twitter, recently bluesky though. I can get you the main addresses if you wish.
Bettina Knuelle@TeamMidwest Did you contact some public libraries etc you are interested in visiting? I worked in a different field and found out that asking for a tour of the building or a meeting to discuss regional differences provided a pretty good opportunity to meet likeminded people.
Sherra@TeamMidwest The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin is a gem, and visit to the National Library would be worth your while. It's right next door to the National Museum on Kildare St, so there's a morning sorted!
@RasherMurphy @TeamMidwest 100% to this.
Trudie Walters @TeamMidwest Hey @curatedjenny do you have any contacts…?
Jenny Mathiasson
exlibrarykris@TeamMidwest Guinness archives?
@exlibrarykris @TeamMidwest It’s hard work but somebody has to do it. IT’S FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES, OK? 
@MarkMaguire @TeamMidwest https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/discover Yay research!
(Also, I've just remembered my workmates were over in Iceland for a library thing earlier this year so I will ask them for recs. )
(Also, I've just remembered my workmates were over in Iceland for a library thing earlier this year so I will ask them for recs. )
@TeamMidwest my partner has also suggested visiting, and posting about, the #EurovisionMuseum or #EurovisionExhibition in Húsavík
https://eurovisionhusavik.com/getting-here/
https://eurovisionhusavik.com/getting-here/
Kenner@TeamMidwest hi, check her profile https://mastodon.ie/@LornaPeel she might be able to help you
Lorna Peel (@[email protected])
430 Posts, 49 Following, 174 Followers · Author of The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series, gritty historical fiction set in 19th Century Ireland. Genealogist, gardener, and chicken butler. #BooksByLornaPeel #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #FamilySaga #Bookstodon #19thCentury #Ireland #Genealogy #Fedi22
Ormur@TeamMidwest Hi, I work for the city library of Reykjavík. Are you looking for something specific or just interesting stuff in general?
IanMoore3000@TeamMidwest I'm so long out of working in libraries that I had to look up the GLAM acronym. Are you traveling around Ireland or just visiting Dublin (or indeed not visiting Dublin at all)?
Patrick O'Beirne@IanMoore3000 @TeamMidwest
So did I - slightly disappointed that it's not an abbreviation of Glamorous 😏
"#GLAM is an acronym for #galleries, #libraries, #archives, and #museums, and refers to #cultural #institutions with a mission to provide access to knowledge"
I'd use the direct method - google for the national / city institutions of interest and email them.
Eg island.is
#mastodaoine
Antifamiek
msh@TeamMidwest You might check out the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @DIAS_Dublin and their Celtic Studies library (https://www.dias.ie/celt/celt-library/) and Theoretical Physics library (https://www.dias.ie/stp/stp-library/). Lots of fascinating materials and projects and research going on there.
Luke Drury@msh @TeamMidwest @DIAS_Dublin Agree about @DIAS_Dublin of course! Check out @NdeFaoite for instance. The Royal Irish Academy library is also worth a visit. Not so much a library as an art institute the Chester Beatty library is fascinating if you like Asian art and manuscripts.
CB Uí Foghlú@TeamMidwest edit this to include #MastoDaoine - it's the tag we use for the Irish community on here (daoine = people in Gaeilge).
I'll give it a quote boost link thing too for you. Hope you enjoy your visit here! Bring rainproof clothes and a hat (umbrellas come here to die due to our wind and rain) 😁
Will Buckingham | 白忠修@TeamMidwest My friend Gudrun Whitehead is awesome, and teaches museum studies in Iceland. https://gudrunwhitehead.wordpress.com/ Shout if you want me to put you in touch.
Gudrun D Whitehead
This is the website of Dr Guðrún D Whitehead, an assistant professor of Museum Studies at the University of Iceland. Academic interests include the representations of cultural stereotypes, such as Vikings within museums and their effects on cultural, subculture, horror, identity studies and society in general. For further information on my research interests, see this…
Stuart Celarier ❌👑@TeamMidwest Boosting for reach. Have a great trip.
Julie Goldberg@TeamMidwest Boosted! Enjoy your trip! But can you please tell me what GLAM is?
Emily in the Library@Julie @TeamMidwest galleries, libraries, archives, museums: GLAM
Giles Goat@TeamMidwest
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Library ?
Archives ?
Museums ?
GLAM ?
In ICELAND !!
.. there's only ICE and some people in there ... eating poisonous shark buried in the sand for 3 months ( I TRIED IT, just DON'T ) ..
https://satwcomic.com/art/nordics-like-fish.jpg
.. Iceland is COLD ! ..
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HawkmoonI did a search and came up with these leads:
https://mastodon.social/@heidi
https://toot.community/@PaoloViscardi
Museum of Childhood Ireland (@[email protected])
0 Posts, 12 Following, 23 Followers · Músaem Óige na hÉireann: Islandwide / diaspora museum of children and childhoods. Historic/Contemporary/Heritage/Culture/Education/Child Rights/ Community/Child & Youth Voice/Children’s Literature/ #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #SeenAndHeard #ChangingTheNarrative
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The Irish Film Archive is around the corner from Photo Museum Ireland.
Óli Gneisti (English)Are you still looking? I am not currently working as a librarian but I still know a lot of people.