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A communal blog with a broad and open-minded take on the subject of library and information management. We love guest posts! https://www.libfocus.com/

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Picture of a butterfly under the text: Volume 2, Issue 1 Summer 2026 Health Sciences Libraries Journal Official Journal of the Health Sciences Libraries Group of the Library Association of Ireland
Two people standing in front of a large screen with the text: preparing future talent for the AI era
Images featured in this month's link-out posts.
Images clockwise from top left: librarian advising a researcher in the library, Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text, a held-up magnifying glass, forged Shakespeare manuscript
LIR Annual Seminar 2026 call for papers. Theme: supporting emerging literacies: how do libraries design and deliver new literacy programes? Submission deadline 31st of March. Two hands on a blue and white background.
Images featured in this month's Libfocus link-out articles.
from top left: Two people standing in front of book shelves, graphic with spotlights with the text all access, two people standing in front of plates of food, black and white picture of rows of seated men, a man sitting on the ground, a hand holding a red disc, people standing in a group, a statue outside a building and a brain between library shelves.
Conul: consortium of national university libraries. Conference 2026: 27-28 May 2026, Galmont Hotel, Galway. Transforming futures: Libraries leading through change and innovation. Call for papers now open. conference.conul.ie. #CONUL26. Image of a hand touching a whirlpool of white light against a background of multi coloured circles.
Volume 1, Issue 2, Winter 2025. Health Sciences Libraries Group. Health Sciences Library Journal. Official journal of the Health Sciences Libraries Group of the Library association of Ireland. Picture of trees in snowy weather.
The libfocus logo on a christmas bauble. Happy Christmas and New Year.
Three people standing beside a table with printed materials on it. The tablecloth on the table has the HSE logo and HSE Library, Leabharlann FSS printed on it.
Picture of a woman standing in front of a bookcase filled with books and a window
Three people standing beside a banner that reads: Knowledge Summit Dublin
Images clockwise from top left: Engraving of an angel writing in a book beside a winged cherub, cartoon image of a man taking pages out of a computer screen, stacks of papers on labelled shelves, people sitting in a wood panelled library, hands holding a mobile phone
A person with black hair arranging books on grey shelves in a library
Tablet, PC and laptop screens showing screenshots from a website
4 images clockwise from top left: Man holding his hand up to the front of the picture, large room with several floors and white pillars, gloved hands filling test tubes in a laboratory setting, collage of a hand holding a book with colours exploding from it
Three images: A cartoon image of two policeman carrying a monkey over the text curious george, a man holding a pile of books, pictures of singers performing
A woman standing in front of two mounted screen facing a seated audience
A photo showing a group of students in a classroom looking at an image on a large screen.
Image of botanical drawings depicting various plants
Sepia image that shows a tiny stick figure standing in front of a square at the centre of four patterned weaving paths
Two rows of colourful books with white slips of paper in them
Five images clockwise from top left: Two hands shaking, A smiling man sitting with a book in this hands, white shelves with green potted plants on them, graphic of hand taking a book off the shelf, an open book with blue sparkling lights above it
Three people in Malawi Prisons uniforms stand in a library. A woman in the foreground reads an open book on a wooden table, while two men stand behind her, smiling and holding books. Shelves filled with books line the background.
5 images: clockwise from top: A robot hand holding a pen, wavy line, a picture of two men (musicians Paul McCartney and David Bowie), a woman looking at a screen, a person standing in front of a stack of books
Hands typing on a keyboard below the text: CONUL consortium of national and university libraries training and development
Sixteen people standing or sitting in a row, facing the camera.
A close-up picture of two women
Graphic of a rectangle with a heart hands and feet and a magic wand with the caption something that you would do differently. A suitcase with the caption one thing you'll take away with you. A thought bubble that reads something you will remember and a bin that reads something you didn't like.
A picture of a woman, white computer text on a purple screen that beings with 'how do large language models work? and a picture of books on shelves
5 images clockwise from top left: Hands holding a flame to red plastic material, two men with dyed hair standing shoulder to shoulder, a building viewed through slatted blinds, a woman with an SFSU tshirt lying on pages, a red circle with an x on it in the middle of a picture of a map system
An AI generated image of the interior of a wooden building containing tables and lit candles. Blue flashes of lightning can be seen at the top of the picture.
Images clockwise top left to bottom right: A large yellow building with a turret, the pope dressed in white addressing an audience of cardinals with red hats, two people sitting in a bright room with tables and chairs, a man with his hand to his head standing between rows of books, a woman dressed in red, a graphic of a man standing in front of a keyhole
Aerial view of an island
Image of the libfocus blog site showing the latest article libfocus link-out for April 2025
Images clockwise from top left: Graphic depicting different types of storage media under the text vanishing culture, a red road sign that reads reduce speed, a black and white photo of a woman in front of a large wall computer, a raised hand, a man with a beard looking out from foliage
A man and a woman looking at a book placed on a cushion. Picture credit: DCU Library/ Kyran O'Brien
Images clockwise from top left: Two women beside a sign that reads Eavan Boland agus Coláiste na Tríonóide, The CRAAP Test Currency Relevance Accuracy Authority Purpose, Woman holding a book standing beside book shelves, SCONUL The Future of the Systems Librarian, Woman sitting at a desk, picture of a woman (poet Eavan Boland), circular graphic depicting open science
Six images clockwise from top left: Advice for discouraged sailors written under a painting of a boat on the sea; illustration of a woman with two ducks; latin text above an illustration of a man kneeling in front of another man with a sword raised over his head; a black and white photo of three seated children; a collage of people sorting files, a building and a large room of wall cabinets and a body and arm shelving books
A library atrium that shows a double staircase in an open plan area with indoor plants
Two seated people talking, a blue circle with AI written in the centre being touched by a hand, a bin filled with crumpled up paper, a person holding out cupped hands that have paper cut outs of people in them, colourful cups spelling out welcome
Six images show: a large wave with papers floating in it about to crash onto a boat of people; the book cover of Maus by Art Spiegelman featuring two mice in trenchcoats under a mouse face with a swastika through it; two woman sitting at a table; a magnifying glass over text; a graphic of a man with symbols and question marks over his head; two children holding signs that say book! and I am a reader
A woman in a green coat standing in front of a sculpture with plants and trees in the background
Five images: A woman sitting down in a library is speaking with a woman and a security guard, graphic of colourful book shelves, a magnifying glass over a Google Scholar search page, green cover of a book with the title The Greek Mythology, a hand touching a button that says AI under a red circle with a line through it
Four people sitting around a table with laptops on it. Three people are looking at a woman standing at the top of the room who is putting postits on a wall.
A woman standing on a balcony she has her arms raised and is smiling
Web page with the text libfocus at the top in curly brackets. Links to two articles below read: Webinar Review: AI and Workforce Development in Libraries: Overcoming Barriers and Embracing Lifelong Learning 2024 and Exploring CPD in Irish Libraries: Findings from the Informed Learning Survey.