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Killian Downing

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Archivist @DCULIB | Councillor @Europeanaeu | he/him 🏳️‍🌈

 Ireland
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Joined November 2010
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Thanks @Maria_Brid @Kieranjol @SharonMcMeekin kicking off the annual @NLIreland Digital Collecting & Preservation event with @dpc_chat #digipres
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Brilliantly helpful #digipres talk by Jenny O'Brien of the #ARA2023 #ARAconfbelfast @YorkUniversity
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27% of the total pages @duchas_ie (total = approx. 600k) were transcribed by 98% of xn--dchas-7ua.ie members, where 10 of the most prolific #SuperTranscribers transcribed 38% of pages (217,000) 😮 @ARAconf #ARAConf2023 #Belfast #Tiranic duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428062/43…
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Really excited to hear about October's hybrid #EuropeanaTech2023 conference at today's focused and productive @Europeanaeu Members Council meeting. Elections for the new MC are later this year if you want to stand & help shape Europeana and the sector🌍pro.europeana.eu/post/secure…
EuropeanaTech 2023 - in numbers, 3 days, 10 - 12 October 2023, 3 themes: Engage, Explore and Experience: cultural heritage in the data space and beyond, 20+ Programme and selection committee members, 2 keynotes, first one is Mia Ridge, 1 amazing poet, 129 proposals, 200+ on-site participants, 750+ online participants 25 ENA Grants, 5 New Professional Bursaries.

ALT EuropeanaTech 2023 - in numbers, 3 days, 10 - 12 October 2023, 3 themes: Engage, Explore and Experience: cultural heritage in the data space and beyond, 20+ Programme and selection committee members, 2 keynotes, first one is Mia Ridge, 1 amazing poet, 129 proposals, 200+ on-site participants, 750+ online participants 25 ENA Grants, 5 New Professional Bursaries.

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Congratulations to all the finalists and winner @DCULIB annual Creative Writing Competition Awards with guest speaker Sophie White #DCU – at Dublin City, Ireland
Sophie White, DCU writer in residence at the DCU Library Creative Writing Awards 2023

ALT Sophie White, DCU writer in residence at the DCU Library Creative Writing Awards 2023

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Thank you Elizabeth Bassett and Heather Dean @ICArchiv Section on Literary and Artistic Archives (SLA)’s workshop ArchivesAt: Using Wikidata to enhance Access to Archives #wikidata wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:W…
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Anseo @CnaG 💚 grma @ARAIreland #ExploreYourArchive (28th Nov- 6th Dec 2022) with a legendary ambassador Liz Gillis @lizgillis191623 & special thanks to @janet_hancock_ @niamhnicharra @steven_skeldon for organising and championing #archives @ARAUK_IE
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Peter Crooks and Orlaith McBride at the @ARAUK_IE Ellis Prize ceremony for the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland team @VirtualTreasury @ARAUK_IE @ARAIreland @DeptCulturelRL tcd.ie/news_events/articles/…
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Massive thanks to the @NLIreland #digipres workshop team @Maria_Brid @joannafinegan @kieranjol Della Keating and co for #WDPD2022 #NLIdigital #Exiftool
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It's World Digital Preservation Day, and our annual reminder that #Digitisation is not #DigitalPreservation more info and resources here @dpc_chat #WDPD2022 dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/wdpd…
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