![]() Truly a great value from a wonderful thoughtful supportive company with years of expert development! - Anita O. But even if you only have 100 books (or comics or music), I highly recommend CollectorZ. It is so fun to have the info available right at my fingertips on my cellphone! And to know it is safely stored on the cloud. Would you believe that my personal library is over 4,500 books? I would be overwhelmed without the Bookcollector products. While reading a book, I can add personal notes for future reference and to make the book more searchable for me later ( like a note as to who recommended the book to me)ĪND whenever I am having a conversation and want to tell someone about a book that is relevant, I quickly do a search of my collection ( on the app), even if I can’t remember the exact title or author, usually a key word is enough to find it. ![]() I LOVE being able to scroll through my book library by viewing the covers! I never fall behind in keeping my new book purchases entered because with the phone app I can do it in 30 seconds or less! I have been a very satisfied customer for many years. It is wonderful to be able to scan in new boioks and and notes, edit, wherever I am! I am happy to support! Gilbert's own personal bookplate.You guys are SO AWSOME!! I LOVE both the app and online, though I am using the app most of the time now. The image of the squirrel featured above is John T. There is no need to sign-up to view the lecture on YouTube, simply click on the link. Some light refreshments will be served following the lecture and discussion.įor those unable to attend in person, the lecture will be live-streamed on Dublin City Libraries’ YouTube page ( ). An author and editor of several books, Máire has published widely in Irish and international journals, and writes a blog on book history at ĭoors will be open from 18:40 and the event will start at 19:00 sharp. Her PhD (National University of Ireland, 1995), examined Irish print culture of the eighteenth century. Máire Kennedy worked as a divisional librarian with Dublin City Public Libraries, now retired. Her talk will be followed by a discussion led by Dublin City Archivist Lorraine McLoughlin.ĭr. Kennedy’s lecture will highlight aspects of the Gilbert collection, examine the context in which it was created, and consider its enduring legacy for the city of Dublin. ![]() The aim of the series is to celebrate the life and work of Gilbert, and the history of Dublin, the city whose past he wished to uncover and bring before the wider public.ĭr. The Gilbert Lecture Series was inaugurated in 1998. After his death, Dublin Corporation purchased his library for the citizens of Dublin and the 9,000 or so items are now housed in Dublin City Library and Archive on Pearse Street. His fifty years of focused collecting resulted in one of the finest Irish historical libraries of the period. John Thomas Gilbert (1829-1898) can be considered one of the most important nineteenth-century collectors of books and manuscripts relating to Irish history. ![]() Gilbert died on 23rd May 1898 and we are delighted to mark the 125th anniversary of his death with a lecture by a librarian who was custodian of his library for two decades. Kennedy will discuss Gilbert’s approach to collecting written sources and what his remarkable library represents for the city of Dublin. Entitled, 'Documenting Dublin’s history: John T. The 26th annual lecture in the Gilbert Lecture Series will be delivered by Dr.
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