Holly Meade-Kennedy

Women should not be the target audience for International Women’s Day Events that celebrate the day are largely organised and attended by women, rather than men

I wrote in today's Irish Times about #InternationalWomensDay

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

I wrote a piece for Katina following the recent AWS and Cloudflare outages on the connection between digital instability and the need for greater visibility and strategic positioning of #libraries and #librarianship!

Read it here: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Finding Peace Among the Periodicals: Reflections on working in an Academic Library Congratulations to Holly Meade Kennedy from Maynooth University Library, whose blog post was highly commended in the CONUL Training and Deve...

Congratulations to @hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social of @mulibrary.bsky.social whose blog post 'Finding Peace Among the Periodicals: Reflections on working in an Academic Library’ was highly commended in the 2025
@conultraindev.bsky.social Library Assistant Blog awards www.libfocus.com/2025/10/find...

Letters to the Editor: Smoking has a comeback on the big screen 'Every puff on screen isn’t just a prop — it’s a message'

I wrote in @irishexaminer.bsky.social about how smoking is Hollywood's latest comeback star! www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...

Opinion | Cait Conley: My military service was questioned. Here is the answer. And Jeanine Pirro on D.C.’s Second Chance Amendment Act.

I wrote in @washingtonpost.com about how AI can't replace that spark in a piece of writing that gives you a glimmer of the lived human experience of the writer. Read it here: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#washingtonpost #AI #writing

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In her @conulconference.bsky.social review, @hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social from @mulibrary.bsky.social shares how empowering it was for her to hear from so many female library leaders at #CONUL25. Read more about a conference experience that was 'rare and radical' at www.libfocus.com

A beautiful morning here in Yellowstone, Montana. We've spotted bears, bison, eagles and lots of chipmunks so far! Feeling super lucky to get to see such a gorgeous part of the world!

A great opportunity to ask Anne Jarvis of #Princeton about increasing female leadership in the library space following her fantastic keynote at #CONUL25 Day 2. Anne recommended the book "Why Should Anyone Be Led By You". So encouraging to see an Irish woman excel at such a high level! #libraries

Loved Day 1 of #CONUL25. Great keynote from Richard Ovenden of #Oxford University on tech bros, boring books & rethinking interdependence! Equally great talks by my colleagues Michaela Hollywood on reimagining library spaces & @lauraconnaughtonmu.bsky.social on MU Library's #AthenaSwan application!

An incredible presentation from Meg Galasso of Indiana University Library on Fatness and Librarianship on Day 2 of #CALC25. So interesting & impactful to hear about her research. Loving the broadness of the EDI topics covered so far! #Libraries #Librarianship

Loved @heroicendeavour.bsky.social's talk on Libraries as 3rd Spaces, closing a genuinely great Day 1 of #CALC25. "The fluidity of the 3rd space gives librarians a unique freedom to drive change". I wrote about this recently in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...

An amazing keynote from @sachacoward.bsky.social, author of Sunday Times bestseller "Queer as Folklore" to kick off the 2025 Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference. Really looking forward to the incredible speakers they have lined up over the next 3 days #CALC25

Changing Roles, Not Missions: Why I Moved from Teaching to an Academic Library This guest blog post is written by Holly Meade-Kennedy from Maynooth University Library. Maynooth Library: picture credit Alan Monaghan In A...

Hi Bluesky 🪺 Here's a blogpost I recently had published in @libfocus.bsky.social on why if teaching is your thing, you might enjoy a career in libraries too! It has all of the fun, nerdy stuff without the exam corrections! #MULibrary #IrishLibraries www.libfocus.com/2025/02/chan...