• LIBER Digital humanities and digital cultural heritage working group: a case study of international collaboration and network building 

  Wilms, Lotte; Derven, Caleb; Martinez, Merisa (Cambridge University Press, 2021)

  How can European library staff working in digital humanities connect with peers in the library sector, determine where to find relevant information about digital scholarship, provide their collections as data and to be an ...
• The optimal global integration – local responsiveness tradeoff for an international branch campus 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (Springer, 2018)

  The growth in the number of international branch campuses (IBCs) has been one of the most striking developments in the internationalization of higher education in recent years. IBCs are overwhelmingly branches of universities ...
• Managing international branch campuses: what do we know? 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2015)

  Over the last decade, the growth of the international branch campus (IBC) has been one of the most striking developments in the internationalisation of higher education. There are now over 200 IBCs across the world, mostly ...
• The challenges of leading an international branch campus: the “lived experience” of in-country senior managers 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (SAGE Publications, 2016)

  In recent years, an increasing number of major universities have set up international branch campuses (IBCs). There are now more than 200 IBCs, with more under development. Little is known about the unique challenges that ...
• The challenges of managing transnational education partnerships: The views of “home-based” managers vs “in-country” managers 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (Emerald Publishing Ltd, 2018)

  Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges of managing transnational education (TNE) partnerships from the perspective of the home university managers. Design/methodology/approach The study ...
• Approximate solution techniques for the sorption of a finite amount of swelling solvent in a glassy polymer 

  Mitchell, Sarah L.; McInerney, N.P.; O'Brien, Stephen B.G. (Elsevier, 2021)

  This study examines a one-dimensional Stefan problem describing the sorption of a finite amount of swelling solvent in a glassy polymer. The polymer is initially in a dry non-swollen state, where the polymer network is ...
• Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities encountering law enforcement officials as the suspects of crime – A narrative systematic review 

  Gulati, Gautam; Cusack, Alan; Kelly, Brenda D.; Kilcommins, Shane; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2020)

  It is well established internationally that there is a high prevalence of intellectual disability (ID) among people in police custody. Some people with ID may face particular challenges in negotiating the forensic ...
• Radical constructivism—von Glasersfeld 

  Walsh, Gráinne (Springer, 2020)

  Radical constructivism was defined by von Glasersfeld as a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, and human understanding. Radical constructivism draws heavily on Jean ...
• Working and learning through the local community: four case studies from higher education that promote civic engagement 

  Morley, Dawn A.; Gleeson, Tracey; Mey, Kerstin; Warren-Perkinson, Anne; Bourne, Tracey; King, Amy E.; Cooper, Linda; Reavey, Duncan (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham., 2021)

  This chapter acts as a companion to Chapter 4 which discusses the rise of the civic engagement movement in higher education and the mutual benefits of connecting universities with their local communities. The case ...
• Badge of honour? An exploration of the use of digital badges to support a partnership approach to faculty development 

  Risquez, Angelica; Cassidy, Dara; O Súilleabháin, Gearóid (Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2020)

  This article describes a professional development initiative facilitated through a transformational partnership model. In this context, we discuss our experience of piloting an online continuing professional development ...
• Planning and implementing an automated storage and retrieval system at the University of Limerick 

  McCaffrey, Ciara (Elsevier, 2021)

  The case study introduces the automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) implemented in the new library at the University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. A quarter of the Library’s print collections were moved into this ...
• Lessons in making the unique ubiquitous: diversifying the role of the special collections and archives department to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Limerick 

  Mulreannan, Kirsten (Taylor and Francis, 2020)

  The Special Collections and Archives Department (SpecColl) was established in the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick (UL) in 1998. It is passionate about embedding its broad range of holdings in the university ...
• Ortha an Ghreama as a lesser-known Irish traveller narrative: symbolic inversion and resistance 

  Ó hAodha, Mícheál (Firenze University Press, 2020)

  Irish folk tradition includes a long-established discourse whereby the formerly nomadic or semi-nomadic group known as Irish Travellers, who comprise a tiny minority within Irish society are depicted not only as quintessential ...
• Open science training methods and practices across European research libraries: survey analysis 

  Swiatek, Cécile; McCaffrey, Ciara; Meyer, Thorsten; Svenbro, Anna; Wojciechowska, Anna; Clavel, Karin; Brinken, Helene; Egerton, Frank (LIBER, 2020)

  Open science skills training programmes' strategies, methods and impact are at the heart of LIBER's Digital skills for library staff and researchers working group (2018-2020) field of activity. This document is the ...
• The psychological impact of Stevens- Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis on patients' lives: a critically appraised topic 

  O'Reilly, Pauline; Kennedy, Catriona; Meskell, Pauline; Coffey, Alice; Delaunois, I.; Dore, Liz; Howard, Siobhán; Ramsay, Bart; Scanlon, C.; Wilson, Donna M.; Whelan, B.; Ryan, S. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  A 65‐year‐old man presented with a 12‐h history of deteriorating rash. Two weeks previously he had completed a course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for ductal carcinoma of the breast. On examination there were bullae, ...
• Towards a devolved model of management of OER? The case of the Irish Higher Education Sector 

  Risquez, Angelica; McAvinia, Claire; Desmond, Yvonne; Bruen, Catherine; Ryan, Deirdre; Coughlan, Ann (Athabasca University Press, 2020)

  This paper reports on the research findings from a national project examining the issues in creating, sharing, using, and reusing open educational resources (OER) in the context of the development of open education in ...
• The role and outcomes of music listening for women in childbirth: an integrative review 

  McCaffrey, Tríona Mary; Cheung, Pui Sze; Barry, Maebh; Punch, Pattie; Dore, Liz (Elsevier, 2020)

  Aim To synthesise primary research on the role and use of music listening for women in childbirth. Design Integrative review. Methods Whittemore and Knafl's (2005) five-stage integrative review method ...
• Re-imagining the university library – a transformative opportunity 

  O'Riordan, Gobnait (De Gruyter, 2018)

  The past twenty years have seen transformative change in academic library design. This paper describes the development of the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland. The present library was ...
• Enhancing student literacy with online reading lists: reflections on the initial phase at the Glucksman Library, UL 

  Breen, Michelle; O hAodha, Micheál (University of Limerick, 2019)

  no abstract available
• Safety first: factors affecting preceptor midwives experiences of competency assessment failure among midwifery students 

  Bradshaw, Carmel; Pettigrew, Judith; Fitzpatick, Mary (Elsevier, 2019)

  Background Assessment of clinical practice is a core component of midwifery education. Clinical assessment is challenging and affected by a number of factors. Preceptor midwives are reported to be reluctant to fail ...

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