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Sometimes I write. Here’s a collection of papers I’ve written for my MLIS program, as well as personal research on topics that interest me.
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The ITM Community: Part IV, How libraries can help
“The music of Ireland has hitherto been the exclusive property of the peasantry. The upper classes are a different race – a race who possess no national music; or, if any, one essentially different from that of Ireland. “ - George Petrie, 1855
The ITM Community: Part III, Dr. Ailbhe Kenny and the OAIM
The next level: Investigating teaching and learning within an Irish traditional music online community
The ITM Community: Part II, Information seeking behaviors and the Serious Leisure model
It all begins with an idea… and picking berries.
The ITM Community: Part I, An Introduction
“He told me stories, like how he had heard about thi tune called, ‘The Crooked Road to Dublin’ and he’s thinking, ‘I must have this tune, I must have this tune…’ So he cycled down from Fermanagh, where he was living, to Athlone or some equally implausible distance, just to get this tune.” - John McSherry