{"id":3762,"date":"2018-11-12T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:03:16","slug":"sharing-our-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/sharing-our-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing our Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert Boyle. Some considerations touching the usefulness of experimental naturall philosophy: propos\u2019d in familiar discourses to a friend, by way of invitation to the study of it<\/em>. Oxford, 1663. Rare Books Medium Q 155 .B68 1663<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

by\u00a0Aed\u00edn N\u00ed Bhr\u00f3ithe Clements,\u00a0Irish Studies Librarian<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digitizing our books is one way to share our collections with a wider readership. An area where we have begun this digitization is our early print collection in Irish studies. The collection includes books on Ireland and Irish affairs, often from an English perspective, and also books by Irish authors on science, theology and other subjects. The core of the collection was acquired in 2007, and as many of the books are rare and particularly difficult to find in America, we are enthusiastic about sharing the digital images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to having copies stored in our own CurateND<\/a>, the digital collection is made available on the Internet Archive<\/a> and we have plans to share also on Hathi Trust. While Hathi Trust is limited to member libraries, the Internet Archive is freely available to all, and allows readers a number of ways to view the books, including \u2018turning pages\u2019 by clicking on a page.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our collection is easy to find on the Internet Archive by searching on the www.archive.org page for \u00a0\u2018Hesburgh Libraries\u2019, to find a page that displays the collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The account of the trial of Saint Oliver Plunket, executed in 1681, is one of the thirty-three books digitized.  Use this link to view the book page by page: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nd828590865\/page\/n3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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The tryal and condemnation of Dr. Oliver Plunket Titular Primate of Ireland, for high-treason, at the Barr of the Court of King\u2019s Bench, at Westminster, in Trinity Term, 1681.<\/em> Dublin, 1681. Rare Books Medium DA 448 .P586 1681<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This book is an example of the kind of primary document that makes a great impression on a student who can visit and see the physical book \u2014 printed shortly after the trial and execution, the book provides a tangible link to the events of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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by\u00a0Aed\u00edn N\u00ed Bhr\u00f3ithe Clements,\u00a0Irish Studies Librarian Digitizing our books is one way to share our collections with a wider readership. An area where we have begun this digitization is our early print collection in Irish studies. The collection includes books on Ireland and Irish affairs, often from an English perspective, and also books by Irish … Continue reading Sharing our Collections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":3773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75053,12646],"tags":[77938,24,77941],"class_list":["post-3762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-studies","category-miscellaneous","tag-book","tag-digital","tag-rbsc-scholars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3762"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11922,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3762\/revisions\/11922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}