![]() ![]() She was awarded the Conway Gold Medal for Mathematical Physics for first place in her undergraduate degree at UCD. ![]() “Just as important are the collection gems in our own archives, special collections, National Folklore Collection, Irish Poetry Reaching Archive, digital library and cultural heritage repositories and we plan to bring these to a new level of awareness here in Ireland and internationally.”ĭr Collins holds a PhD in nonlinear fluid dynamics from UCD. ![]() Dr Collins joins a dedicated and dynamic team across our five libraries who provide guidance to our students, our faculty and our researchers. She has shown ambitious vision as well as a capacity to operationalise major projects and will bring these skills to her new role here with us in UCD.Īdding: “A modern library is so much more than shelves of books and databases of journals. She has demonstrated her multidisciplinary capability throughout her career. “The breadth of her experience and expertise spans science and the humanities. “She joins us at a crucial stage as we seek to maximise digital technology in our teaching and learning and our research as well as preserving and promoting the cultural heritage collections that are under our guardianship. “It was an incredible honour to serve as Director of the NLI, during seven happy, fulfilling and inspiring years, and I look forward to all the possibilities of the next chapter working with the exceptional team at the UCD Library.”Īnnouncing the appointment, Professor Mark Rogers, Registrar and Deputy President of UCD said he was “delighted to welcome Dr Sandra Collins to UCD as Librarian”. Alongside this landmark collaboration, it was my privilege to lead the organisation through a particularly successful strategy period. “During my time as Director of the National Library of Ireland, a particular highlight was the partnership project with UCD to create the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI). “Twenty-five years ago, I completed my PhD in UCD, and I am delighted now to be returning to the University where I learnt so much, and I relish the prospect of working with the global community of students and staff in the university,” Dr Collins said. She also instigated major digital collecting initiatives including over 300,000 Irish websites and the cataloguing/digitising of historical papers related to the Decade of Centenaries.Īmong her ambitious outreach projects is the ' Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' at the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, and the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), in partnership with UCD at Newman House. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union and Boris Yeltsin became President of the Russian Republic.She oversaw the acquisition of a number of world-class collections of papers and born-digital archives. In 1991, she was 33 years old when on December 25th, the Soviet Union flag was lowered and replaced by the Russian tricolor flag. AT&T lost 70% of its book value due to this move. Seven new regional companies (the Baby Bells) covered local telephone service and were separately owned. The company kept Western Electric, Bell Labs, and AT&T Long Distance. AT&T had been the provider of telephone service (and equipment) in the United States. In 1984, at the age of 26 years old, Debra was alive when on January 1, "Baby Bells" were created. It ended up costing $1 billion to clean up the site. ![]() Radiation leaked into the environment, resulting in a rating of 5 on a scale of 7 ("Accident With Wider Consequences"). In 1979, she was 21 years old when on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the power plant at Three Mile Island Pennsylvania. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. In 1968, at the age of only 10 years old, Debra was alive when on April 4th, Dr. The Common Market was formed as a way to strengthen members' economies and deter wars in Europe. The first members were France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. In 1958, in the year that Debra Collins was born, on January 1st, the European Economic Community (Common Market) came into operation. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Debra's lifetime. ![]()
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