Teacher, writer, book-lover & feminist. You'll find me in the library 📚https://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3mghnnhvpqc2cI wrote in today's Irish Times about #InternationalWomensDay https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/03/07/international-womens-day/07 Mar 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghnnhvpqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3madruw7xmc2zI 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: https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/when-the-digital-key-wont-turn-visit-a-library19 Dec 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3madruw7xmc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lwzey4erk227I wrote in @irishexaminer.bsky.social about how smoking is Hollywood's latest comeback star! https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41690796.html22 Aug 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwzey4erk227https://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3luz5gzha2c2aI 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: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/27/cait-conley-military-record/ #washingtonpost #AI #writing28 Jul 2025 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3luz5gzha2c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lrehaz3odc2yA 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!11 Jun 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrehaz3odc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lqcngw5at22lA 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! #libraries29 May 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcngw5at22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lqbakdzdkc2xLoved 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!28 May 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbakdzdkc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lp5byipsek2aAn 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 #Librarianship14 May 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5byipsek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lp2whcb5a22iLoved @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: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19662/1/HMK%20Article.pdf13 May 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2whcb5a22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3lp2lfz22e224An 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 #CALC2513 May 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2lfz22e224https://bsky.app/profile/hollymeadekennedy.bsky.social/post/3loyjcvwnes2oHi 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 https://www.libfocus.com/2025/02/changing-roles-not-missions-why-i-moved.html?m=112 May 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:pvxp5ubtzhypbt4veuanofev/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyjcvwnes2o