VRTI Key Partners Advisory Panel 2025
The Key Partners Advisory Panel, pictured on the staircase in the Provost’s House, Trinity College Dublin
The VRTI Key Partners Advisory Panel met on 23 Jan 2025 in the handsome surroundings of the Provost’s House, Trinity College Dublin. On the agenda were enhancements to the database and website, new content areas (such as “Portals”, Gold Seams and Curated Collections), knowledge graph updates, and the operation of the VRTI’s long-term sustainability plans.
Professor Declan O’Sullivan (Science Foundation Ireland’s ADAPT Centre and Trinity School of Computer Science and Statistics).
VRTI Key Partners
| Name | Job title | Institution |
| Sinéad Copeland | Principal Officer | Culture Division Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media |
| Peter Crooks | Academic Director of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland | Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland |
| Mary Daly | Former President, Emeritus Professor of Modern Irish History, Expert Advisory Group on Centenary Commemorations | Royal Irish Academy, University College Dublin |
| Conor Falvey | Assistant Secretary | Culture Division Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media |
| Philip Hamell | Retired Assistant Secretary | Department of the Taoiseach |
| David Huddleston | Acting Director, Core Partner | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
| Lorna Hughes | Chair of Digital Humanities | School of Information Studies, University of Glasgow |
| Neil Johnston | Head of Early Modern Records, co-investigator on VRTI. | The National Archives UK |
| Éamonn Kenny | Senior Technical Architect, | Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland |
| Eoin Kinsella | Managing Editor | Dictionary of Irish Biography |
| Theo Little | Project Manager | Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland |
| Orlaith Lochrin | Assistant Principal Officer | Culture Division Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media |
| Orlaith McBride | Director, Core Partner | National Archives of Ireland |
| John McCafferty | Chair, Core Partner | Irish Manuscripts Commission |
| Barbara McCormack | Librarian | Royal Irish Academy |
| Lorraine McLoughlin | Chair | Local Government Archivists and Records Managers Group |
| Ellen Murphy | Archives Manager | Tailte Éireann, Registry of Deeds |
| Saul Nassé | CEO/Keeper, Core Partner | The National Archives UK |
| Thomas O’Connor | Professor of History, Director of Arts & Humanities Institute | Maynooth University |
| Declan O’Sullivan | Professor in Computer Science | School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin |
| Zoë Reid | Keeper of Public Services and Collections | National Archives of Ireland |
| Helen Shenton | The Librarian, Core Partner | Trinity College Dublin Library |
| Ciarán Wallace | Deputy Director, Public Engagement Lead | Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland |
Date
Friday, 24 January 2025, 2:12 PM
Author
Jean-Philippe SanGiovanni
