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There is one private coach service, Aircoach, that leaves from Terminals 1 and 2 and arrives at the city centre (O’Connell Street and Grafton Street), with a limited number of stops on the way. Normal duration is about 20 minutes, although allow more time at peak hours. Return tickets are between €11- €15.

See: https://www.aircoach.ie/

Dublin Bus also runs a limited-stop service, the Airlink or 747, that runs from the Airport Terminals to the city centre (Marlborough Street) and takes about 20 minutes. Return tickets are €12.

Dublin Bus also run two regular routes, the 16 and 41, that stop at / leave from O’Connell Street but with journeys taking about twice as long. Single tickets are €3.

See: https://www.dublinbus.ie/

There is a taxi rank outside both terminals. The taxi fare from the airport to the city centre is usually about €20, not including gratuity, although fares might be higher depending on destination.

Getting to the Chester Beatty Library

The Chester Beatty Library is situated within Dublin Castle, which is itself located in the centre of Dublin city.

See: https://chesterbeatty.ie/visit/location/

Getting to and from RTÉ / UCD

RTÉ and UCD are located 2km apart in the south Dublin suburbs and both can be reached on the 39A bus. The 39A terminates in UCD and passes RTÉ. The cash fare is €3.00 (cash only, pay on bus; alternatively you can buy a bus pass in the city centre).

See: https://www.dublinbus.ie/

Getting to the CMC and ITMA

The CMC is located right beside Dublin Castle, at 19 Fishamble Street. ITMA is also located in the city centre, at 73 Merrion Square, some 2 km from the CMC, or a 20 minute walk.

See: https://www.itma.ie/contact/visit

Map of BISA 2019 venues:

PLACES TO STAY

There’s a good choice generally at this time of year in Dublin, though prices can be high.

Here are five hotels, all within walking distance of the venue, offering reasonable value for money - i.e. €80-€120 per night on Thursday 14th, and €130-€150 per night on Friday 15th:

Hilton Express O'Connell Street: https://bit.ly/2KGv1Xg
Handel Hotel Temple Bar: https://bit.ly/2Kt4dL9
Jury's Inn Christchurch: https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/dublin/christchurch
Maldron Hotel, Kevin Street: https://bit.ly/2Meu8bB
Maldron Hotel, Smithfield: https://www.maldronhotelsmithfield.com/

It is possible to get better rates by moving further away, especially by looking for B&B accommodation, although if you stay within walking distance of the centre these don’t seem exceptionally competitive. There's also Air B&B of course.

The Temple Bar district of the city centre is very close to the venue but is notorious for stag and hen parties and therefore can be noisy. The only hotel included that is located in this area is in a fairly quiet corner.

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BISA 2019 Conference: Call for Papers

webmanager — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:59:19 +0000

The annual British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference will take place this year in Dublin from Friday 15th to Saturday 16th November 2019. It will be co-hosted by RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) and UCD (University College Dublin) National Folklore Collection.

www.bisa-web.org/bisa-conference-2019

We warmly invite proposals for presentations on any aspect of audio archiving. We particularly welcome proposals addressing issues of common interest, such as caring for sound collections, digitising collections, and long term storage, from private collections to institutional archives. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to Robert.Cowlin@bl.uk

Deadline: 26 July 2019

The 2019 BISA conference will be preceded by a training day on Thursday 14th November also held at UCD and RTÉ.

BISA formed in 2006 as a forum to celebrate and share knowledge on the care and promotion of sound collections throughout the British Isles. Our annual conference is a great opportunity for anyone passionate about sound heritage to share skills, enthusiasm, special interests and experience. We hope to see you in Dublin!

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BISA Conference 2019

webmanager — Tue, 07 May 2019 09:12:34 +0000

The 2019 BISA Conference will be held in Dublin from 15-16 November 2019 and preceded by a Training Day on Thursday 14th November. It will be co-hosted by RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) and UCD (University College Dublin) National Folklore Collection.

The very first BISA meeting was held at RTÉ in 2006; and 2019 will be BISA's third conference in the Republic.

#bisa2019

Abstracts of presentations
Registration
Travel and accommodation advice
Thursday 14th November: Training Day
Friday 15th November: BISA conference, Day 1
Saturday 16th November: BISA conference, Day 2

Thursday 14th November: Training Day -

An optional Training Day in UCD and RTÉ, focussing on cultural podcasting and making documentaries. Maximum capacity: 15 persons per session (limit of one attendee per institution). The Training Day is now fully booked, sorry.

10.15 - 1200 at University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4

Jonny Dillon, Archivist, National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin: Creating a Cultural Podcast

The National Folklore Collection UCD introduced its Blúiríní Béaloidis ('Folklore Fragments') podcast in April 2017, and it has since logged over 85,000 plays. Its creator Jonny Dillon will provide an introductory overview of the practical steps required for the creation of the podcast, guiding attendees through the process from initial research, planning, recording and editing, to final distribution, promotion and evaluation. The presentation will draw on archival sound recordings held at the National Folklore Collection.

1430 - 1700 at RTÉ Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

Speakers TBC: Sound Archives and the art of documentaries

RTÉ Radio's prize-winning documentary team talk about the craft behind radio documentaries; how to use the techniques of storytelling and dramaturgy to make the most compelling listening, e.g. where to begin and where to end a story, what stories succeed, etc. Examples of documentaries that pivot around material obtained from sound archives are examined and critiqued. The training concludes with a Q&A session around the theme of how sound archives can be informed by the art of radio documentary making in the promotion of their services.

Note: we aim to congregate after 6pm in The Cobblestone, at the top of Smithfield Square (map on this page), for evening drinks with traditional music. It's a 15-minute walk from the city centre. A Thursday night in Dublin is always busy, so we recommend that you arrive early!

Radio Centre in RTÉ

Friday 15th November: BISA conference, Day 1

The programme of talks and presentations will run from 0900-1700 hours. The venue is the 100-seat Lecture Theatre at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle. The address is: The Chester Beatty Library, The Clock Tower Building, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, D02 AD92.

Chester Beatty Library https://chesterbeatty.ie

Lunch and refreshments will be provided in the Chester Beatty Library's restaurant, the Silk Road Café: www.silkroadkitchen.ie/phone/silk-road-cafe.html

A provisional programme is below.

09.00 Registration, tea + coffee

09.30 Welcome

10.00 Fionnuala Parfrey (Irish Traditional Music Archive) & Michel Merten (Memnon): Developing a New Strategy for Preservation and Access – A Case Study from the Irish Traditional Music Archive

10.40 Andy Linehan (The British Library): Let’s get digital – acquiring commercial releases for the British Library’s Popular Music collection

11.20 Dr. Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh (University College Dublin): Acetate Disc Recordings in the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin

12.00 Lunch break

13.30 Dr. Tomás Mac Conmara: Oral Tradition and the Irish War of Independence

14.10 Malachy Moran (RTÉ): The Connemara Community Radio Digital Archive project

14.50 Tea + coffee

15.10 Naomi Harvey (National Library of Scotland): Exploring the impact of access to sound archives on traditional song practice in Scotland

15.50 Donal McAnallen (National Museums NI), Katie Scaife (Bristol Culture), David Baldwin (London Metropolitan Archives): Engaging audiences with sound recordings - case studies from Unlocking Our Sound Heritage

16.30 BISA AGM

17.00 Close

After hours: for Friday evening, we have a reserved some places for 5.30pm in a nice French restaurant close to the Chester Beatty called Chez Max Palace Place (see map of BISA 2019 venues). Other options will be announced during the meeting.

Saturday 16th November: BISA conference, Day 2

Visits to the Irish Traditional Music Archive and the Contemporary Music Centre.

1000 - 1100 The Contemporary Music Centre, Fishamble Street, Dublin 1.

The Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) is Ireland's archive and resource centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland. (maximum 50 places)

1130 - 1230 Irish Traditional Music Archive, 73 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

ITMA’s aims are to collect all the materials of Irish traditional music and to make a representative collection of the traditional music of other countries; to preserve these materials indefinitely for present use and for future generations; to organise the information and materials held by the Archive; and to make the materials and information held as widely available as possible to the general public, consistent with the preservation of material and within the limitations of copyright law and Archive resources. (maximum 24 places)

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BISA 2019 to be held in Dublin

webmanager — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:54:22 +0000

We are delighted to announce that RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) and UCD (University College Dublin) National Folklore Collection will host the next BISA meeting in Dublin, Ireland, from Friday 15th to Saturday 16th November.

More information

The very first BISA meeting was held at RTÉ in 2006; and 2019 will be BISA's third conference in the Republic.

The venue for Friday 15th November from 0900-1700 hours is the 100-seat Lecture Theatre at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle. We will additionally arrange a training day on Thursday 14th November.

Please mark the dates in your diaries!

More information will be circulated early in 2019.

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BISA Training Day 2006

webmanager — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:10:17 +0000

On Friday 1st December 2006 the 1st BISA Training Day was hosted by RTÉ at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin. The workshop attracted some 56 individuals representing over two dozen archiving entities in these islands. The main speakers were from RTÉ, Dublin Institute of Technology, the BBC and the University of Southampton IT Innovation centre. The first speaker described a curatorial approach to website publishing of archive material. The second speaker gave an account of recent research in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for audio archives. The third presentation dealt with how to plan digitisation projects for audio and moving image archives.

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