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TII Digital Heritage Collections Launch

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Date

19th Jun 2017

On Monday 19th June 2017 at 5.30pm, the Transport Infrastructure of Ireland (TII) in collaboration with the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) and the Discovery Programme, launches the TII Digital Heritage Collections.

On Monday 19th June 2017 at 5.30pm, the Transport Infrastructure of Ireland (TII) in collaboration with the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) and the Discovery Programme, launches the TII Digital Heritage Collections in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. The collections will be formally launched by Minister of State for eGovernment, Eoghan Murphy, TD.

TII Digital Heritage Collections include more than 1,500 archaeological excavation reports, representing approximately 80% of all archaeological excavation reports commissioned by the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) during Ireland’s infrastructure building programme between 2001 and 2016. In addition, the Collections include 90 papers from the NRA’s seminar proceedings, published between 2003 and 2009, as well as TII’s downloadable audiobooks and short videos.

Read more about the collections here.

The launch takes place from 5.30pm on 19 June in the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin. Admission is free but registration is required.

Register here



DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC).

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