Qualifications: Post-graduate qualification in Library & Information studies and a Masters in Local Studies
DRI Role: DRI Board member
Contact: brendan.teeling@dublincity.ie
Profile
Brendan Teeling is deputy city librarian with Dublin City Council. In this role, he has overall responsibility for the City Archives and the Dublin & Irish Collections, and for digitisation projects. He led the project (twice) to procure and implement a national public library management system; founded and directs the Dublin Festival of History; and leads the Council’s Decade of Commemorations and Commemorations & Naming programmes.
He oversaw the development of Dublin City Library & Archives’ digital asset management system (DAMS) and led the migration to the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), identifying it as the best digital repository for the Council’s extensive and varied digitised collections.