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National Library director Dr Audrey Whitty: ‘If you have regrets, make sure they are for things you did rather than did not do’

The NLI director leads the team charged with collecting, protecting and providing access to over 12 million items of Ireland’s cultural heritage

Audrey Whitty: ‘The main advice I can give is to follow a passion whether ‘

Dr Audrey Whitty was appointed Director of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) in February 2023, where she is responsible for leading the team charged with collecting, protecting, and providing access to more than 12 million items of Ireland’s literary, cultural, and documentary heritage.

Open to the public, the NLI is a research library that comprises the National Library on Kildare Street and the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar, Dublin. In addition to the ...