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"Archivists have to live in the past, present and the future"

Catriona Crowe, Senior Archivist at the National Archives of Ireland, at the IQDA launch on the 22nd of June 2010.
Jane Gray of the Irish Qualitative Archive introduces Catriona Crowe. Catriona Crowe talks about her early experiences as an archivist, the struggle to ensure records were preserved for future generations and the trouble she encountered when she spoke to a journalist friend about her difficulties.
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Data archiving ensures that "the contribution respondents make by participating in our research is preserved into the future".

Dr Jane Gray, Programme Leader at the Irish Qualitative Data Archive, at the IQDA launch on the 22nd of June 2010.
Jane Gray introduces the work of the Irish Qualitative Data Archive and thanks the many people who have so generously leant support to the IQDA.
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"People can see their own towns, see their own villages as they developed over time and understand something of the visual history of  the landscapes that they live in and grow up in."

Dr Rob Kitchin, Director of NIRSA, at the Irish Qualitative Data Archive, at the IQDA launch on the 22nd of June 2010.
Rob Kitchin introduces the NIRSA Photographic Archive, and the Ned Cassidy Photographic Archive.
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