The Irish Nursing Journals Collection

Organisations

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Extent

398 journal issues

Coverage

1925-1971

Scope and Content

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) is the main professional association for nurses and midwives in Ireland. It was originally founded in 1919 as a branch of the Irish Women Workers' Union, when a small group of nurses and midwives came together, in Dublin, to address the issues of improving pay conditions, and setting professional standards for the performance of their duties through a range of educational initiatives.

Since its inception, the INMO has been disseminating pertinent information to its members through regular publications; initially as a members newsletter, and eventually as a professional journal, under-going various title changes, as well as changes in its scope and content. The INMO maintains back issues of its publications from 1925 up until the present day.

UCD Irish Centre for Nursing & Midwifery History, in partnership with UCD Library and the INMO, initiated a collaborative digitisation project in 2010. The aim of the project was to digitise, catalogue and preserve the holdings of this particular journal; as well as to build a distinct and bidirectional knowledge transfer between UCD and the INMO.

The project was able to build on UCD Library's technical infrastructure, the UCD Digital Library, for digital curation, continuing access, and long-term preservation; as well as the professional skills of the team. The end result was a unique and rare run of journal issues, documenting the changing professional, educational and social structures of the nursing and miwifery professions in Ireland; as well as labour and women's histories.

This collection incorporates 398 journal issues as a single collection, maintaining the original linear journal run, whilst preserving the distinction between the various names changes. The following lists the series of name changes throughout the years.

1. Irish Nurses’ Union Gazette 1925-1933.

2. The Irish Nurses’ Journal 1936-1939.

3. The Irish Nurses’ Magazine 1939-1961.

4. Irish Nurses’ Magazine 1961-1963.

5. Irish Nurse 1963-1967.

6. Irish Nurses’ Journal 1968-1971.

This collection was co-funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

Location

The majority of the original items are located in Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Library, The Whitworth Building, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
Website: Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Digital surrogates are maintained by UCD Digital Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website: UCD Digital Library

Language

English ; Irish

Subject

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
Irish Nurses' Organisation
Midwifery
Midwifery--History
Midwifery--Ireland
Midwifery--Periodicals
Midwifery--Social aspects
Nurse practitioners
Nursing
Nursing--History
Nursing--Ireland
Nursing--Periodicals
Nursing--Social aspects
Nursing--Study and teaching
Social history
Women's history

Conditions Governing Access to Original Materials Collections in the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) library are made available to members of the INMO. Access to collections, or parts of collections, may be withdrawn from time to time as material is removed for conservation or preservation reformatting.

For further information on accessing original items in this collection, please contact the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) library directly.

Conditions Governing Access to Digitised Materials Digital surrogates are made available by the UCD Digital Library, subject to the terms and conditions outlined on this website.

Conditions Governing Use of Original Materials Restrictions may vary depending upon the particular item. Please contact the INMO for further information.

Conditions Governing Use of Digitised Materials Digital surrogates may only be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the UCD Digital Library.