Shush Sounds from UCC Library

Now Available to Listen Back.

Ben Williamson, Learning & Teaching Librarian at UCC Library. We chat about his role in supporting teaching and learning, the evolving role of academic libraries, information literacy, and life at UCC Library.

Ben also shares a wonderful selection of folk and roots music, featuring songs that reflect his interests, experiences, and love of storytelling.

I hope you enjoy listening.

🎧 Listen back via the link in bio.

The latest Shush Takeover show is now available.

On this show I was joined by Gary Hurley, SIPTU UCC Convener, () for a conversation about his role representing over 1,000 professional staff across UCC.

Gary shared insights from 14 years in industrial relations, covering everything from remote working and promotions to annual leave and staff wellbeing, alongside reflections on library spaces and campus life.

Plus, he brings a carefully chosen music selection to the show — with a special treat for anyone who loves musical theatre.

You can listen Listen back via the link in bio.

Sinead Moynihan’s takeover of Shush! Sounds from UCC Library is now available to listen back to via the link in bio.
Sinead is a lecturer in the School of Clinical Therapies at University College Cork and a passionate advocate for creativity in learning. We talked about creativity, curiosity, and play in education, her work as a design thinker and creative facilitator, UCC Library, libraries, wild Atlantic swims, , and her music selection.
Hope you enjoy.

You can now listen back to my guest Carol Veiga’s show on Soundcloud.

Carol is the Work Placement and Employment Pathways Coordinator with the UCC id+futures project.

We talked about the importance of inclusive access to third-level education and meaningful employment, her work supporting adults with an intellectual disability, and her experiences across teaching, recruitment, HR, and student support roles in UCC.

We also chatted about and libraries. and her music selection. And played some great tunes.

Listen back via link in bio. Hope you enjoy

This week’s takeover show is on later than usual — tune in to on Monday from 3–4pm

Joining me is Gary Hurley. Gary is SIPTU UCC Convener. Representing over 1,000 professional staff across UCC, Gary has spent the past 14 years supporting staff and working on issues including remote working, promotions, annual leave, and staff wellbeing initiatives across the University.

Listen in as we chat about his role, UCC Library, libraries, and the music he’s chosen for the show. And if you love your musicals… you’re in for a treat.

Tune into this Monday at 11am for the next episode of Shush! Sounds from UCC Library where my guest this week will be, Sinead Moynihan.
Sinead is a lecturer in the School of Clinical Therapies at University College Cork and a passionate advocate for creativity in learning. A design thinker and creative facilitator, her work explores how play, imagination, and curiosity can transform teaching and learning. Drawing on her background in occupational therapy, alongside expertise in LEGO® Serious Play and studies in design thinking, creativity, and innovation, she brings fresh and practical approaches to the classroom.
Outside of work, Sinead nurtures her creativity by swimming in the wild Atlantic Ocean and co-hosts , a UCC-based radio show dedicated to amplifying female voices (the show immediately on before Shush)
Tune in to hear her talk about her work, libraries, and her music selection.

Tune into this Monday at 11am for the next episode of Shush! Sounds from UCC Library, featuring Carol Veiga.
Carol is the Work Placement and Employment Pathways Coordinator with the UCC id+futures project, which supports adults with an intellectual disability to access third-level education and meaningful employment.
With over 20 years’ experience across roles in teaching, recruitment, HR, and student and academic support in UCC, Carol is passionate about equality, diversity, and inclusion, and is a strong advocate for people with an intellectual disability.
Tune in to hear her talk about her work, libraries, and her music selection.

On this episode of Shush! Sounds from UCC Library, I’m joined by Dr. Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton, Senior Lecturer in History at University College Cork.

Her research explores the cultural and religious worlds of the later Middle Ages, with a focus on identity, memory, sacred spaces, and models of sanctity. An award-winning teacher and widely published scholar, she also brings medieval history beyond academia through collaborations with museums, schools, radio, and theatre.

We talk about her research, libraries more broadly, and her music selection, which has a distinctly Polish flavour.

Listen back via the link in bio.

On this episode of Shush! Sounds from UCC Library, I’m joined by Deirdre Madden, Assistive Technology Outreach Co-ordinator with UCC’s Disability Support Service.

With over 20 years’ experience across disability, education, and community services—including roles with Enable Ireland and the SOAR PATH Enabling Transitions Project—Deirdre is passionate about widening access to higher education. A UCC Geology graduate and the university’s DARE representative, she supports students through the use of assistive technology.

We chat about her work at UCC, the role of assistive tech in education and libraries, and her music picks.

Listen back via the link in bio