The second Data Stories working paper has been published authored by Rob Kitchin and Anne Murphy. The paper reports the findings of a workshop co-organised by the Data Stories project and the Housing Agency which examined the archiving of housing and planning literature – reports, policy documents, departmental circulars, legislation, academic papers, books – related to Ireland. At present, published material is scattered across many sites, can be difficult to locate and source, and many documents are vulnerable to being lost as they lack permanent links. The report details existing library resources and their scope and remit, examines the need for a centralised housing and planning publications hub that will collate, catalogue and provide public access to archived material, and considers how such a hub might be produced and maintained.

The working paper is available through MURAL, the university’s open access repository.

Kitchin, R. and Murphy, A. (2024) Library Services for Housing and Planning Publications in Ireland. Data Stories Working Paper 2, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute.