# News & Events

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[Beckett Beyond Zine Exhibition: Undergraduate Researchers Fostering Interdisciplinary Synergies through Creative Research Outputs](https://libguides.tcd.ie/blogs/system/beckett-beyond-zine-exhibition)

02/19/2026

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On Wednesday 18 February 2026 The Library welcomed undergraduate learners from the “Beckett Beyond” module (designed by Céline Thobois-Gupta) – as members of the Trinity research community – to launch the exhibition of their research zines on Samuel Beckett’s drama and their independently selected area of inquiry in the Orientation Space of the Eavan Boland Library. The exhibition runs during Hilary Term: we hope that you will enjoy consulting the material artefacts and sometimes going beyond the page via QR codes.

The exhibition features 15 zines, which add to the existing series archived in the Library’s permanent collection, now counting over 40 undergraduate research outputs. This year, zinesters investigated topics, such as silence, landscape, repetition, neurodivergence, grief, clowns, embodiment, escapism, mechanicality, directing, gender, company, geography and social media. They familiarised themselves with research methodologies from a range of fields, often combining them together to adapt to the complexity of the questions they unearthed from Beckett’s creative ecosystem. To find out more about the teaching and learning that sustained the development of those projects, you can consult the [“Beckett Beyond 2026”](https://libguides.tcd.ie/beckettzines)  Library Guide.

Their zines communicate the outcomes of their mini-research projects for expert and non-expert audiences, aiming to make the findings accessible beyond Theatre and Drama Studies, as they discovered that Beckett’s oeuvre is a fertile soil for interdisciplinary entanglements. The zinesters hope that the exhibition will be a site for new interactions and synergies: some zines invite responses via QR codes, and all researchers can be contacted by email for further academic discussions (their addresses can be found on the back of their publications). 

The Beckett Beyond Zine Exhibition is presented as a collaboration between the Library, the Department of Drama and the Trinity Centre for Beckett Studies. We congratulate the cohort on their achievement, and we express our gratitude to all the visitors who will engage with the zines.

[Library Sustainability Action Plan 2026 Launched](https://libguides.tcd.ie/blogs/news/library-sustainability-action-plan-2026-launched)

02/11/2026

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The [Library Sustainability Action Plan 2026](https://www.tcd.ie/library/assets/pdf/Library%20Sustainability%20Action%20Plan%202026.pdf)  was launched last week [February 3, 2026] by the Vice-Provost for Biodiversity and Climate Action, Professor Jane Stout of [Trinity Sustainability](https://www.tcd.ie/sustainability/), and Director of [Climate Gateway](https://www.tcd.ie/climate-gateway/)Professor of Climate Science, Karen Wiltshire.

Library staff gathered at a series of staff forums led by the Librarian and College Archivist, Helen Shenton and Chair of the Library Sustainability Steering Group, Sarah VanSnick who presented the new Library Sustainability Action Plan.

Both Professors Stout and Wiltshire also gave inspiring presentations on sustainability and Trinity’s role within it at the Library Staff Forums on the occasion of the launch.

[The Library of Trinity College Dublin](https://www.tcd.ie/library/) is committed to Sustainability and it is a cross-cutting priority in the [Library Strategy](https://www.tcd.ie/library/assets/pdf/strategy/library-strategy-continuation-2026.pdf).  In 2024/25 the Library formed a Sustainability Group and over 40 members of staff joined sub-groups to discuss and prioritise sustainability actions around six themes:

- Proactive Support for Research
- Trusted Information Resource
- Library Estates
- Content and Collections
- How the Library Operates
- Individual Library Staff

The Library Sustainability Action Plan 2026 is rooted in the work of these sustainability sub-groups which ensures that Library staff have been the drivers in selecting and building the initiatives and will be key to achieving the results, both in 2026 and over the longer term. 

The Library Sustainability Action Plan has been designed to integrate with the overall [Trinity College Dublin Sustainability Strategy 2023-2030](https://www.tcd.ie/media/tcd/sustainability/pdfs/Trinity-Sustainability-Strategy-2023-2030.pdf) and is a key component of the Library’s commitment to the [Green Library Manifesto](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cilip.org.uk/resource/resmgr/cilip/advocacy/green_libraries/manifesto/green_libraries_manifesto_20.pdf).

Through the Library’s central role in the overall University it is uniquely placed to increase understanding of what sustainability means for the entire College community and to inform sustainability actions. This fundamental role of the Library underpins a number of the actions in this Library Action Plan. We look forward to delivering the first set of actions over the coming year, 2026.

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