Ussher Library Time Capsule
Inventory of items for the New Library Building Time Capsule being buried under the orientation slab.
- Celtic decoration kit - in wooden box
- Scarf with Book of Kells design
- Tee shirt "Colum Cille the Scribe" image
- Bone china coffee mug by Royal Tara with Book of Kells design
- Plated tea spoon with Trinity College Coat of Arms
- Five posters from recent Long Room and Colonnades exhibitions
- Mug with Trinity College Library illustrated
- Celtic keyring, depicting letter "J"
- Note pad with Long Room stacks on cover
- Book mark showing contemporary Celtic design based on original
- Two Book of Kells pencil erasers
- Two pencils - Trinity College Library and Book of Kells
- Clutch Pencil and refills
- Pencil sharpener - Book of Kells
- Pack of playing cards with image of Front Square
- Compact Disc - The Corrs, a contemporary popular Irish group
- Bone folder used in the Library Conservation department
- Five plastic paper clips
- Fragment of carving from top of Long Room shelf column
- Long Room Library Guards tie
- Floppy Disc - Library Staff Newsletter
- CD-ROM - Computing in the 21st Century
- CD-ROM - 18th Century Short Title Catalogue
- Zip Disc - Library Web pages
- Admission ticket - Book of Kells
- Silence Notice
- Call Slip - Berkeley Library
- Library Declaration and Research Floor information sheet
- Trinity College Library Guide
- Friends of the Library - List of Members for 1999
- Friends of the Library - Leaflet and compliments slip
- College Publications:
- Friends of the Library Newsletter
- Library News
- Trinity College Library Staff Bulletin
- Trinity Today
- Trinity College Library Annual Report 1997/98
- Bottle of wine from Senior Common Room cellar
- Mobile phone
- Student Newspaper - The University Record
The Capsule itself is back filled with Argon gas, all bolts torqued to 20 ft/lb and sealed around flange with silicone.
February 2000