Katie Connick

Katie Connick has been employed by the Presentation Sisters as Assistant Archivist since 8 April 2024. This is her first job.

The nominee – Katie Connick, is deserving  of this award for the following reasons:

Developing of new and existing policies

Archive and museum policies were due for full review.

• Documentation Procedural Manual

• Operations Manual

• Congregational Archive Policy

• Integrated Pest Management Policy

• Social Media Policy and Annual Plan

Archive Seminar Unlocking Archival History

Leading member of the organising committee, who were responsible for the seminar: “Unlocking Archival History: A Seminar in Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Founding of the Presentation Sisters”. Main duties included communication with speakers and external providers (AV Company & caterers), as well as ensuring the day went as well as possible. The seminar was held in the Conference Room in Nano Nagle Place on 22 May 2026.

Community Heritage Grant 2026

Successfully applied to the Heritage Council for a grant (€10,500) to digitise a selection of 19th and 20th Century Primary School Registers. In order to fulfil the requirements, an in-person event must be held during Heritage Week in August 2026.

Development of Internship Programme

While interns and volunteers had been accepted in the Archive previously, this had declined slightly prior to Katie starting in April 2024. In August of the same year, the head of the UCC School of History approached her to accept MA History students for a fixed-term placement in the Archive. Since then, Katie has supervised four such students, designing their projects & monitoring their work, along with three other students – one of whom is half-way through her two-year long placement. By taking the students on placement Katie has developed a good relationship with the school UCC School of History.