The Ussher 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