creating a more rigorous catalogue of early printed books, developing a supplementary code in 1970 which provided for a complete analysis of all the physical aspects of a book. During the same period she began to informally teach academics and postgraduates on historical bibliography, which was eventually officially included within the M.Phil. in reformation and enlightenment studies. As part of her work with this course, Pollard established a hand press, the Trinity Closet Press, now housed in the basement of the College Printing House. She was appointed sub-librarian in 1970 and the first keeper of early printed books in 1980. She retired from the post of keeper in 1983 to focus on her research on the Dublin book trade. This research went on to be published in two books: Dublin's trade in books, 1550–1800 (1989) and A dictionary of members of the Dublin book trade, 1550–1800 (2000). The first volume was initially a Lyell Lecture given in Oxford. In the early 1960s, Pollard established her own hand press in a disused room in Marsh's Library with the help of Liam Miller. Over the course of 20 years, she published very limited editions of prose squibs and verse satires on contemporary events. Later life and legacy In 2001 Dublin University awarded her an honorary D.Litt., and in 2002 she was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy. A Festschrift, That woman!: studies in Irish bibliography was published in 2005. Pollard died on 24 June 2005. She had an extensive collection of 11,500 pre-1914 children's books at her flat, which she collected over the course of 50 years. She had a particular interest in books for Irish material and books for girls. This collection, known as the Pollard Collection, was bequeathed to the Library of Trinity College Dublin, along with her collecting notebooks. References 1922 births 2005 deaths People from Essex 20th-century Irish writers 20th-century Irish women writers Irish librarians Women librarians British emigrants to Ireland