Trinity College Dublin hopes to welcome back students for in-person learning in the next semester.
It also says that large scale lectures of a few hundred people may be a thing of the past.
While sculptures of women are to be installed in the Old Library for the first time.
Provost of Trinity College, Dr Patrick Prendergast says four new busts will now join the 40 sculptures of men:
"When Prince Harry and Meghan visited Trinity about a year ago it was her who first said it to me."
"She looked at the long list of Male busts, 20 on one side and 20 on the other."
"So she said, "Where are the women Provost?"
"This had been raised before, and at that stage we'd decided we must do something about it."
Scientist Rosalind Franklin, dramatist & theatre-founder Augusta Gregory, mathematician Ada Lovelace & writer & women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft have been chosen to represent women scholars in new @tcdlibrary Long Room sculptures #PutOnAPedestal https://t.co/3vnsy3PYGr pic.twitter.com/5sGk1xrj9n
— Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin) November 26, 2020
The Four Women Chosen For Sculptures
Rosalind Franklin the scientist has been chosen, her work was key in human understanding of viruses among other subjects.
Also chosen was the mathematician Ada Lovelace, who is widely regarded as one of the first computer programmers in history.
Mary Wollstonecraft, the women's rights activist has also been picked for a statue.
She's believed to be one of the founding members of feminist philosophy, her daughter is also quite well known - her name was Mary Shelley.
Theatre manager and dramatist Augusta Gregory has also been chosen.
Librarian & College Archivist, Helen Shenton said;
“As the first woman Librarian in the College’s 428-year history, I am especially delighted to champion this initiative to address the historic inequity in the Long Room.”
