tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15566152807248489472024-03-19T07:29:03.642+00:00The HardiBlogBlog for the University of Galway Library. Contains news, events, and updates from the University Library https://library.universityofgalway.ieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-7040015246275369162024-03-08T16:53:00.004+00:002024-03-11T13:21:06.677+00:00Imirce is LIVE - Thousands of Irish emigrant letters now available onlineThe University of Galway Library is pleased to announce that Imirce is now live. Imirce is a digital repository of thousands of Irish emigrant letters and memoirs dating from the late 1600s through to the mid-20th century. The letters and memoirs were collected from the Irish diaspora community in the U.S. and Ireland over five decades of research by Kerby A. Miller, Emeritus Professor of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-90893114879316381912024-02-26T14:44:00.003+00:002024-02-26T14:49:52.101+00:00University of Galway Staff Publications - a Library DisplayTo showcase recent publications by University of Galway staff, we have gathered a selection of titles for display on the ground floor of the Library.The displayed titles provide a snapshot of the research currently taking place in the University.The Library aims to acquire a physical copy and e-book (if available) of every publication by University of Galway academic staff. If you have a newUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-29199751661687719652024-02-02T15:39:00.000+00:002024-02-02T15:39:18.331+00:00New titles in Artificial Intelligence - a Reading List As part of expanding the Library's resources in Artificial Intelligence, we have ordered a range of new e-books covering the experience and application of AI to higher education. These titles cover some of the following subjects: introduction AI in educationacademic integrity pedagogycase studiesFor added ease of access we have a created a browsable reading list ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-52759414746402508222024-02-02T09:44:00.006+00:002024-02-02T09:52:01.599+00:00A step closer to the new Library and Learning Commons<!--[if gte mso 9]>
<![endif]-->Next week
sees a major milestone in the journey towards a new Library and Learning
Commons for the University of Galway.
Planning permission was received back in August 2023 for this landmark
building for the University campus and Tuesday February 6th, will see enabling works
commence on the riverside site of the new building. This will include Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-30710691133423751582024-01-16T09:00:00.000+00:002024-01-16T09:00:29.320+00:00Publishing dataAuthors have various options for sharing and publishing data. Preference should be given to discipline specific, community recognised repositories which are well subscribed and supported within the discipline. They have the expertise and resources to deal with discipline specific data. There are hundreds of such repositories worldwide with community specific standards. The Registry of Research Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-64491710462923804552023-12-18T10:05:00.000+00:002023-12-18T10:05:06.038+00:00Attending the first NORFest to give a talk on Community, Technology and Open RepositoriesIn early November, I attended the first National Open Research Festival (NORFest: https://norf.ie/norfest-2023-programme/) a two-day event run by the National Open Research Forum (NORF) and the Digital Repository Ireland (DRI) at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. The organisation and running were led by Dr Daniel Bangert, NORF’s National Open Research Coordinator, shortly before taking up his Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-89945700014473885702023-12-15T15:59:00.002+00:002023-12-15T17:44:05.473+00:00Advancing Open Repositories in Ireland: A Survey and Strategic Recommendations for National ProgressThe survey reveals fragmented metadata practices in Irish repositories. Highlighting the urgent need for national cooperation and standardisation. The goal is now to elevate Irish open repositories and align with European and International best practices and standards. Staffing disparities highlight the need for dedicated resources with recommendations for collaborative national initiatives and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-89744220605548270742023-12-08T12:00:00.001+00:002023-12-08T12:00:00.142+00:00Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: new e-resourceAccess to Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2021) second edition, published by Springer is now available.This major online reference work explores autism through a wide range of issues. It contains 3,745 fulltext entries and covers topics across the following major conceptual areas of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, including:Research trends and findings Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-75433190512730757012023-12-04T10:27:00.003+00:002023-12-08T14:56:13.530+00:00Navigating the AI Landscape in Research: Insights from a workshopRecently, the University of Galway Postgraduate
Research Society invited me to conduct a workshop
on Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and their application in the research
process. This workshop, primarily attended by PhD students and postdocs, discussed
the burgeoning potential of AI in enhancing different parts of the research
process and scholarly work.Banner for the Open Scholarship Cafe onUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-11996239614020043692023-11-22T12:34:00.001+00:002023-11-22T12:34:23.249+00:00Reading List Service - Preparing for Semester II The Library's Reading List Service is a one-stop teaching support service for academic staff. We are now preparing for the upcoming semester II.When you use our service we will: prioritise your course materials order required books/e-booksrequest chapter and article digitisation provide direct linking to the list from CanvasTrainingWe are providing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-84820659656909270832023-11-21T11:38:00.001+00:002023-11-21T11:38:42.814+00:00Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication: new e-resourceThe Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication is a new online research encyclopedia dedicated to the large and diverse scholarly world of communication research. Launched in 2015, it publishes essays based on up-to-date, impactful scholarship written by respected authorities in the field and it currently contains 746 full-text articles. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-47003222073454814192023-11-16T15:21:00.002+00:002023-11-17T13:06:06.483+00:00The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2016: access now availableThe Library is delighted to have purchased perpetual access to The Sunday Times Historical Archive 1822-2016. This resource brings almost two centuries of news together, providing the complete run of the newspaper and its supplements, in one cross-searchable and browsable platform.Despite the similarity of names, The Sunday Times was an entirely separate paper from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-87056031254683431352023-10-26T12:20:00.000+01:002023-10-26T12:20:53.870+01:00New e-books on Gender & Diversity in the STEM subjects - a reading listIn support of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, the Library has ordered a selection of recent e-books that explore and examine the under-representation of women in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) fields.For ease of browsing we have created a reading list of these new titles - Gender & Diversity in STEM- New E-books. All of these Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-70870686732783202852023-10-23T14:50:00.003+01:002023-10-24T10:17:46.966+01:00Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science: new e-resource now availableThe Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science is a substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated online reference work. The editor-in-chief outlines the coverage of this encyclopedia as follows:(1) the understanding of, and response to, the geophysical and biogeochemical system, including the sensitivity of the system to external drivers and its natural variability. (2) the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-87376978148170441412023-10-13T12:55:00.001+01:002023-10-13T14:51:22.904+01:00The Times Digital Archive: increased coverage to 2019 The Library has purchased seven additional years of fulltext coverage to The Times Digital Archive. Coverage of the digitised newspaper now runs from 1785-2019.The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage. This historical Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-7445775785255923982023-10-12T14:56:00.004+01:002023-10-12T15:14:42.471+01:00AM Explorer Primary Sources - New Library Resource Available The Library has taken out a 12 month subscription to the AM Explorer Primary Sources database. AM Explorer is the platform interface to Adam Matthews' primary source content of 130 digital collections spanning the social sciences and humanities. Examples of the digital collections available are:African American Communities 1863-1986American History Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-80727867916742058822023-10-09T13:02:00.000+01:002023-10-09T13:02:35.826+01:00Mental Health Week / Seachtain na Meabhairshláinte (09/10/23 -13/10/23)The Library is marking Mental Health Week / Seachtain na Meabhairshláinte with a display of mental health and mindfulness books in the Library Foyer. This display contains a range of titles such as:Overcoming Depression and Low Mood (e-book)Gardening for Mind, Body SoulStress N' Stuff: Tackling Student StressAnxiety@UniversityHeadcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-20003576708629051062023-09-26T10:43:00.015+01:002024-03-14T10:17:49.118+00:00The O’Callaghans of Fallagh — and the Kerby Miller Collection The families of Owen Callaghan and David Flynn in Fallagh townland, just outside Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, emerged from the Great Famine with their large farms intact. Owen had died by 1850, leaving his widow Margaret holding their 212 acres, three vacant houses, outbuildings and a valuable dwelling house, all worth £164, making them one of the strongest farming families in the region (in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-87572531919451816482023-09-18T10:20:00.000+01:002023-09-18T10:19:16.751+01:00Kanopy: Video Streaming LibraryKanopy is a video streaming library which provides access to over 10,000 films/documentaries in a diverse range of subjects. Kanopy covers a range of film genres including documentary, feature, foreign language, independent and instructional. New titles are added every month.Subject areas include:The ArtsBusinessEducationGlobal Studies & LanguagesHealthMedia & Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-41085065309528237202023-09-15T10:18:00.007+01:002023-09-15T11:13:29.989+01:00Curating a Digital-First Collection: Prof. Kerby Miller's Collection of Irish Emigrant Letters In 2023, the University of Galway Library digitised Professor Kerby Miller’s (Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri) donated research collection. His collection offers a deep reading into the lives of Irish emigrants to North America and the development of Irish diaspora identities across more than 250 years. Phase 1 of making this important collection available to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-45056455170879775412023-09-14T15:30:00.005+01:002023-10-12T13:07:50.389+01:00AM Explorer Primary Sources - new Library resource available The Library has taken out a 12 month a subscription to the AM Explorer Primary Sources database. AM Explorer is the platform interface to Adam Matthews' primary source content of 130 digital collections spanning the social sciences and humanities. Examples of the digital collections available are:African American Communities 1863-1986American History Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-20033508587086496232023-09-11T13:27:00.002+01:002023-09-11T13:27:49.713+01:00Interviewing Repository Managers for the NORF Open Access Repository Project: The Process and Some Preliminary Data My previous blog post on the NORF Open Access Repositories project outlined the preparatory work for interviews with stakeholders working in
or with Irish repositories. Since then, I have conducted seven interviews with
repository managers overseeing academic and governmental repositories across
Ireland. Five further interviews with repository strategists will follow later
in September. We Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Ireland53.779755400000013 -7.305530925.469521563821168 -42.4617809 82.089989236178866 27.8507191tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-71901161735673753362023-09-11T10:07:00.000+01:002023-09-11T10:07:13.242+01:00Open Voices Interview with Wilhelm Widmark on Open Access in Sweden Today we are talking to Wilhelm Widmark,
Library Director at Stockholm University
Library, about the Open Access strategy of Swedish universities and
research institutes who are organised in the Bibsam
Consortium. Hardy: Hello
Wilhelm! Thanks for talking to me. To start our conversation can you please introduce
yourself?
Wilhelm: Sure, I'm Wilhelm Widmark and I'm
working as the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-40993875781814940352023-09-07T15:18:00.006+01:002023-09-07T15:27:50.943+01:00Database Trials Reminder The Library is currently trialling the following two databases AM Explorer and AM Research Methods until the end of September. It is important to receive your feedback on these resources as it will inform our decisions going forward. With that in mind we would appreciate you taking the time to fill in the following feedback forms about the various trials after you have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-5909188672116855072023-09-04T09:21:00.000+01:002023-09-04T09:21:05.804+01:00Open Voices: Open Science training in Health Psychology<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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