Digitised Archives at the Hardiman Library

The Hardiman Research Building - Home to Archives and Special Collections

The James Hardiman Library is committed to making material from its archival and printed collections available online.  Digitisation of these unique treasures of the Library's Archival and Special Collections material opens up access to these valuable resources and allows them to be used and enjoyed by all.

By using leading technologies and expertise, digitisation is providing a preserved record of old and fragile material, thus ensuring that these resources will survive and remain accessible for scholars for long into the future. Allied to this, the digitisation of material will allow unprecedented access to material by scholars not just here on campus at the Hardiman Library but to a national and international audience, creating a global network of students and scholars of all interests and disciplines. 

Reading room for Archives and Special Collections

An overview and links to a selection of our online digital exhibitions including material from the Brendan Duddy Archive, the Huston family Archive, the Ritchie-Pickow photographic archive, the Historic University Calendars and many other collections are available here: 
http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/digitisedarchives/

For a guide to some of the digitised archival and special collections material at the Hardiman Library browse and read our online guide, with other examples of some of this material available here: http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/Guide/

Also you can view the following information videos on the Abbey Theatre Digitisation Project and also the ongoing digitisation of the Chartlann Éamoin de Buitléar/Éamon de Buitléar Archive , two of the major digitisation projects currently ongoing at the Hardiman Library and in association with our archive and digitisation partners.

'A Digital Journey Through Irish Theatre History'

'Cartlann Éamoin de Buitléar'