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Finding Books and Journals - Mature Students

Why not come along to the James Hardiman Library tomorrow morning (Saturday Feb. 28th) and avail of an introduction to using the library's search and discovery tools to aid in the discovery of books and journals for your study and assignments. This is aimed specifically at Mature Students, although all students are welcome. Sign up at: http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/finding-books-and-journals-mature-students-tickets-15614654853 or make your way to the Library Training Room on the ground floor for the 11.30am start.

Last chance to see

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Our spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections ends this week, with Icones anatomicae (Gottingae : apud viduam B. Abrami Vandenhoeckii, 1756) by Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) on display. Appointed as chair of medicine, anatomy, botany and surgery in the newly founded university of Göttingen in 1736, this Swiss botanist and anatomist was the first to illustrate the arteries. Fasc. 6 If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Making a Makerspace at NUI Galway

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A Makerspace is a do-it-yourself space where students can access equipment, tools and software to ‘make stuff’. It’s a place where students from different colleges and schools can come together to their share ideas and work on projects. The idea is that students have a well-equipped shared space where they can - Make, Break, Fix and Learn. We are going to add a Makerspace to the James Hardiman library and are looking for suggestions and ideas from students and staff as to what it should contain. If you do a search on the web for “What’s a makerspace” you will see that they come in all shapes and sizes. They vary from a simple room with a few computers all the way up to complete buildings stocked with millions of euro worth of equipment capable of 3D printing a car. Our vision is somewhere in the middle – at least to start with. Initially we think we should include at least: 3D Printer PC’s for design Raspberry Pi hardware Arduino boards To help us decid

Giovanni Domenico Santorini (1681-1737)

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Giovanni Domenico Santorini, former student of the noted physician Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), was considered to be one of the most industrious anatomists of the eighteenth century, and his output is reflected in several eponymous anatomical structures, e.g.: Santorini's minor caruncle. His Observationes anatomicæ can be seen this week in our anatomical illustration spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections . Observationes anatomicæ (Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Gysbertum Langerak, 1739) If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Find journal articles for your essays/assignments - Thurs. 26 Feb.

Find journal articles for your essays/assignments training session 2000-2100, Thursday 26 February 2015 Venue: Library Training Room (ground floor, James Hardiman Library) This training session will cover: *How to search for peer-reviewed journal articles using 'Including Articles' *Searching the following library databases to find journal articles for your topic: -JSTOR -Project Muse -Academic Search Complete and cross-searching Ebsco databases This session will be particularly relevant for Arts UGs but all students are welcome to attend. To book a place click here Presenter: Niamh Walsh, Subject Librarian, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies email: niamh.walsh@nuigalway.ie

Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731)

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On display this week as part of our anatomical illustration spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections is Frederik Ruysch's Opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirurgica (Amstelodami : Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1737). The relatively tame subject matter of this particular volume is in stark opposition to his more famous anatomical still lives, and was illustrated by the master engraver Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759), longtime collaborator of Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770). Figures 66 and 67 If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Scheduled Downtime for Library Catalogue services on Tuesday, 24th of February (0800 - 08:30)

On Tuesday, 24th of February from 08:00 to 0830, the following Library services will be unavailable in order to facilitate necessary maintenance. Real-time information regarding items on loan or availability  Booking of group study rooms  Placement of reservation requests  Online Renewal   Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Finding Books and Journals - Mature Students

This Saturday Feb. 28th we offer an introduction to using the library's search and discovery tools to aid in the discovery of the books and journals you need for your study and assignments. This is aimed specifically at Mature Students, although all students are welcome. Sign up at: http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/finding-books-and-journals-mature-students-tickets-15614654853 or make your way to the Library Training Room on the ground floor for the 11.30am start.

Performance by the Contempo String Quartet

Galway Ensemble-in-Residence will be performing in the Library Foyer on Wednesday, 25 th February at 1.00 pm. The performance will bring classical and modern day music together and will include some of Joseph Haydn’s works, father of the string quartet. All Welcome!

Govard Bidloo (1649-1713)

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Continuing our look at anatomical illustration in Special Collections this week, we are treated to realistic representations of the human form in Anatomia hvmani corporis (Amstelodami : Viduæ Joannis à Someren, 1685). Illustrated by the Dutch painter Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711), the tome’s trademarks of still-life painting represented the human figure both in living attitudes and as dissected cadavers. Plate 92 The Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections spotlight exhibition can be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building. Please contact staff at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Finding Information For Your Assignments And Essays - Training tonight 18th February 19:30

 Topics covered will be: Finding books and journals Understanding your Reading List Searching for information by topic General database searching using JSTOR, ScienceDirect and Nexis Venue : James Hardiman Library Training Room Date : Wednesday 18 February 2015 Time: 19:30 Duration: 1 hour Feel free to drop in or register here

AWC Group Workshop on Essay Writing (18 February 2015)

AWC Group Workshop on Essay Writing: Making a Point and Proving It Presenters: Amanda Pecora (AWC) and Isha van der Burg (AWC) The purpose of this workshop is to aid students in crafting arguments in their academic essays. Most writing assignments require students to present a clear and well-developed argument. When planning an essay, you should, therefore, address two questions: what are you arguing specifically, and how are you going to prove it? The workshop will include tips on dealing with those two questions. Time: Wednesday  18 February at 6 pm at the Training Room in the James Hardiman Library   All Welcome. Please register:  http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/awc-group-workshop-how-to-argue-making-a-point-and-proving-it-tickets-15649679613

AWC Workshop on Essay Writing on 18 February

AWC Group Workshop on Essay Writing: Making a Point and Proving It Presenters: Amanda Pecora (AWC) and Isha van der Burg (AWC) The purpose of this workshop is to aid students in crafting arguments in their academic essays. Most writing assignments require students to present a clear and well-developed argument. When planning an essay, you should, therefore, address two questions: what are you arguing specifically, and how are you going to prove it? The workshop will include tips on dealing with those two questions. All Welcome. Please register:  http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/awc-group-workshop-how-to-argue-making-a-point-and-proving-it-tickets-15649679613 Time: Wednesday  18 February at 6 pm at the Training Room in the James Hardiman Library  

Bartolomeo Eustachi (-1574)

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On display this week as part of our anatomical illustration spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections , we look at Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii (Leidae Batavorum : Apud Joannen Arnoldum Langerak et Joannem & Hermannum Verbeek, 1761), the work of a contemporary of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564). The drawings produced by this renowned Italian dissector and teacher are considered by some to be more accurate than those of Vesalius, though his body of work was not published until some 150 years after his death. Plate 26 If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Using SFX To Find Fulltext Content - Training Tonight 11th 19:30

Event Description: This session will show you how to use the Library's SFX service to find fulltext of articles; it will also show you some other SFX services such as finding other articles relevant to your searching. Topics covered will be how SFX works where the SFX button can be found bX Recommnder Service reporting questions / problems Location: Library Training Room 19:30 No need to book, just drop in.

Famine Memory Symposium - Hardiman Building, 12 February, 1pm - 7pm

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Performing Famine Memory: Irish Theatre and the Great Hunger Symposium National University of Ireland, Galway, February 12-13, 2015. Date : Thursday February 12, 1-7pm. Friday February 13, 10am -12pm. Venue:  Hardiman Research Building, G010. Conference Convener and Contact:  Dr. Jason King ( Jason.king@nuigalway.ie )              This symposium examines Irish Theatre and Famine Memory between the periods of the Irish Revival and the rise and fall of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger.  It places special emphasis on the performance of Famine remembrance to register moments of national crisis and forced migration in Ireland, both past and present.  The symposium brings together leading Irish theatre and famine scholars and theatre practitioners to explore recent productions about the Great Hunger in the era of the Celtic Tiger, such as DruidMurphy’s revival (2012) of Tom Murphy’s  Famine  (1968), Sonya Kelly’s  How to Keep An Alien  (2014), Moonfish Theatre’s bilingual Engli

'Performing the Archive' conference, NUI Galway, July 2015

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'Performing the Archive' Conference National University of Ireland, Galway 22 – 24 July 2015 Co-sponsored by the American Society for Theatre Research Speakers:  Professor Tracy C. Davis (Northwestern University) Dr. Doug L. Reside (New York Public Library) Professor Catherine Cole (University of California, Berkeley) Dr. Hugh Denard (Trinity College, Dublin) Professor Patrick Lonergan (National University of Ireland, Galway) Professor Lionel Pilkington (National University of Ireland, Galway) Dr. Emilie Pine (University College, Dublin) 'Performing the Archive' responds to new innovations in archival practices including digital methodologies and will bring together formative thinking among scholars, artists and archivists engaged in working with archival materials and on research and performance projects to explore the uses and possibilities of the archive today from theoretical and methodological perspectives. We will debate:

EndNote training for Business and Economics students

EndNote training for Business and Economics students will take place in the James Hardiman Library Training Room on Tuesday evening the 17th February from 1930 until  2100. To book please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/o/james-hardiman-library-378278543 This training sessions is based on the 'Introduction to EndNote X7' guide which is available on the Library website at http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/media/jameshardimanlibrary/content/documents/endnote/EndNote_X7_IntroWord2007.pdf The sessions cover how to manage references using EndNote and how to use the 'cite while you write' feature. It is important that you are already familiar with searching databases (e.g. Business Source Complete) before doing this workshop. Trainer:  Trish Finnan, Subject Librarian, Business and Economics. Email: trish.finnan@nuigalway.ie Tel: 00 353 91 493564 (direct line)

Love hearts anyone?

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On display in the reading room over the next few days, as part of our February spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections , we give you an alternative to the pierced velvet red hearts so prevalent during this most lovestruck of weeks. Anatomically correct images from across C19th Europe await. Ex.: The vessels of the human body / Quain Jones, ed. ( London : Printed for Taylor and Walton, 1846 ) If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Fabricius ab Aquapendente (approximately 1533-1619)

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On display this week as part of our anatomical illustration spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections , we look at Tractatus quatuor (Francofvrti : Iacobi de Zetter, Johann. Pressy, 1648), the work of one of the successors to Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) at the Università di Padova. This renowned Italian professor of anatomy and surgery attracted students from across Europe throughout his 50 years tenure there, notably William Harvey (1578-1657), and was also the designer of the first permanent dissection theatre, as illustrated in the volume's title-page below. T.p. of Tractatus quatuor. If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Ambroise Paré (1510?-1590)

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On display this week as part of our anatomical illustration spotlight exhibition Art of the Unseen: Anatomical Illustration in the Special Collections , we look at Les œvvres d'Ambroise Paré (Lyon : Chez Pierre Rigaud, 1652). An innovative French barber-surgeon who served a number of French kings, Paré joined the army in 1536, and spent c. 30 years working as a military surgeon. His treatment of war wounds fuelled an interest in the application of new anatomical ideas, such as those of his contemporary Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564). Paré's depiction of the muscles of the lower jaw. If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. The spotlight exhibition can also be viewed in its entirety on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of February.

Library Fines Payment System Unavailable

The Library Fines Payment system is currently unavailable, any user wishing to pay a fine will be unable to do so until the issue has been resolved. ISS are working to resolve this issue, if you have any queries please contact the Library and IT Service Desk located in the foyer of the Library or by phone at 091 493399 or via email at servicedesk@nuigalway.ie We apologise for any inconvenience caused.