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You are invited to the following event: Student Entrepreneurship Structures on the Way for NUI Galway: MakerSpace, Blackstone LaunchPad, and more! https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/student-entrepreneurship-structures-on-the-way-for-nui-galway-makerspace-blackstone-launchpad-and-tickets-18534111025 . Feel free to share this invite. Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Friday, 9 October 2015 from 13:00 to 14:30 (IST) Room G011, Hardiman Research Building Library, NUI Galway Galway Ireland This event previews and introduces Student Entrepreneurship structures on the way for NUI Galway. It also highlights Student driven Entrepreneurship on campus. In addition, this event is being organised as part of Startup Gathering 2015 . Topics and speakers What difference could a MakerSpace make? (Connell Cunningham) Working in the NUI Galway Library Connell’s focus is on managing the services delivered through the Library & IT Service Desk. His emphasis is o...

September Sports month continues this week with a look at hockey as played on campus at UCG/NUIG. Looking back at the student annuals, available in our Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, which were published published in the early 20 th  century, the sports reports are a great resource for sporting history on campus. Hockey is one sport had the near unique distinction of fielding a mixed-sex team for the first time in 1912-1913. The team is pictured below and the report states: "This year has been an important one in our Hockey Annals, for it marks the formation of a College Mixed Hockey Club, and this, we are glad to say, has turned out a decided success in every way. The team that we are able to put into the field is one that can be trusted to give a good account of itself on all occasions, and we expect it do great things in the future." In the same notes, particular mention is made to some of the female players, "'Miss Prendergast and M...

... the NUIG Bioblitz team who, over 24 hours on Sept. 24-25th, regained their intervarsity title over rivals UL, UCC and NUIM. NUIG racked up a whopping 628 species, holding UL to second place with 427 species. Well done to all staff, students and volunteers involved in the mammoth undertaking. Compare findings with historic biodiversity in the writings of librarian turned ecologist Robert Lloyd Praeger

Introduction to EndNote X7 (for Windows desktop) training session. 1930-2130, Friday 25 September 2015 Venue: Library Training Room *Please note this session is now fully booked.* For further training events go to: http://www.eventbrite.ie/o/james-hardiman-library-378278543 Further info. on EndNote is available at: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/training/usefulguides/guidetomanagingyourreferences/endnote/

Demo of the ScanPro 3000 Microfiche/Microfilm-machines Some features: ·          Simplified, step-by-step loading ·          On Screen instructions ·          Searchability ·          High-Resolution Images ·          No messing with lenses- on screen control ·          and many more easy to use new and improved features  Come along for a professional demo by the Supplier ·          Thursday  24th of September @ 10:30am  Please  book  you place so as to avoid disappointment Additional session can be arranged if requested Venue Microform Room  - located on the ground floor of the Main Library. Take a right when you enter the library and then left in...

Galway Ensemble-in-Residence will be performing in the Library Foyer at 1.00 pm on Tuesday, 29th September 2015. The Programme for this performance will include Quartet No. 8 by Shostakovich. All Welcome!

The new makerspace in the library is scheduled to open in October but in the meantime we are now ready to start our 3D printing service. All 3D print requests will be FREE for an introductory period until the end of November 2015 . Here are a couple of examples of what we have printed so far - A model of a Hep. B virus - 4 hours to print Stewart Coffin Cube Puzzle Here are the steps you will follow to get your FREE 3D printed item - 3 Steps to 3D Print Requests Step 1 -  Create the item: Design your model in whatever software you want to use as long as it can save a file type of .stl. Autocad, Solidworks, Google Sketchup etc. all work. Save your .stl file to the cloud somewhere (Onedrive or Dropbox) and copy a shared link to that file. Step 2 - Submit the request: Submit your request via the Servicedesk Request System http://servicedesk.nuigalway.ie choosing a request type of 08. Printing and then 3D Print Request . Paste the link to your file in the Re...

Resulting from major damage to the electrical and data infrastructure due to the fire incident at the Clinical Sciences Building on Thursday 17th September, the Medical Library will remain closed until Monday 5th October at the earliest, whilst power and data services are being restored. In the interim if you need assistance Medical Library staff can be contacted in several ways: • In person via the Help Desk at the entrance to the Nursing & Midwifery Library extension at the rear of the James Hardiman Library ground floor •  Library ticketing system – servicedesk@nuigalway.ie • E-mail: jane.mulligan@nuigalway.ie or edward.ologhlen@nuigalway.ie • Telephone: 091 495229 • Health Sciences dedicated Salus Blog http://salusnuig.blogspot.ie/ We apologise for the on-going inconvenience caused.

Resulting from extensive damage to electrical and data infrastructure due to a fire incident in the Clinical Sciences Institute, the Medical Library will remain closed until Monday 21st September at the earliest, whilst services are being restored. We will update the HardiBlog as further information becomes available. In the interim please note that Medical Library users can access the James Hardiman Library and the Library Reading Room on the main campus for their study needs. We apologise for the ongoing inconvenience caused.

Microfilm/Microfiche: Demonstration Demo of the ScanPro 3000 Microfiche/Microfilm-machines Some features: Simplified, step-by-step loading On Screen instructions Searchability High-Resolution Images No messing with lenses- on screen control and many more easy to use new and improved features  Come along for a professional demo by the Supplier Thursday  24th of September @ 10:30am  Please  book  you place so as to avoid disappointment Additional session can be arranged if requested Venue Microform Room  - located on the ground floor of the Main Library. Take a right when you enter the library and then left in law area of library. If unsure please go to the Library and IT Service Desk.

The Medical Library will be closed for the remainder of the day due to a fire incident at the Clinical Sciences Institute this morning. We will update the HardiBlog regarding the planned reopening of the Medical Library once the preliminary assessment of damage has been completed. In the interim Medical Library users can access the James Hardiman Library and the Library Reading Room on the main campus for their study needs. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Distinguished author and resident of Co. Galway, M. Michel Déon was elected to the Acadamie Française in 1978. "Since the early seventeenth century, the Académie française has been recognized as the preeminent authority on the French language, additionally playing a key role in promoting French and Francophone literature and culture around the world." - Prof. Philip Dine The Acadamie awards several literary prizes every year for works in the French language and M. Déon therefore receives many volumes of works in French for his consideration and review. For over a decade now, M. Déon has been kind enough to donate a large number of these volumes to the James Hardiman Library. Through his generosity we have now amassed more than 6,000 titles across all forms of literature in the French language. "Students and staff at NUI Galway have benefited enormously from the support of M. Michel Déon, whose generosity and standing as one of the Immortels (as academicians are...

Our September Sports Series continues with a piece ahead of yet another All-Ireland Final appearance this coming weekend. This occasion features the camogie players of Galway and their hope for All-Ireland glory in Croke Park when they face Cork. The archives of NUI Galway shed light on the long tradition of camogie on campus. These extracts highlight some of the winning teams who brought silverware back to campus at UCG in the early 20 th  Century. Our September Sports Series continues with a piece ahead of yet another All-Ireland Final appearance this coming weekend. This occasion features the camogie players of Galway and their hope for All-Ireland glory in Croke Park when they face Cork.The archives of the Hardiman Library at NUI Galway shed light on the long tradition of camogie on campus. These extracts highlight some of the winning teams who brought silverware back to campus in the early twentieth century   in the form of the Ashbourne Cup in 1916. The ...

The month of September will be a special 'Sports from the Archives' month, where we will post a series of pieces featuring features and images from past victories and interesting stories from the sporting annals of the University. From hurling, camogie, soccer, Gaelic football, rugby, hockey, tennis and more, the series will-tie in with upcoming events such as the senior and minor All-Ireland Finals featuring Galway teams going for glory, the Galway camogie team playing in the All-Ireland final; the Rugby World Cup (Dare we to dream?!) with the team including a current NUIG student in the squad. This first post will focus on G.A.A as this weekend all attention in the West will be on Croke Park. The hurler of Galway will face Kilkenny in the Hurling Final and our neighbours of Mayo will face Dublin in an all-Ireland Semi-final. As we look back into the archives it can be seen that hurling too time to embed and develop among the student population on campus but took home...

All you need to do is: ·        Take a Selfie of yourself somewhere in the James Hardiman Library ·        Tweet it to the Library Twitter account @nuiglibrary or Post it on the Library Facebook Page James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway ·        Include the hashtag #JHLShelfieSelfie ·        Add a funny comment Example:   NUI Galway Library @nuiglibrary – Aug 28 @nuiglibrary “Ever studied in the Library in the pale moonlight. I ask that of all my students. I just like the sound of it.” #JHLShelfieSelfie The best combinations of picture and comment, as judged by Librarians (always   there to help you with your library needs), will win a prize!! Closing Date: Friday September 4 th @ 5pm