The HardiBlog

The Library now has access to a significant new resource - The History of Disabilities: Disabiliti es in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century   This database is collection of primary source material documenting the history of disability in society. It consists of more than 600,000 digitised pages drawn from personal papers, archives and medical libraries.  The resource demonstrates how society has presented and treated individuals with disabilities historically.  It chronicles how individuals were classified and treated, illustrating the many forms of institutional discrimination, political exclusion, and social control under which disabled individuals struggled.  Source materials in this collection include: personal memoirs records of treatments  methods of education forms of remediation reports & proceedings of disability organisations   The publishers Gale have produced a useful guide and background to the resource describing definitio...

The Library has purchased perpetual access to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Psychology , This is an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the major topics in Psychology. It is suitable for all student levels and it consists currently of 600 articles and topic summaries by leading experts in the field. Content is being continually developed and updated. Examples of topic covered in the encyclopedia include: ADHD in Children and Adolescents Culture and Human Development Enduring Debates on Psychology and Language in the 20th Century History of Mindfulness and Psychology Nature and Nurture as an Enduring Tension in the History of Psychology    Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory  Social Development Across the Life Span Oxford Research Encyclopedias offer in-depth, peer-reviewed overview articles by specialists in a range of disciplines. The articles are written at a level for beginning researchers (both in content and language level), and can generally be read...

Ar an 30ú Deireadh Fómhair táimid ag ceiliúradh 175 bliain ó chláraigh an chéad chohórt de 68 mac léinn i gColáiste na Banríona, Gaillimh, mar a tugadh air ag an am. Le ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar stair agus fás ár n-ollscoil, táimid ag seoladh comórtas grianghraf.  Tá trí rogha grianghraf ann: 1.  Athchruthaigh:  Breathnaigh ar rogha d’ íomhánna cartlainne na hOllscoile agus athchruthaigh grianghraf le staidiúir don cheamara. Níl gá a bheith cruinn le feisteas seanré ach tá fáilte roimhe!! 2.  Spotáil: An aithníonn tú an áit ar tógadh aon cheann d’ íomhánna cartlainne na hOllscoile ? Féach an féidir leat suíomh an lae inniu a aimsiú,  Cuir i líne an grianghraf bunaidh* le timpeallacht an lae inniu. 3. Cuairt: Tabhair cuairt ar thaispeántas reatha na Leabharlainne “An Leabharlann i  100 réad” i bhforhalla Fhoirgneamh Uí Argadáin. Glac féinín leis an gcartlann nó íomhá is fearr leat ó stair ár Leabharlann. Postáil do ghrianghraif ar Instagram agus clibeáil @...

We invite you to the next Open Research Forum, "Advancing Research Excellence through Open Publishing: Impact, Quality, and Responsible Practices," on 12 December at the University of Galway. Schedule Date:  Thursday, 12 December 2024 Time:  12:00-13:00, followed by a light lunch Location:  THB-G010 Seminar Room, University of Galway Registration:   For catering purposes   Agenda   12:00-12:05: Opening – Monica Crump , University Librarian 12:05–12:20: Keynote – "Sustainable Open Research Infrastructure", Dr. Lai Ma , Associate Professor, School of Information and Communication Studies, UCD  12:20–12:30: Research Excellence and Responsible Assessment – Prof. Dónal Leech , Dean of Graduate Studies   12:30–12:40: Open Publishing Future Vision – Dr. Cillian Joy , Head of Open and Digital Research, Library 12:40–13:00: Q&R  13:00–14:00: Lunch Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Lai Ma , Associate  Professor at the School of Information an...

Leagan Gaeilge  October 30th marks 175 years since the first cohort of 68 students registered in what was then Queens College Galway.  In celebration, we are launching a photo competition to commemorate our university’s history and growth.  Post your photos to Instagram and tag  @UniofGalwayLib . We will reshare our favourite photos! There are University of Galway Hoodies to be won for the photos with the most likes in each category. There are three photo options. 1. Recreate:  Check out a selection of our  University’s archival images  and recreate a posed photo. Period accurate costumes celebrated but not required! 2. Situate:  Do you recognise the area where one of our  University’s archival images was taken? See if you can capture the present-day location, line up the original photo with the modern day surrounds. Printed images are available from the Stewards’ Desk in the Library for the situate challenge. Call by if you would like ...

    Remember to submit your publications, including peer-reviewed articles, conference papers, reports, books and book chapters to the University of Galway Research Repository . This is known as Green Open Access publishing (or self-archiving), where authors publish in a journal and then deposit the final draft post-refereeing without the publisher's typesetting, formatting, logos and pagination (also known as the post-print) in the repository. Go to the University of Galway Research Repository and follow the How to submit guidance at the Help dropdown or ​ email your publication to researchrepository@universityofgalway.ie ​ Be sure to make your book chapters easier to discover by adding them to the repository also. The repository administrator will always contact the publisher for permission to archive book chapters if their open access policy is not visible on their website. All submissions are reviewed by the repository administrator to ensure they meet the publ...