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To ensure staff and students are best utilising their access to the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for Academics, CAS are hosting a series of free webinars on using the platform for different scientific fields. Each session includes demonstrations, research tips and time for questions. Those interested can sign up to whichever sessions they like – just register for each one individually. Anyone who registers but cannot attend will still receive the recording, however a   Certificate of Attendance   will only be available for those who join the live sessions. Webinar Schedule: Wednesday 30 April | 12 PM GMT / 1 PM CET Avoiding Patents? Face your fear with CAS SciFinder  Learn how to find and understand patents, use Prior Art and Markush searching, and determine your freedom to operate.   Register for this session Thursday 8 May | 12 PM GMT / 1 PM CET From Drug Design to Delivery: CAS SciFinder for Pharmaceutical Sciences  Search by pharmacological properties, e...

We are delighted to introduce Oscar Diaz, Education and Operations Manager at Enterprise FabLab. Oscar will be the keynote speaker for our Open Research Forum: " Collaborative Open Research Practices: Building Trust through Citizen Science ", on 7-8 April 2025. On Monday, 7 April, Oscar will be launching the bilingual book Spéirscéalta/Stories from the Air . On Tuesday, Oscar will be the keynote speaker at the Forum (10-11.30am) ,  and he will also lead a workshop on growing the Irish Citizen Science Network (12-1pm) .   Oscar Diaz, an architect and passionate advocate for citizen science, digital fabrication and innovation in Fab Labs, continually contributes to community-driven research and engagement. As a Citizen Science Ambassador for the European Citizen Science (ECS) project, he has led activities such as Mapping Ireland's Citizen Science Landscape survey and organizing the Citizen Science Café during the 2024 European Researchers' Night. These efforts, in col...

Heritage Collections   The Library at University of Galway is home to a rich, diverse and ever-expanding range of Heritage Collections, which include Archival, Print, and Digital Heritage Collections. It is the role of the Heritage Collections and Digitisation Team to acquire, catalogue, preserve, digitise and promote our unique Heritage Collections, and to enable staff, students, external researchers and members of the public to access and interrogate our collections, both on site in our dedicated Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, as well as r emotely, through our Digital Collections repository.   Our team works hard to make sure these collections are preserved, easy to find, and accessible for research, learning, and knowledge sharing both locally and globally. We also invite students to explore the unique materials in our library to enrich their coursework and overall learning experience. The Archives and Special Collections Reading Room is central...