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The Library Website and catalogue, Aleph, Primo, and Aran will be unavailable on Monday 27 th and Tuesday 28 th of August for a brief period to accommodate a series of reboots necessary for the installation of upgraded system software. We hope to complete this activity over the two days between 13:00 and 15:00, during which time one of more of these resources will be unavailable. During this time it will not be possible to issue or return books via the self check or book sorting machine, all queries will need to be handled manually via the circulation desk. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this essential maintenance work.

  ScienceDirect, Scopus, Hub, Applications, SciVal, and Journals Consult are expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 19 hours beginning Saturday, August 25th, 2012 for scheduled maintenance for a new release. What are the changes you will see with this new release? ScienceDirect:     Effortless access to relevant information thanks to a new design for journal article and book chapter pages as well as improved user experience for RSS feeds, image search, and other features. Scopus:                Easy updates with Alerts Features functionality improvement. Hub:                     Faster and friendlier search capability through several new features. Please click  here  to find out the details of the new featur...

Croke Park's famous Cusack Stand takes its name from Michael Cusack (1847–1906), one of eight men present at the founding of the G.A.A. in Hayes's Commercial Hotel, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on 1 November 1884.  Cusack was appointed honourary secretary of the new organisation, whose aim was to promote and codify Gaelic games.   Prior to the founding of the G.A.A. Cusack had founded the short-lived Dublin Hurling Club in February 1883 and Metropolitan Hurling Club in December 1883. In 2007 the nieces of Cusack's daughter in law Kathleen O'Connell donated a collection of documents and photographs associated with Cusack and his family to the James Hardiman Library at NUI Galway.   Among the most important historical items in the collection are the complete minutes of the Dublin Hurling Club, from 1883. Cusack was Vice-President of the club, a predecessor to the national organisation founded the following year. In addition, there is a diary kept by Cusack on a v...

The opening hours for week beginning 30th July are as follows: Monday 30th July- 8.30-22.00 Tuesday 31st July- 8.30- 22.00 Wednesday 1st Aug- 8.30- 19.30 (self-service after 12.00) Thursday 2nd Aug- 8.30-19.30 (self-service after 12.00) Friday 3rd Aug- 8.30-17.30 Saturday 4th Aug- 10.00-17.00 (self-service only) Sunday 5th Aug- closed Monday 6th Aug- 10.00-17.00 (self-service only)

Please note that the University's Managed Print Service will be unavailable from 08:30 to 13:00 on Thursday 26 July 2012 so that essential maintenance work can be carried out. As a result there will be no access to printing, photocopying or scanning in the Library for the duration of the downtime. We apologise for any inconvenience caused

"Walter Macken - Galway Playwright", an exhibition on the theatrical career of Walter Macken, will take place from 16th July - 26th August, looking at his early life, career in the Taibhdhearc, Abbey and elsewhere, as well as his writing of plays. The venue is the foyer of the James Hardiman Library at NUI Galway, where the exhibition will run from the 16 July until the 26 August 2012. This period covers the Galway Arts Festival, Galway Races and the final week coincides with Heritage Week. The exhibition will include materials held at the Bergische University Wuppertal, Germany, as well as the Library's own holdings, including the  Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe  collection and Siobhan McKenna collection. In parallel with the exhibition there will be a series of talks on Walter Macken’s life and writings for the theatre. These will take place in the exhibition area on Tuesdays at 19.30 . The schedule is: 17 July : 'Dreams on Paper' by Ultan Macken....

Due to necessary maintenance work being carried out in the University Data Centre this Saturday July 14th, the following Library services will be unavailable from 9.00 until 20.00: - Issuing, renewing and returning books - Library website - Library catalogue and discovery interfaces - PC Suites - Printing and photocopying - WiFi access The Library will still remain open for in-library use of materials. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this essential maintenance work.

The Ceiling Refurbishment Project on floor 1 of the James Hardiman Library is nearing completion and is moving into the final phase. Commencing on Monday 9th July access to stock between the class numbers 001-320.8 will be restricted for the next two weeks. From the end of the coming week and up to Friday 20th July Library Staff will be facilitated to retrieve material on behalf of users from this area between 10.00-10.30 and 13.00-13.30 daily. If you require an item of stock shelved in the restricted area please complete a Book Request Form available at the Customer Services Desk on the ground floor. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this necessary maintenance work.