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Library Reading Room (Basement Level) Christmas/New Year Opening Hours Monday 17th December - Monday 24th December:  08.00-01.30 Tuesday 25th December - Wednesday 26th December:  Closed Thursday 27th December - Monday 31st December:  08.00-01.30 Tuesday 1st January:  Closed Wednesday 2nd January:  08.00-01.30

A database trial of Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive is now available until 26 December via http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/databases/databasetrials/databasetrialfeedback/trialfeedback-eima/#d.en.26908 This is an archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000. The core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are all included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. Magazines have been scanned cover-to-cover in high-resolution color, with granular indexing of all articles, covers, ads and reviews. If this database is of interest to you, please complete the trial feedback form available in the link above.

Good Luck - Go néirigh an tádh libh Remember Library staff are here to help if you've any trouble finding the books or information you need for your exam preparations. Just come to the Customer Services Desk or email library@nuigalway.ie .

A product update for ScienceDirect & Scopus is scheduled for Saturday, December 1 , and will extend full internet browser coverage to include Google Chrome and Safari.  During this scheduled maintenance, there may be minor disruptions to some ScienceDirect and Scopus functionality. For more details about the changes, please check the SciVerse  blog .

The Library is extending its opening hours as follows to facilitate those doing exams on the week beginning 17 Dec: Date Day Opening Hours Service Hours Dec. 14 Fri 8.30-17.30 8.30-17.30 Dec. 15 Sat 8.30-17.30 8.30-13.00 Dec. 16 Sun 8.30-17.30 Dec. 17 Mon 8.30-22.00 08.30-22.00 Dec. 18-21 Tues 8.30-17.30 8.30-17.30 Christmas/New Year Closing Saturday 22 December 2012 to Wednesday 2 nd January 2013 (Inclusive)                            

Éamon de Buitléar, distinguished wildlife filmmaker, traditional musician, author and former Senator has donated his archive to NUI Galway.  The archive relates to the life and work of Éamon de Búitléar, consisting of film, audiotape, photographs, correspondence, files and audiovisual equipment, and includes some material relating to his father, An Coirnéal Éamon de Buitléar. A series of 29 interviews totalling 18 hours, recently recorded with Éamon, contextualises the archive and is included in it. NUI Galway will digitise, catalogue, preserve and enable access to the archive through a partnership between Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and the James Hardiman Library. The archive of Éamon de Buitléar will be a rich source for students and researchers in the areas of film- making, natural history, traditional music and the Irish language. These are all subjects of importance at NUI Galway and the University will make the digital archive available for exploitati...

Our current foyer exhibition is a display of material from the Music for Galway Archive. This is to mark the cataloguing of the collection. The archive offers researchers a unique insight into the establishment and growth of one the West's premier music groups while documenting the creative and administrative processes of Music for Galway's numerous achievements. The archive ranges in date from 1981 to 2011 and includes numerous series of original records documenting the Irish and international acts that played to audiences across Galway and the West of Ireland. The archive traces the relationship between Music for Galway and National University of Ireland, Galway, as the group found a home for concerts and their grand piano at the Aula Maxima on the University's campus. The archive consists of nineteen boxes of records comprising of a comprehensive record of Music for Galway's legacy. The archive includes records of productions including posters, flyers, in...

There will be an introductory training session on 'Managing References Using EndNote (for Windows)' held for taught postgraduate and undergraduate students in the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies as follows: Time: 1100-1300 Date : Monday 26 November Venue : Nursing Library PC Suite (access via Main Library). If you wish to attend this session please register via the link below: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4453231736/eorg # Further information regarding EndNote: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/training/usefulguides/guidetomanagingyourreferences/endnote/