The HardiBlog

School of Medicine students checking out the Health Sciences Portal at the launch event in the Medical Library, CSI on Tuesday 24th September   The Library launched its new Health Sciences Portal and Salus (Health Sciences) Blog today at a lunchtime event in the Medical Library, CSI.   The portal and blog were warmly received by both the School of Medicine student body and academic staff present at the  event.  Dr. Rosemary Geoghegan speaking at the launch referred to the excellent collaboration between Library Staff and School of Medicine academic staff and students which had brought this valuable resource to fruition.  The portal is the Library's response to feedback from our Health Sciences users requesting  a  one stop shop where all relevant resources could be easily accessed.   The Health Sciences Library Support Team welcome your feedback regarding the portal and suggestions for future blog posts....

In order to facilitate the installation of a new Access Control System, of which more anon,  temporary entrance/exit routes to and from the James Hardiman Library will operate from Monday 9 th September to the end of the month .  Please look out for the signs that will direct you to these temporary routes.    Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Entrance Route:  Monday to Friday 08.30-18.00 Approach via the slipway between the James Hardiman Library and the new Hardiman Building adjacent to the Library, at the top of the slipway proceed straight ahead and enter the Hardiman Building via the emergency entrance doors and then walk through the foyer towards the sliding exit doors. Just before reaching these doors turn right and walk along the short corridor leading into the library.                       ...

Throughout September the Library offers drop-in ‘Getting Started in the Library’ sessions to help you find your way around the Library’s 500,000 books and the many services available to help you in your studies. Monday to Thursday      11.00 Monday to Friday          14.00 and 19.00 Saturday                      11.30 No need to book, just call in to the Training Room on the entrance level of the Library.

Welcome back to all our returning students!   You'll see that things are looking a little different around the Library and that change is afoot. Building Work We apologise that our summer building work is not quite finished yet.  A new foyer area is under construction and while it is being finished the entrance to the Library is from the back of Library, up the ramp between the new building and the Library building. Please keep an eye on the Library website over the next week or so for news regarding temporary entrance/exits to the Library as the building work progresses. New Library and IT Service Desk The other big change we've been working on over the summer is the introduction of a new Library and IT Service Desk. The service desk will be located in the new foyer of the James Hardiman Library and will offer first level support for all Library and IT queries. You can contact the Service Desk by email at servicedesk@nuigalway.ie , by phone at 091 493399 or visit...

Alexander Street Press has provided 12 months trial access to the online resource  British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries. British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries   includes over 100,000 pages of material assembled from numerous bibliographies and from newly conducted research. Alongside the published material are 4,000 facsimile pages of previously unpublished manuscripts. Further information on this collection is available  at:  http://alexanderstreet.com/products/british-and-irish-womens-letters-and-diaries Trial access is available until  15 June 2014  via: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/aboutourcollections/databases/databasetrials/databasetrialfeedback/trialfeedback-britishirishwomenswriters/ Please complete the feedback form available from the link above if this resource is of interest to you. There is also a link to this resource from the library catalogue:  http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/

Teachers TV from Education in Video This is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Upon completion, the collection will contain more than 3,000 video titles totalling 1,300 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. It will give education faculty, students, and in-service teachers a single source for the best research-based professional development video resources available. This release now provides 3,530 titles, equalling approximately 840 hours. Access to Teachers TV is now available via http://www.library.nuigalway.ie

Please note that access to your final year results will be blocked if you have overdue loans or fines on your library account. The same applies to any outstanding course fees. To ensure you can access your final year results you should return any overdue books to the library and pay any outstanding fines through print credit by following this link -  https://printcredit.nuigalway.ie/webcentre/Login.aspx Please check your library account to make sure it is clear -  http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/ Following the return of any overdue books and the payment of fines, access to your results will be granted within 24 hours. If you have any queries please email library@nuigalway.ie or call 091 493399 Customer Service Desk James Hardiman Library NUI Galway