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This is a reminder that there is a dedicated team of subject librarians available to support the information and research needs of students, staff and researchers. This team can assist users in: one-to-one or group training identifying relevant resources searching key resources managing references preparing a literature review keeping up-to-date  All contact details and links to resources are available from our subject pages. Archaeology    Geography   English    History    Huston School of Film and Digital Media   I rish Studies    Journalism    Philosophy   Classics     French    Gaeilge     German    Italian    Spanish Niamh Walsh: Political Science & Sociology    Psychology     Education Kathleen Burke: Business &  Economics Trish Finnan ...

The Library has been central in supporting a project called ‘ Duanaire ’, led by Dr Aidan Kane ( Economics ). Duanaire aims to open up a wealth of Irish economic history data, and in particular, Irish fiscal history data, by making accessible online a range of datasets in flexible forms for diverse audiences. The project is constructing a unique infrastructure for the imaginative curation, exploration, and sharing of significant tranches of Irish economic history data. Research data management aspects of Duanaire are a key collaboration between researchers (lead by Dr Aidan Kane ) and the Library . The Library provides best practices, technology, technical skills, and services to address data sharing and preservation issues. Duanaire is a pilot project in the Library to offer tools and solutions for the creation, storage, analysis, dissemination, and preservation of your research data. The Duanaire project borrows for its title the Irish word for song-book or anthology (l...

The Library's enthusiasm for Orientation knows no bounds. In 2010 we even got into fancy dress. Last year during Library Orientation we met 2590  First Year students from many different schools and subjects. 52 Library staff provided tours and training, demonstrating our commitment and interest in our new students. This September we aim to further increase our efforts: we will be participating in the University Orientation week programme providing an introduction to the Library through tours and presentations.   we will again be offering “embedded” training sessions to schools where first year students are brought into the Library during lecture /tutorial times for specific subject sessions. We hope both elements work positively together to allow us reach as broad a range of students as possible  and provide them the best possible start to their college life. Embedded training, in particular always increases participation and engagement by students. ...

A reading list for Natural Philosophy from the 1878 University Calendar This summer we are again requesting that reading lists be submitted to the Library at the earliest opportunity. It is only by doing so that we can ensure that the required reading materials are available for your students in the new semester. Remember that once a list is sent in: The Library will check the list to make sure all the book and references are available. We will order additional copies of books depending on the size of class and place these books on the appropriate loan period i.e. 3 day or 1 day loan. If you indicate that a particular book is required by a large number of students for a short period of time, we will place a copy of the book in our High Use machine, which will make it available to students for 3 hours in-library use only. We will purchase e-copies of high demand books if available If required print articles will be scanned and made available via Blackboard If indicated ...

The Ringling North Collection was acquired by the James Hardiman Library in 2013 and reflects the interests and journeys of its creator Henry Ringling North (1909-1993). Born in Chicago in 1909 and educated at Yale University, North was part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus family dynasty. He purchased Northbrook, a large farm at Kilconnell, Co. Galway in the 1960s, and died in Switzerland in 1993. The collection contains c. 1200 items on subjects such as travel literature and the history of art, and spans 1635-1992. Titles include The scenery and antiquities of Ireland by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868) (London : George Virtue, between 1832 and 1851), which presents this charming image of Westport, Co. Mayo, one of many engravings in this two volume set by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854): From a weighty tome in the collection to one of its smallest, Lafcadio Hearn’s playful The boy who drew cats (Tokyo : T. Hasegawa, n.d.) is printed on fu...

The Managed Print Service (printing in PC Suites and in a small number of staff areas) will be unavailable between 09:00 and 10:30 on Thursday 3rd July. This downtime is required to facilitate essential maintenance. If you have any queries about this maintenance activity, please contact the Service Desk (Tel. x5777 eMail servicedesk@nuigalway.ie ).

Data Citation Index, is now available on Web of Science and Rachel  Mangan will demonstrate as part of next Tuesday's training session. Please see http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/dci/ for more information on Book Citation Index and its coverage by discipline below. REPOSITORIES BY DISCIPLINE OVERALL COVERAGE Life Sciences 48% Social Sciences 20% Physical Sciences 23% Arts & Humanities 7% Multidisciplinary 2%     Note the larger venue (not the library!) and booking details below.   Tuesday 1 July   9.30 - 11.30 am Web of Science training event    Click here for  Full details and booking link  - note venue is Pc suite G035 in New Psychology building beside Arts Millenium. Thomson Reuters invite you to attend a training event to learn more about recent developments and additional databases on our Web of Science platform. During the event Thomson Reuters will prese...

Book Citation Index, is now available on Web of Science and Rachel  Mangan will demonstrate as part of next Tuesday's training session. Please see http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/ for more information on Book Citation Index and its subject coverage. Note: Social Sciences + Arts & Humanities  comprise   60% of content. Note the larger venue (not the library!) and booking details below.   Tuesday 1 July   9.30 - 11.30 am Web of Science training event    Click here for  Full details and booking link  - note venue is Pc suite G035 in New Psychology building beside Arts Millenium. Thomson Reuters invite you to attend a training event to learn more about recent developments and additional databases on our Web of Science platform. During the event Thomson Reuters will present  practical examples of the improvements and key new features and extra databases that enh...