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You are invited to the following event: Student Entrepreneurship Structures on the Way for NUI Galway: MakerSpace, Blackstone LaunchPad, and more! https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/student-entrepreneurship-structures-on-the-way-for-nui-galway-makerspace-blackstone-launchpad-and-tickets-18534111025 . Feel free to share this invite. Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Friday, 9 October 2015 from 13:00 to 14:30 (IST) Room G011, Hardiman Research Building Library, NUI Galway Galway Ireland This event previews and introduces Student Entrepreneurship structures on the way for NUI Galway. It also highlights Student driven Entrepreneurship on campus. In addition, this event is being organised as part of Startup Gathering 2015 . Topics and speakers What difference could a MakerSpace make? (Connell Cunningham) Working in the NUI Galway Library Connell’s focus is on managing the services delivered through the Library & IT Service Desk. His emphasis is o...

September Sports month continues this week with a look at hockey as played on campus at UCG/NUIG. Looking back at the student annuals, available in our Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, which were published published in the early 20 th  century, the sports reports are a great resource for sporting history on campus. Hockey is one sport had the near unique distinction of fielding a mixed-sex team for the first time in 1912-1913. The team is pictured below and the report states: "This year has been an important one in our Hockey Annals, for it marks the formation of a College Mixed Hockey Club, and this, we are glad to say, has turned out a decided success in every way. The team that we are able to put into the field is one that can be trusted to give a good account of itself on all occasions, and we expect it do great things in the future." In the same notes, particular mention is made to some of the female players, "'Miss Prendergast and M...

... the NUIG Bioblitz team who, over 24 hours on Sept. 24-25th, regained their intervarsity title over rivals UL, UCC and NUIM. NUIG racked up a whopping 628 species, holding UL to second place with 427 species. Well done to all staff, students and volunteers involved in the mammoth undertaking. Compare findings with historic biodiversity in the writings of librarian turned ecologist Robert Lloyd Praeger

Introduction to EndNote X7 (for Windows desktop) training session. 1930-2130, Friday 25 September 2015 Venue: Library Training Room *Please note this session is now fully booked.* For further training events go to: http://www.eventbrite.ie/o/james-hardiman-library-378278543 Further info. on EndNote is available at: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/training/usefulguides/guidetomanagingyourreferences/endnote/

Demo of the ScanPro 3000 Microfiche/Microfilm-machines Some features: ·          Simplified, step-by-step loading ·          On Screen instructions ·          Searchability ·          High-Resolution Images ·          No messing with lenses- on screen control ·          and many more easy to use new and improved features  Come along for a professional demo by the Supplier ·          Thursday  24th of September @ 10:30am  Please  book  you place so as to avoid disappointment Additional session can be arranged if requested Venue Microform Room  - located on the ground floor of the Main Library. Take a right when you enter the library and then left in...

Galway Ensemble-in-Residence will be performing in the Library Foyer at 1.00 pm on Tuesday, 29th September 2015. The Programme for this performance will include Quartet No. 8 by Shostakovich. All Welcome!

The new makerspace in the library is scheduled to open in October but in the meantime we are now ready to start our 3D printing service. All 3D print requests will be FREE for an introductory period until the end of November 2015 . Here are a couple of examples of what we have printed so far - A model of a Hep. B virus - 4 hours to print Stewart Coffin Cube Puzzle Here are the steps you will follow to get your FREE 3D printed item - 3 Steps to 3D Print Requests Step 1 -  Create the item: Design your model in whatever software you want to use as long as it can save a file type of .stl. Autocad, Solidworks, Google Sketchup etc. all work. Save your .stl file to the cloud somewhere (Onedrive or Dropbox) and copy a shared link to that file. Step 2 - Submit the request: Submit your request via the Servicedesk Request System http://servicedesk.nuigalway.ie choosing a request type of 08. Printing and then 3D Print Request . Paste the link to your file in the Re...

Resulting from major damage to the electrical and data infrastructure due to the fire incident at the Clinical Sciences Building on Thursday 17th September, the Medical Library will remain closed until Monday 5th October at the earliest, whilst power and data services are being restored. In the interim if you need assistance Medical Library staff can be contacted in several ways: • In person via the Help Desk at the entrance to the Nursing & Midwifery Library extension at the rear of the James Hardiman Library ground floor •  Library ticketing system – servicedesk@nuigalway.ie • E-mail: jane.mulligan@nuigalway.ie or edward.ologhlen@nuigalway.ie • Telephone: 091 495229 • Health Sciences dedicated Salus Blog http://salusnuig.blogspot.ie/ We apologise for the on-going inconvenience caused.