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We've got some very interesting workshops for you in June! Check these out! June 13 2-3:30: Design in Presentations Description: This workshop will walk you through the design thinking process in the context of presentations. The attendees will leave with knowledge of tools and processes that they can use when creating presentations or other visual communication tools to make sure they are looking their best. Facilitator Eileen Walsh has a degree in Graphic Design and a masters in Digital Media. She has worked in the area of design and digital media for the last seven years and will be sharing some of the knowledge and tools she uses when going through the design process. More info and to sign up:  https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/design-for-presentations-tickets-34888161430 June 8, 2 – 3:30: Blogging in retirement Description: In or near retirement? Thinking about setting up a blog to let the world know about your ventures and adventures? This workshop will outline the basics...

  Digital Theatre+ contains many digital productions and several educational resources including:         Digital Theatre+ will continue to expand with more contemporary & classical productions, exclusive practitioner interviews and in-depth study materials. Access to Digital Theatre+ is available here. Collection Development

When the James Hardiman Library was discussing the acquisition of the Muintir na Tíre archive with Tom Fitzgerald, Dr Tony Varley from the School of Political Science and Sociology and the University Librarian, John Cox contacted academics from within and outside NUIG to see what the academic interest, if any, was in the archive. Numerous letters of support were received regarding the value of the archive and how important the archive was for social, historical, geographical and sociological research purposes. This support came from historians, sociologists, geographers and economists. Such powerful advocacy was very influential in ensuring that the University acquired the archive. To continue the engagement with the academic supporters who were very enthused about the archive an interest group was established within the university. While the academics wait patiently and with excitement for me to finish appraising, arranging and cataloguing the archive we have invite...

A trial of Theatre Record is now available until Tuesday 16 May 2017. Established in 1981, Theatre Record is the reference bible of UK theatre and the first stop for anyone – theatres, researchers, agents, critics – wanting indexed reviews from the major newspaper critics of all professional theatre productions, large and small, in and out of London, complete with cast credits and production photographs. To access this trial click here . Please complete the trial feedback form if this resource is of interest. Collection Development

To help in planning your study over the Easter weekend please see below details of the James Hardiman Library  Easter opening hours: Friday 14 April       10.00-18.00 Saturday 15 April   Closed Sunday 16 April     Closed Monday 17 April    10.00-18.00 The Library Reading Room at basement level will be open daily from 07.00-02.30

Update April 5th - Access has been restored to all affected resources. You can access the resources as normal via the relevant links in the library catalogue. We're currently experiencing access problems with Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, and Essential Science Indicators. For Web of Science, the interface can still be searched, but there's no guarantee that content in search results will be as comprehensive as it should be. Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators are both presenting login screens and aren't authorising us at the moment. Technical support for the resources has been contacted, and they are currently working on fixing the issue. We'll update this blog post as events warrant. Apologies for any inconvenience! Library E-Resources Team

  Access to the online 2nd edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier, 2015) is now available. Fully revised and updated, this new edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences , first published in 2001, comprises over 3,900 articles and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes. Key Features: •Provides authoritative, foundational, interdisciplinary knowledge across the wide range of behavioral and social sciences fields •Discusses history, current trends and future directions •Topics are cross-referenced with related topics and each article highlights further reading Access is available here .   Collection Development  

Before Muintir na Tíre was founded in 1937 by Canon John Hayes, he established a co-operative society, Muintir na Tíre Limited, in 1931. Muintir na Tíre was an agricultural producers co-operative society for farmers and their labourers. I have discovered some records relating to Muintir na Tíre Limited during the appraisal and arranging of the Muintir na Tíre archive. This includes the minute books from 1931 – 1937 and some published material. The minute books of Muintir na Tíre Limited note how Muintir na Tíre Limited was set up, the rules that should be followed, the prices of shares and the title of the organisation. They note the various meetings of the organisation during the years it was active and those who were involved in the organisation.  The first entry in the first minute book is a circular announcing a meeting on March 4 th  1931 “to further consider the matter of setting up an organisation which will embrace every section of Irish Agriculture and...