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Roderic O'Flaherty : A Galway Scholar This year is the 300 th anniversary of the death of the Moycullen historian, Roderic O’Flaherty or Ruaidhrí Uí Fhlaitheartaigh, the 17th century Moycullen-born historian and scholar of international renown. The Historical Society in Moycullen, which is named after him, is hosting 'The Year of O'Flaherty',  a year-long programme of events and activities, details of which can be found here The James Hardiman Library is hosting an afternoon seminar on Monday 9th April 1400-1700 at which two scholars will present papers on the work of O’Flaherty. Programme 1400 Welcome & short introduction to O’Flaherty’s life 1415 Cumann Staire Ruaidhrí Uí Fhlaitheartaigh, Moycullen: ‘The Year of O’Flaherty, an overview’ 1430 Dr. Bernadette Cunningham (Deputy Librarian, Royal Irish Academy) ‘What did Roderic O’Flaherty read? The books and manuscripts used by a Moycullen scholar’ 1515 Coffee break 1545 An tOllamh Nollaig Ó Muraí...

Easter greetings to all from the Library Staff   If you are planning on studying over the Easter period: The Library Reading Room at basement level will be open as normal from 07.00-02.30 daily between Friday 30th March - Monday 2nd April . The James Hardiman Library will remain closed during this period. The Medical Library , at the Clinical Sciences Institute, will be open from 06.00-23.00 daily.  Please note that access is controlled by smart card and is available only to students registered on College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences courses.  There will be no staffed service.

Date – 11 April Venue - Room G011, Hardiman Research Building Time: 1.30pm – 5 pm Contact Information: barry.houlihan@nuigalway.ie Overview: Archives and Public History: Witnessing the Past Public history and the awareness of shared pasts is becoming ever more prevalent. Recent and ongoing commemorations have brought history and its reassessment into public daily discourse. Current politics and society are being shaped by integration of increasingly open and diverse pasts – from archives of manuscripts and print sources to statues, monuments and oral histories. This seminar looks at how we encounter the past of everyday life through current contemporary experience, and reflect on how we interpret the marginalised histories we meet anew through our archives, libraries, museums and public spaces. All are welcome to this public seminar. Programme: 1.30pm: Arrival - Tea/Coffee 2pm: Welcome and Introductions 2.15pm  Niamh NicGhabhann  – “Curating as a research practice – eng...

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Georganne Nordstrom has been awarded the Fullbright Fellowship to work with the AWC in the James Hardiman Library and in the Discipline of English in Spring 2019. Dr. Georganne Nordstrom is an Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric and Director of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s (UHM) Writing Center. Her research and teaching focuses on writing center studies, critical and place-based pedagogy, and examinations of Indigenous and minority rhetorics, with a specific focus on Hawaiʻi’s Creole, Pidgin. She is the co-editor (with Jeff Carroll and Brandy Nālani McDougall) of Huihui: Aesthetics and Rhetorics of the Pacific (UH Press, 2015), a multi-genre anthology whose authors represent different nations of the Pacific. Her work has also been published in College English, College Composition and Communication, and The Writing Center Journal. Dr. Nordstrom is the recipient of UHM’s 2016 Chancellor’s Citation for Meritorious Teaching a...

The ripping out of pages from Library books is deeply frustrating for students and Library staff alike. It is a selfish act and damages the Library's collections for current and future students. Below are the colourful responses from fellow students to the removal of three important pages on the play Phèdre from the book ' French Tragic Drama in the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries ' by Geoffrey Brereton. In this instance we were fortunate in that we were able to secure a second hand copy of this out-of-print book but that is not always possible. If you do come across damaged books please bring them to the attention of Library staff. Remember that students can photocopy or scan a chapter of a text for personal use so there is never an excuse for spoiling a book. Collection Development

Galway Fishmarket Leenane, County Galway To mark the St. Patrick's Day Festival and Seachtáin na Gaeilge we present a photographic slide show on the Hardiman Building foyer screen. These images were originally published in Chicago in 1898. The editor of the collection, entitled Ireland in Pictures , was a Galway native, John F. Finerty. He was born in Galway but emigrated to the United States where he followed in a family journalistic tradition. His father had been the editor of one of the influential 19th century Galway newspapers, the Galway Vindicator.  Finerty's writings were strongly Catholic nationalist in tone and he edited this photographic collection in 1898 as a centenary commemoration of the 1798 rebellion. The wonderfully stark black-and-white images in the slide show provide us with an insight into the landscape of the West of Ireland 120 years ago. The book is on display this week in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman bu...

Next Wednesday, 28th February,   Jane Burns, Altmetric Ambassador for Ireland  will give a public lecture on:   Understanding Altmetrics to determine where your research is gaining attention The lecuture will take place in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building Come and hear her speak to gain an understanding of Altmetrics and how they can complement traditional bibliometric measurements for your research impact. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about how to use Altmetrics to identify potential collaborators, to engage with and develop your online research profile. Jane Burns is an experienced Library & Information Professional.  Jane has recently been appointed as Manager of Information, Library & Web Services for the Irish Hospice Foundation.  She is a part time Lecturer at the School of Information & Communication Studies and the School of Education at University College Dublin.  She is currentl...

Launch of The Archives and Special Collections in 2017 Report and Donation of Rare Issues of the Connaught Journal Date: Tue 27 February, 1730 Venue: Bridge Room (#1001), Floor 1, Hardiman Research Building, followed by a reception in HRB Room 004 From the Michael M. O'Shaughnessy collection 2017 was an exciting year for the archives and special collections at NUI Galway. The collections featured in many publications by staff from this University and elsewhere and also featured in many exhibitions, seminars and in a range of teaching programmes. They stimulated connections with major institutions worldwide, brought distinguished visitors to the campus and attracted media coverage. Outreach activities, cataloguing and digital innovation all extended the local and global reach of the collections. Major new additions have further strengthened our holdings in areas such as the Irish language, the Northern Ireland Troubles, left-wing politics and local hist...