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The Library is marking Mental Health Week / Seachtain na Meabhairshláinte with a display of mental health and wellbeing books in the Library Foyer. The book display contains a range of titles such as: Gardening for Mind, Body and Soul: how to nurture your well-being with Nature The mindful self-compassion workbook : a proven way to accept yourself, build inner strength, and thrive The mindful college student : how to succeed, boost well-being, and build the life you want at university and beyond Mudras : yoga in your hands Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Panic: a Five Areas Approach  (e-book) David Gillick's Kitchen: Good Food from the Track to the Kitchen The Complete Book of Wild Swimming in Ireland All the books are available for borrowing and e-book versions are available for some of the titles. Search the  Library Catalogue  to find other titles of interest in both print and online formats. If you have suggestions for additional books in this area, please let us know ...

Irish artist Domino Whisker is exhibiting a new body of work inspired by Irish emigrant letters selected from the Kerby A. Miller Collection, made available online through the  Imirce digital repository .  Remember Me By , hosted by Dan Yoshii in New York City, is an exhibition that explores the strong bonds between Ireland and the United States (with a special focus on New York) forged by centuries of migration west across the Atlantic. The exhibition also delves into the lingering, universal preoccupations of emigrants across multiple generations, touching on the themes of homesickness, identity, displacement and belonging. Drawing on her own experience as an emigrant to the USA, Whisker found the Imirce collection by chance while seeking Irish emigrant stories online as inspiration for her pieces.  The resulting work weaves words and images together to evoke the profound emotional terrain that is traversed by not only the Irish diaspora, but also shared with other...

The Library has acquired a number of e-books that address many of the themes, aims and opportunities of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals. Topics covered include: affordable and clean energy climate action responsible consumption the protection of life on land and sea  the use of technology and social action academic responses For ease of access we have created a reading list of these acquired titles.  If there are additional related UN SDG titles that you believe to be of value to the Library's collections we welcome suggestions via use the Library's  Book Suggestion Form .                                Collection Development

      1 July marked the 130th anniversary of a train running from Galway all the way to Clifden. The line was 48 miles long and served seven stations along the way. Its construction was funded by the British administration in Ireland, championed by the Chief Secretary of the day, Arthur Balfour. When he visited Galway and Connemara in 1896, he was presented with an album of photographs of the area taken by the Belfast photographer, Robert J. Welch. Since 1987, this album has been part of the Library's Special Collections when it was acquired from the Balfour family. It now forms part of our  Digital Archive .  Sadly, the railway was often in financial difficulties and finally closed just 40 years later, in April 1935.  The Library's Special Collections is home to maps, railway history items and a selection of tourist guides which incorporate using the “new” railway to see Connemara's sights. Also included is Oughterard photographer, Lorraine Tuck's 201...

The Imirce project will be featured in the latest season of The History Show with Myles Dungan for RTÉ. The forthcoming episode features a panel of interviews discussing the work of historian Kerby A. Miller and the Imirce digital project that aims to preserve and make available the stories of Irish emigrants who went to North America. Dating across multiple centuries (ca. 1680 to 1990), the collected letters and life stories published to Imirce showcase the Irish emigrants’ place in the formative history of the United States and Canada, and the societal ripple effects of emigration for the Irish who remained. The interviewees include Dan Carey (Professor of English), Marie-Louise Rouget (Digital Archivist and Imirce Project Manager), Helen Hayes Sweeney (History PhD candidate) and Breandán Mac Suibhne (Professor of Modern Irish History) from the University of Galway. The Imirce episode will be released on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday 7 September at 6pm. Following the initial broadcast...

  The new EBSCOhost user interface will be shortly live for University of Galway Library users, offering a refreshed academic research experience across all EBSCO databases. The planned date for migration is 1 st October 2025.  This update will deliver a more intuitive platform for searching, saving, and managing scholarly resources, tailored to students, researchers, and staff across every discipline.   University of Galway Library users will soon benefit from the latest EBSCOhost UI redesign, which streamlines access to key databases across Business, Economics, Education, Health Sciences, Humanities, and more. The upgrade supports both desktop and mobile users and reflects current best practices for digital resource management in Irish academic libraries. Summary of Changes ·        Cleaner Interface: Easier navigation, modern styling, and improved visibility help users find content quicker and more efficiently. ·   ...

         Reaxys/EMBASE Training   Elsevier regularly provides training to help you get the most out of Reaxys. With many new people starting as Reaxys users recently within the Europe region, we've received numerous requests for additional Reaxys sessions. By popular demand, they're offering three extra sessions in English:   Introduction to Reaxys  September 18 th  2025, 10:30 - 11:30 CET.   Organic and inorganic chemistry in Reaxys  September 24 th  2025, 10:30-11:30 CET Reaxys use in material science, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, natural products and food chemistry  October 1 st  2025, 10:30-11:30 CET - Reaxys overview: content coverage, functionalities overview - Searching in Reaxys: text, structure - Advanced search (Query Builder): using fields and forms - Using filters for more specific results - Managing search results: saving, exporting, managing email alerts - Q&A   - Searching for...