The HardiBlog

Peaks, passes, and glaciers : a series of excursions by members of the Alpine Club was just one of the very popular publications by the newly-formed organisation during a period considered to be the height of British mountaineering. This volume was edited by the Dublin-born naturalist John Ball (1818-1889). If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, or to consult material in this vein, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. A spotlight exhibition can also be viewed on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of April.

To all students facing the upcoming exams, we wish you the very best of luck! A quick look back in the University Archives and to the College calendars, published annually since Queen's College Galway was first opened in 1849, show all rules and regulations for students facing exams. This example, from 1898, shows, with the exception of 'No smartphones, tablets or devices allowed', very little has changed!

It is the final week of our whirlwind tour through a selection of travel writing from Special Collections, and on display are two of the big names in Middle Eastern travel. W.H. Bartlett (1809-1854) was an English artist and traveller whose travels occasioned many drawings and sketches of the antiquities and landscapes of the Holy Land, including the beautiful illustrations in Walks about the city and environs of Jerusalem (London : Hall, Virtue & Co., [184-?]). In the preface, Bartlett states that it was an attempt to give “a clear, connected, and accurate view of the City”. Tullamore-born Bartholomew Elliot Warburton was possibly prompted by an acquaintance with A.W. Kinglake (1809-1891) at Eton to pursue a life of travel. The crescent and the cross equalled Kinglake’s Eothen in popularity. If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, or to consult material in this vein, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Rese...

  The Library staff would like to wish you the very best of luck with your exams.  For those of you who doing your finals we wish you every success in the future.  Just ask at the Library/IT Service Desk if you need help.

Event Description: Demo of the  NEW  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 Tuesday  28th of April @ 10am  Please book you place 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 it's on the right just after the book returns area.

The reality of ‘extreme’ travel, in this case Arctic exploration, is brought home by the vivid images illustrating L'expédition du Tegetthoff : voyage de découvertes aux 80e-83e degrés de latitude nord by Julius Payer (1842-1915), an Austro-Hungarian mountaineer and cartographer, and discoverer of Franz Josef Land. Breaking the ice Recommended travel gear.   If you would like to view the spotlight exhibition, or to consult material in this vein, please contact the staff of the Special Collections Reading Room in the Hardiman Research Building at specialcollections@nuigalway.ie. A spotlight exhibition can also be viewed on the digital display wall in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of April.

Event Description: This session will show you how to use the Library's SFX service to find fulltext of articles; it will also show you some other SFX services such as finding other articles relevant to your searching. Topics covered will be how SFX works where the SFX button can be found bX Recommnder Service reporting questions / problems Location: Library Training Room 19:30 No need to book, just drop in.

This is our last week until October 2015. Please call over if you would like to get some advice on your writing or just to say hello.  The opening hours are, as always,  Monday - Friday (incl.) 11-1 and Monday -Thursday (incl.) 6-9. Hope to see you there.