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The Library has acquired permanent access to Oxford Bibliographies International Law , one in the series of the highly regarded Oxford Bibliography research tools. " Oxford Bibliographies in International Law is designed to provide authoritative guidance and help researchers filter through the proliferation of information sources to material that is reliable and directly relevant to their inquiries. It will provide a trustworthy pathway through the thicket of information overload." Each entry within the bibliography contains the following: Headings concisely identify the types of resources and key areas of scholarship Expert Commentary provides context and recommendations to guide users through the citations Citations provide a selective list of the best and most useful resources available Annotations indicate what is included in the work and how the resource will aid research Links to resources in and outside of your library's catalog ...

  If you are planning on studying over the August Bank Holiday weekend the James Hardiman Library will be open as follows: Saturday 5th August:   10.00-17.00 Monday 7th August:     10.00-17.00 The Library will be closed on Sunday 6th August, however the Library Reading Room at basement level will be open daily as normal from 07.00-02.30 over the entire weekend.

*Update Tuesday 8th: Access has now been fully restored after intermittent access over the weekend* There is currently a problem accessing fulltext content on ScienceDirect while off-campus. this seems to be a global issue affecting all institutions. ScienceDirect Tech support are aware of the issue and are working on a fix. This blog post will be updated when access has been restored; our apologies for the inconvenience.

In the first blog post I wrote I spoke about the various stages of the work that an archivist does in preparing a collection to make it accessible in the reading room. I am now down to the last of the boxes and files in the arrangement phase. The time it can take to arrange an archive can vary depending on the size of the archive and the order in which the material is in the archive. During the arrangement phase archivists look to keep and respect the order that the creators arranged their own records. In archival terminology this means that I look at the Muintir na Tíre collection as a fonds. This comes from the term respect des fonds, an archival principle which tells us to acknowledge the source, or provenance, of records when we are arranging them. By maintaining the original order we can learn a lot more about the organisation and the records and how Muintir na Tíre worked. However, this is not always easy to do especially when you receive a collection has been stored li...

One more workshop now open for registration, a brand new one on making digital video. Here are the details: Videos made easy: From idea to upload Wednesday August 16, 14:00 In this workshop we will be delving into the world of Digital Video. Video is fast becoming a way in which people learn and interact, with 6 out of 10 people preferring online video platforms to live TV. YouTube is one of the most popular and most used video sharing platforms, in an average month, 8 out of 10 18-49 year-olds watch YouTube. Video is fast becoming both a creative outlet and an essential tool for teaching as well as disseminating research. In this workshop we will be looking at idea generation and planning for creating digital videos. During this workshop we will also cover some tips and tricks for filming and editing. Learning these skills will help in the creation of your digital video whether you are creating an artistic or academic video. Eileen Walsh, the facilitator, has a degree in Gr...

Fulltext access to every issue of  Revue Bénédictine from Volume 1 1884 to the current issue is now available. Originally published as  Messager des Fideles until 1889, Revue Bénédictine is published twice a year by Brepols and covers occidental ecclesiastical history, with an emphasis on biblical, patristic and monastic texts. This journal publishes unpublished texts, original studies in French, English, German and Italian, reviews of recently published works, as well as two bibliographical bulletins. Collection Development

It's very quiet on campus, but we're still workshopping! Come by the Library for a boost to your skills! Design in Presentations 8 August, 2017  13:00 Photoshop whiz Eileen Walsh walks you through the design thinking process in the context of presentations. 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. 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. Sign up:  https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/design-for-presentations-tickets-36486707725 Paraphrasing without plagiarising 14 August, 2017   15:00 Do you have difficulty putting material you have read for your assignments into your own words? Are you concerned that you are plagia...

The Galway International Arts Festival is celebrating 40 years this year. Over those many years the Festival has grownt o become not just the highlight of Galway's cultural and artistic calendar every but also that of Ireland, now recognised as one of the major annual arts festivals in Europe. The archive of the Galway International Arts Festival resides within the archive collections of the Hardiman Library of NUI Galway. It is an amazing record of how the festival was established and grew to attract not just the best of Irish artists and performers of all kinds, but also the cream of international talent. The collection consists of over thirty-five boxes of manuscripts and documents, comprising some of the first minute books of the Festival committee, correspondence with leading artists, programmes and posters for various events, an expansive photographic collection, press cuttings and of course the famous Galway Arts Festival posters themselves. The archive of Galway Ar...