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  Proinsias Mac Aonghusa agus a chuid oibre san Afraic   Tá catalógú á dhéanamh ar bhailiúchán leabhar Mhic Aonghusa agus tá breis agus 1500 leabhar ar fáil anois i gcatalóg na leabharlainne.   Chomh maith le béim láidir ar stair, teanga, litríocht, cultúr agus polaitíocht na hÉireann san fhichiú haois, léiríonn an cnuasach suim agus saothar Mhic Aonghusa maidir le saoirsí sibhialta agus cearta an duine in Éirinn agus i dtíortha ar fud an domhain.  Ar cheann de na tíortha atá luaite tá an Namaib san Afraic Thiar Theas.  Ar an 18 Nollaig 1973, ceapadh Seán MacBride mar chéad choimisinéir lánaimseartha sa Namaib ag céim an ard-rúnaí chúnta.  D'oibrigh sé chun tacaíocht idirnáisiúnta a bhaint amach do neamhspleáchas na Namaibe go dtí 1977. Dé Luain, an 11 Márta 1974, bhí Mac Aonghusa ag ithe lóin le Seán MacBride i dTeach Roebuck i mBaile Átha Cliath.  Is ansin a d'iarr MacBride air glacadh leis an bpost mar ionadaí speisialta agus comhairleoir n...

In this edition of our Open Voices series, we are talking to Daniel Bangert . Daniel is Ireland’s National Open Research Coordinator, based at the Digital Repository of Ireland , Royal Irish Academy. In this role Daniel works with the National Open Research Forum (NORF) on the development and delivery of the National Action Plan for the implementation of Open Research across Ireland.   Hardy: Welcome, Daniel, and thanks for talking to us. First, I would like to ask you how you got interested into Open Scholarship and Open Research? Daniel : Thanks for having me, Hardy, and great to talk about Open Research with you. As with many people, I think, it hasn't been a straightforward path to Open Research. My initial academic training was in music, firstly performance and then musicology, so I came to the area as a researcher. In that role I came across some of the issues related to Open Access, to managing research data, and Open Research generally. This was initially in Austral...

When: Monday 20 March 2023, 13.00-14.00 Where: Bridge Room (Room 1001), Moore Institute, Hardiman Building   The Library’s Special Collections staff will be demonstrating some print and online resources to assist those just starting to find out about their Irish ancestry or those who have already carried out some research. The setting up of an informal University Family History Club will also be discussed. All Welcome.  [ Our image is of children on Inishmore, Aran Islands, c,1895,  which features in the Balfour photographic album in our collection]

  Mar ceiliúradh le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge & Féile Naomh Pádraig, tá taispéantais eagraithe ag muintir na foirne ó Bailiúcháin Speisialta, Cartlanna & Catalógú. Béidh bailiúcháin ó Leabharlann Proinsias MacAonghusa ( atá á gcatalógú faoi láthair) le feiceáil chomh maith le píosaí beaga ó Cartlann Conradh na Gaeilge. I na measc béidh leabhar ag baint le stair agus cultúr na hÉireann. Chomh maith le sin tá litir suimiúil a sheol an t-údar Máirtín Ó Caidhin chuig Prionsias scríofa I mBéarla, in éineacht le cóip shínithe de Cré na Cille .  Tá tuilleadh eolas faoi Leabharlann Proinsias le fáil ar an blag anseo . To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge and St. Patrick's Festival, staff from Cataloguing, Archives and Special Collections have selected topical items from the  library of Proinsias MacAonghusa (currently being catalogued) as well as items from the Conradh na Gaeilge archive . Included are a a variety of books about Ireland and an intriguing letter to Pri...

  Tá taispeántas ar siúl i bhforhalla na leabharlainne le  Seachtain na Gaeilge  (1-17 Márta) a cheiliúradh. Is féidir chuile leabhar agus DVD (seachas na foclóirí) a fháil ar iasacht. Cuardaigh  catalóg na leabharlainne (leagan Gaeilge) chun tuilleadh acmhainní eile a aimsiú i gcló nó ar líne. A display to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge (1-17 March) is available in the library foyer. All the books and DVDs (except for the dictionaries) are available for borrowing. Search the library catalogue  for other resources of interest in print and online formats.  Forbairt Bailiúchán / Collection Development

The Bookseller is the essential publication for the publishing industry and the book trade in the UK and Ireland. It started publication in 1858 and it is published weekly. Online access to current issues of  The Bookseller  including the latest published issue is now available  via the  library catalogue record .  A ccess includes articles, author profiles, bestseller charts, previews, rights deals etc.  Note that you will need to register at:   https://www.thebookseller.com/registration  with your  @universityofgalway.ie email address in order to access the current issues.   Collection Development

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Open Scholarship is our staff development focus this month. It encompasses eight pillars one of which is FAIR data and Open Outputs. FAIR is the acronym used to describe data that is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The move towards a culture of Open Scholarship and FAIR and Open Outputs is accelerating. An increasing number of funding bodies such as the European Commission, Science Foundation Ireland, the Health Research Board and the Irish Research Council require that funding recipients make their research data FAIR and open. They are required to submit a Data Management Plan demonstrating how they will do so as part of their funding applications. FAIR data and Open Outputs makes the verification and re-use of research data possible, ensures the continuity of research as staff/researchers change, facilitates collaboration and minimizes duplication of effort and waste of resources. The library provides information, advice and training related to FAIR and Open Output...