tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15566152807248489472017-07-22T08:25:46.927+01:00The HardiBlogBlog for the NUI Galway Library. Contains news, events, and updates from the University Library http://library.nuigalway.ieJames Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1039125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-59424136310461654022017-07-20T12:01:00.000+01:002017-07-20T12:37:50.134+01:00Celebrating the Galway International Arts Festival - From the Archives 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 James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-21033225774412101632017-07-17T13:12:00.000+01:002017-07-17T13:13:04.176+01:00Academic Video Online - trial now availableA trial of Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press) is now available until Friday 28 July 2017. Academic Video Online delivers 55,000+ streaming video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including film, drama, literary studies, business, counselling, history, music, and more. Curated for the educational experience, the large depth of content and breadth of content types (such asJames Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-63663922665452690252017-07-13T14:37:00.001+01:002017-07-13T14:40:30.249+01:00Archives Unbound - access extended Access to Archives Unbound has now been extended until 30 November 2017. At that stage the usage will be reviewed and perpetual access to the most accessed collections will be selectively purchased.  Archives Unbound consists of a collection of 237 unique digitised primary sources covering a broad range of historical areas including: Colonial and Postcolonial Studies European History James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-51346825284688876082017-07-06T14:52:00.001+01:002017-07-06T14:52:54.356+01:00Routledge History of Feminism - new resource   Routledge History of Feminism is a new online resource that covers the fascinating subject of feminism over the long nineteenth century (1776–1928).    It contains an extensive range of primary and secondary resources, including full books, selected chapters, and journal articles, as well as new thematic essays, and subject introductions on its structural themes: ﻿ Millicent James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-13369089901268996402017-06-30T15:02:00.003+01:002017-06-30T15:03:30.131+01:00The Reading List Service - helping students access course materialsThe Reading List Service is our core facility for ensuring students can access their course materials. It integrates:  library resources & library ordering  reading lists Blackboard The service saves academics time by:  ordering books/ebooks on your behalf  checking links to journal articles providing chapter and article scanning offering reports of student engagement view a Reading List James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-52785376923764743472017-06-23T16:30:00.002+01:002017-06-23T16:30:57.770+01:00Sociologists in Muintir na Tíre Muintir na Tíre pioneered and were involved in promoting many new concepts and technologies in its 80 year history. They were involved in rural electrification, group water schemes, community alert and community development. They had prominent Irish sociologists involved in the organisation in the 1940s to the 1990s. Among these were Jeremiah Newman, Bishop of Limerick, Dr Thomas Morris, James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-31358463711994478142017-06-07T10:18:00.000+01:002017-06-07T11:52:56.172+01:00Electronic Enlightenment - new database Electronic Enlightenment is the most wide-ranging online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. The content includes: •8,560 correspondents •53 nationalities from Europe, Asia & the Americas •777 occupations •70,057 letters and documents •Information on 64,741 manuscript James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-81771774196537370512017-06-01T11:52:00.000+01:002017-06-01T11:52:36.774+01:00Muintir na Tíre's Community Development Officer - A Common Thread As mentioned in an earlier post I spoke about getting to be the first to explore an archive. Another perk is getting to see common threads, trends in the work an organisation/person, the issues that come up over and over again and how the organisation/person worked. In Muintir na Tíre one of the common threads throughout its 80 years in existence is the use of Community Development Officers/James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-18171061411954822272017-05-30T14:45:00.003+01:002017-05-30T14:45:55.431+01:00June workshops: Design in presentations, blogging, social mediaWe've got some very interesting workshops for you in June! Check these out! June 13 2-3:30: Design in Presentations Description: This workshop will walk you through the design thinking process in the context of presentations. The 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 James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-83501477768323083672017-05-16T14:32:00.000+01:002017-05-16T14:32:56.830+01:00Digital Theatre+ is now available   Digital Theatre+ contains many digital productions and several educational resources including:         Digital Theatre+ will continue to expand with more contemporary & classical productions, exclusive practitioner interviews and in-depth study materials. Access to Digital Theatre+ is available here. Collection DevelopmentJames Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-70246219990524144082017-05-05T16:02:00.002+01:002017-05-05T16:02:26.232+01:00The Muintir na Tíre Interest Group When the James Hardiman Library was discussing the acquisition of the Muintir na Tíre archive with Tom Fitzgerald, Dr Tony Varley from the School of Political Science and Sociology and the University Librarian, John Cox contacted academics from within and outside NUIG to see what the academic interest, if any, was in the archive. Numerous letters of support were received regarding the value James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-23508015509880910592017-05-03T16:19:00.000+01:002017-05-03T16:21:50.927+01:00Theatre Record: trial now available A trial of Theatre Record is now available until Tuesday 16 May 2017. Established in 1981, Theatre Record is the reference bible of UK theatre and the first stop for anyone – theatres, researchers, agents, critics – wanting indexed reviews from the major newspaper critics of all professional theatre productions, large and small, in and out of London, complete with cast credits and productionJames Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-13932826220664748752017-04-11T20:53:00.000+01:002017-04-11T20:53:29.618+01:00James Hardiman Library - Easter Opening Hours To help in planning your study over the Easter weekend please see below details of the James Hardiman Library Easter opening hours: Friday 14 April       10.00-18.00 Saturday 15 April   Closed Sunday 16 April     Closed Monday 17 April    10.00-18.00 The Library Reading Room at basement level will be open daily from 07.00-02.30 James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-4893886006985949502017-04-04T10:12:00.002+01:002017-04-05T17:22:26.455+01:00Access *restored* for Web of Science, Jrnl Citation Reports, Essential Sci IndicatorsUpdate April 5th - Access has been restored to all affected resources.You can access the resources as normal via the relevant links in the library catalogue. We're currently experiencing access problems with Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, and Essential Science Indicators. For Web of Science, the interface can still be searched, but there's no guarantee that content in search resultsJames Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-51434587477414873282017-04-03T12:45:00.000+01:002017-04-03T12:45:12.243+01:00International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - new edition now available   Access to the online 2nd edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier, 2015) is now available. Fully revised and updated, this new edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001, comprises over 3,900 articles and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-63381909296238022962017-04-03T12:04:00.000+01:002017-04-03T12:04:14.515+01:00Muintir na Tíre Limited Before Muintir na Tíre was founded in 1937 by Canon John Hayes, he established a co-operative society, Muintir na Tíre Limited, in 1931. Muintir na Tíre was an agricultural producers co-operative society for farmers and their labourers. I have discovered some records relating to Muintir na Tíre Limited during the appraisal and arranging of the Muintir na Tíre archive. This includes the minute James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-55893636621531914542017-03-30T14:47:00.000+01:002017-03-30T14:48:11.082+01:00ARAN repository exceeds five million hits to date ARAN has attracted over five million hits (downloads and page views) to date, leaving no doubt that adding your publications to it boosts your citations and increases the visibility of your research. It is the definitive open access showcase for research from NUI Galway. Don’t miss out on the benefits by claiming your publications on IRIS and uploading them to ARAN. Just click James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-80658037295838315062017-03-24T15:26:00.002+00:002017-03-24T15:26:37.335+00:00 "Outside the Walls": Research in the Community Seminar hosted by Special Collections, Hardiman Library,  NUI, Galway Thursday, 6 April, 14.45-17.00  Hardiman Research Building, G011 Speakers: Marie Mannion, (County Galway Heritage Officer), Prof. Noel Wilkins, (Galway Archaeological & Historical Society), Professor Gerry Jennings (Western Family History Association), Dr. Christy James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-28074137561328752562017-03-23T18:05:00.001+00:002017-03-23T18:18:43.447+00:003 Database Trials End Soon The following database trials will expire on Friday, 31 March:   Electronic Enlightenment Kanopy (online films and documentaries) Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History   These resources can be accessed via the database trials page. Please complete the database trial feedback form provided for each resource of interest. Collection Development James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-47002042338304921962017-03-21T13:43:00.000+00:002017-03-21T13:43:43.749+00:00Martin McGuinness - In Conflict and Peace: From the ArchivesThe recent stepping away from active political life by Martin McGuinness and from his role as Deputy First Minister, signalled a polemic shift in the political landscape in Northern Ireland, His passing today, aged 66, has further intensified the consideration of his life and role in Northern Ireland, and his journey from conflict to peace, over many decades.The perhaps unknown role that Martin James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-8773838015180601332017-03-21T09:59:00.003+00:002017-03-21T09:59:36.165+00:00Student Reading List Experience - Survey Results Last semester the Collection Development team ran a survey aimed at undergraduate students. We asked a number of questions on reading list use and how students were finding using the new Reading List System.  There were 39 respondents across a range of disciplines with the majority coming from the School of Business and Economics.  Some of the key results were: 95% agreed they are James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-19176152597459558582017-03-20T17:53:00.004+00:002017-03-20T17:53:51.789+00:00Researching Your Essay: where to start, and where to go once you have started? What do the lecturers mean when  they ask you to research your essays? Can you find good material on google? Are some sources more reliable than others? Are you expected to read every source you find? How do you know which sources to use? In a specially organised workshop on Tuesday 21 March at 2.30, we will answer these questions and to show how to use the library databases to brainstorm James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-31859110502327978302017-03-16T16:17:00.000+00:002017-03-20T10:44:20.869+00:00IOPscience extra The Library now provides access to IOPscience extra, an archive of expanded content from the Institute of Physics. "IOPscience extra hosts some of the most sought-after articles in science today, providing international breakthroughs and pioneering achievements from prolific researchers."   The new content includes:   The complete IOP journal archive Comprising more than 700,000 articles, James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-12006416925000780732017-03-13T15:21:00.001+00:002017-03-13T15:21:13.872+00:00Accessing the Library's databases? Don't use Internet Explorer Over the past year, more and more of our database providers have worked to increase the security of their resources. In addition to this, databases are becoming more technically complex and offer a huge suite of options for you to choose to make your research better. However, the increase in security and complexity means that Internet Explorer regularly has problems when trying to display James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556615280724848947.post-74663189184678204002017-03-10T12:37:00.000+00:002017-03-13T10:09:42.386+00:00Seachtain na Gaeilge: Irish language learning resources   To mark Seachtain na Gaeilge why not explore some of our print, online and audio-visual resources which may be useful for Irish language learners at various levels:   Spoken Irish/An Ghaeilge Labhartha:   Irish conversation Colloquial Irish the complete course for beginners Speaking Irish = An Ghaeilge Bheo: take your language skills beyond basics Learning Irish   Irish Grammar/James Hardiman Librarynoreply@blogger.com0
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