Browsing University of Galway Library (Scholarly Articles) by Title
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The Abbey Theatre Digital Archive: a digitization project with dramatic impact
(United Kingdom Serials Group, 2017-11-08)National University of Ireland Galway digitized the archive of the Abbey Theatre between 2012 and 2015. This was the largest theatre archive digitization project worldwide and it has had a major impact on the University ... -
The Abbey Theatre digitization project in NUI Galway
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-12-17)National University of Ireland, Galway and the Abbey Theatre finalized a partnership to digitize the archive of the Abbey Theatre in 2012. The partnership leverages NUI Galway’s position as a leader in theatre and digital ... -
Academic libraries in challenging times
(2010-10)This article identifies three key challenges facing academic libraries in a period of recession: resourcing, technological change and proof of relevance. It proposes a series of strategies to maximise the value, actual and ... -
ARAN opens Access to Research at NUI Galway
(NUI Galway, 2011)Discusses ARAN, NUI Galway's Open Access repository for scholarly literature. -
The ballad of the wild Ginger Man - J.P. Donleavy and Irish Theatre censorship
(RTÉ, 2017-12-23)JP Donleavy is best known for his novel The Ginger Man, but the problems with the stage adaptation of the novel in 1959 showed the cultural censorship at work in Ireland at that time. This paper explores the political and ... -
Communicating new library roles to enable digital scholarship: a review article
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-04-06)Academic libraries enable a wide range of digital scholarship activities, increasingly as a partner rather than as a service provider. Communicating that shift in role is challenging, not least as digital scholarship is a ... -
E-Books Challenges and Opportunities
(D-Lib Magazine, 2004-10)E-books are commonly perceived as offering great potential for learner support but also as struggling to compete with print due to poor on-screen presentation, restrictive licencing and limited range of titles offered. ... -
The Gate Theatre Digital Archive - Gate performance and digital history
(Irish Society for Archives, 2018)The Gate Theatre Digital Archive at NUI Galway is fully digitised and available at the James Hardiman Library. Comprising 170,000 pages of manuscripts and printed materials, over 30,000 photos, over 600 hours of digitised ... -
James Hardiman - 19th century scholar and Mayo man
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A landscape archive: methods for interaction design, preservation, access, and mapping—a case study
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-07)The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway) acquired the archive of Tim Robinson in 2013. Robinson is a cartographer and writer who lived, studied, and documented the landscape surrounding Galway Bay over the ... -
Making sense of e-book usage data
(The Acquisitions Librarian, 2007)This article provides an overview of the types of statistical data available for e-book usage and includes examples from specifc vendors, along with coverage of standards such as COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked ... -
New directions for academic libraries in research staffing: A case study at National University of Ireland Galway
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-10)New research needs, global developments and local shifts in emphasis are demanding a broader range of interactions by librarians with researchers and are challenging previous staffing structures. Research has a higher ... -
Positioning the academic library within the institution: a literature review
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-05-22)A strong position in the institution is vital for any academic library and affects its recognition, resourcing, and prospects. Higher education institutions are experiencing radical change, driven by greater accountability, ... -
Reinvented, Re-imagined and Somehow Dislocated: The Evolution of Two John McGahern Short Stories
(2008-09-03)The John McGahern archive at The James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland Galway includes drafts of all McGahern's works. The archive includes over twenty drafts of McGahern's story 'Christmas', while the ... -
Sharing the pain, striving for gain
(UK Serials Group, 2010-03)Ireland is experiencing a particularly severe and sudden economic downturn. Spending on higher education is under the microscope, with implications for university libraries. The impact of this new environment at National ... -
When Samuel L Jackson played at the Gate, and other Irish theatre moments
(Irish Times, 2019-11-09)This article looks at the archive of neglected plays in modern Irish theatre history and considers thier position within the wider social and literary history of Irish drama, from Samuel L. Jackson performing at the Gate ...