- Collections
About Collections
The Library provides access to all sorts of information resources to support your learning and research. You can search all of the library's collections through the Library Catalogue, or get more information on each type of information resource and how it might be useful to your studies below.
- Using the Library
Find your way
Learn more about the Library as a physical place, find top tips and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ), find out about the study spaces and services available in the Main, Medical and Nursing & Midwifery Libraries, and if you are not a student or staff member of NUI Galway, you can find out here how to access the Library.
- Help
We're here to help
Library staff provide support, help, and training to enable you to get to grips with the literature of your subject and the Library's resources. We have staff with expertise on information resources in your subject area.
Get help from the Library with your studies, research, or teaching
- Digital Scholarship
Digital Scholarship
The Library welcomes opportunities to advance our Digital Scholarship. Our areas of contribution include content, technology, infrastructure, partnership and the practice-based expertise in our team.
- Search
Search
A single search interface to all collections and content, both physical and digital. It's quick, user-friendly, and a personalised discovery experience.
- About
MakerSpace
The MakerSpace in the library is a space for engaged teaching and learning. It's a space where students can be creative, collaborate, share, develop ideas, innovate, and generally just ‘make stuff’. The space is available for staff and students to use at any time while the library is open. There is no need to book the space if you are using it for either individual or group work. Just drop in at any time that suits you to use the equipment.
Maker PCs
The computers available in the MakerSpace have a higher specification than those available in most of the PC suites on campus. We have included Autodesk Inventor, Adobe creative suite as well as some other design and animation software. Our design software installed - Autodesk Inventor, Sketchup Pro, Blender
3D Printing Service
The library MakerSpace offers a 3D printing service to both staff and students of NUI Galway.
We print in PLA and have three 3D printers in use:
- Ultimaker 2 - Standard ultimaker 3D printer. Use 2.85 mm filament.
- Ultimaker 2 Ex
- RepRapPro Mendel 3
Adobe Creative Suite
Our MakerSpace PCs have Adobe Creative Suite installed - Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere
Animation Sofware
For users interested in animation we have Anime Studio Pro
Arduino Genuino Boards
We have prototyping boards from Arduino. The starter kits in the MakerSpace are a great way of getting to know what can be done.
Raspberry Pi
Our 5 raspberry pi kits come with camerasSponsorship
If you think you could help our work or work with us on a partnership, please contact us.
The MakerSpace's initial seed funding was generously part funded by the NUI Galway Student Projects' Fund.
Maker Space gallery
MakerSpace Facebook stream
Library
The Library proactively supports and enhances the learning, teaching, and research activities of the University. The Library acts as a catalyst for your success as NUI Galway’s hub for scholarly information discovery, sharing, and publication.
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