Friday, March 31, 2017

Eimear Jean McCormack Exhibition

Eimear Jean McCormack is currently exhibiting work in the Galway campus library.

Pop-in and take a look.


Thursday, March 30, 2017

Lending Laptops

Galway campus library provides the short term loan of laptops to GMIT students for use in the library
study rooms equipped with multimedia screens.

To borrow a laptop present your GMIT Student card at the Information Desk stating your room booking.

Laptops are for Library use only and must not be removed from the Library. Return laptop and all loaned accessories to the library desk by the due time. 

You are responsible for the laptop during the loan period. Do not leave it unattended at any time.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Fines Amnesty starts today...


Introducing Koha

We're  moving to a new library management system called Koha. 
 

We migrate from our old system, Millennium to Koha next week and go live next Friday.

We foresee a smooth transition but ask for your patience in advance in case of any problems or delays.
 
If you have any queries or problems with the library system over the next few weeks, please do contact us.

For more information on Koha go to:  http://www.koha.org/

We'll keep you posted on any news or issues so watch this space!

Friday, March 24, 2017

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Ebrary Ebooks now ProQuest Ebook Central

Ebrary Ebooks have recently changed to Proquest Ebook Central.

http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gmit/

To access over 130,000 books online go to:  

http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gmit/ 

and login with your student/staff email and computer network password  

(how you login to a PC in GMIT).





If you previously had an Ebrary bookshelf, you will need to go through the following steps to migrate the contents.
  • Upon accessing Proquest Ebook Central, click “Bookshelf” in the top right corner.
  • Click “Get Started”. In the top right corner, sign in using your old ebrary username and password.
  • Your bookshelf will then be transferred to Proquest Ebook Central and you should get the following message: “We moved your ebrary bookshelf to Ebook Central”.
You will no longer need a separate username and password to add items to your bookshelf. Simply add them and they will be retained, as long as you are accessing Proquest Ebook Central from the library website.

For more information on ProQuest Ebook Central go to:  http://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral.

Monday, March 13, 2017

We're closed this weekend for St. Patrick's Day

It's St. Patrick's Day this Friday...

All campus libraries are closed for our national holiday on Friday 17th March and Saturday 18th March 2017!!!

Our opening hours are available from http://gmit.libcal.com/hours.php

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

It's International Women's Day


International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women...  

Why not browse the libraries collection of female biographies

Friday, March 3, 2017

CCAM March News

New Titles - displayed until the 15th March. 


  • A complete guide to special effects makeup / Tokyo SFX Makeup Workshop
  • Art 20 : the Thames & Hudson multimedia dictionary of modern art [DVD]
  • Art.bank [DVD] : a catalogue of works of art / bank of Ireland
  • Glaze : the ultimate ceramic artist's guide to glaze and color / Brian Taylor and Kate Doody
  • Make : design for 3D printing : scanning, creating, editing, remixing and making in three dimensions / Samuel N. Bernier, Bertier Luyt & Tatiana Reinhard
  • Make : props and costume armor : create realistic science fiction and fantasy weapons, armor, and accessories / Shawn Thorsson
  • Papier-mĂ£che monsters : turn trinkets and trash into magnificent monstrosities / Dan Reeder; photographs by Julie, Jeff and Dan Reed
  • The art of steampunk : extraordinary devices and ingenious contraptions from the leading artists of the steampunk movement / Art Donovan ; foreword by Jim Benne


  • Displays

    Carmel O'Riordan was in CCAM library for the day on Monday and kindly curated a new display for us!  A perfect antidote to the weather outside. 


    Journals

    Cabinet (a quarterly of Art and Culture) has been renewed and the most recent issue 61 is now available.  

    Journal of the Week


    Our current Journal of the Week is the Oxford Art Journal. This journal publishes innovative critical work in art history.   Articles in the current issue include Redefining Artistic Value in Communist China: Rent Collection Courtyard by Vivian Li and The Perils of Patrimoine: Art, History, and Narrative in the Immigration History Museum, Paris by Daniel J. Sherman. 

    Please let us know if there is anything we can do to improve our service. We love getting feedback - especially the kind that comes in the form of haikus!