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Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:03:00 +0000

Dervla Murphy Travel Writer: print and e-books now available

  Dervla Murphy was one of the foremost travel writers of her generation. .Beginning with her first book, Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle in 1965, she wrote 26 books detailing her adventurous travels to distant and not-so distant parts of the globe. Her Irish Times obituary provides an overview of her fascinating and unconventional life.In addition to the print copies in our

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Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:32:00 +0000

Open Research Forum: University of Galway's Research Publishing Policy: Empowering our Research Community

Save the date for our next Open Research Forum on 20 May 2026, “University of Galway's Research Publishing Policy: Empowering our Research Community”. This event is hosted by University of Galway Library Research Services.   Agenda: Wednesday, 20 May 12.00: Keynote: Arushi Sharma, Trinity College Dublin, SCOIR project &

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Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:25:00 +0000

Beyond Closed Research Metrics: Rethinking Research Discovery and Rankings (part 2 of 2)

Traditionally, academic publishing has been closed, which means that readers can only access research outputs if you or the institution you are affiliated with pay for them through subscriptions. However, research metrics – approximate measures of how many papers have been published and how often they have been cited – are created by the same companies that publish and index the research. 

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