Research

1.Ideas

2.Plan & Design

3.Data Sourcing

4.Data Governance

5.Data Analysis

7. Impact & Engagement

6. Publishing & Preservation

Ideas

The library helps researchers conduct thorough literature searches to develop and refine research questions. Our approach is structured into five main sections:

• Structured Learning
• Library Resource Guides
• One-to-one consultations
• Researcher Networks on Campus
• Research Impact Areas

Research Skills

Plan & Design

Support for identifying funding opportunities and writing grant proposals is provided by the Research Office and Research Accounts.

Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Research practices that aim to meet institutional policy and funder requirements are supported by the library as follows:

RDM Support
Open Practice Guidance

Data Sourcing

The library supports researchers by offering access to essential resources. These include both digital and physical materials from local sources, such as the University's own research outputs and archives, as well as external sources like open data repositories and subscription-based content and databases.

Using our Heritage collections, Archives and Special collections
Data Collection Tools and Methods

Data Governance

Data Governance broadly covers approaches to working with data during the research cycle and include data organisation, management, storage, and policy. It is often called Data Stewardship and includes including compliance with data privacy and ethical considerations specific to different research fields and data types. A key concept is FAIR data.

Research Data Management Training
FAIR data

Data Analysis

To support researchers in understanding and processing their data while encouraging open practice. The library provides guidance and advice on the use of open tools and methods for data analysis, covering:

Data analysis
Data tools and services
AI for research Digital tools for research

Publishing & Preservation

Open and Digital Publishing The library provides help to enhance the visibility and impact of research through our suite of open publishing platforms.

Routes to Open Access
Making your publications Open Access
Research data publishing
Preservation support

Impact & Engagement

The library advises on how to publish openly and responsibly. Read about the University of Galway statement on responsible research metrics.

Impact Support

Researcher Workshops and Events

Services

We provide open publishing, research data management, digital research support, research skills training, personalised consultations, and more.

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Resources

We offer several resources to support scholarship, including digital collections, archives, special collections, open publications, and open educational resources.

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Latest news

Digital Tools for Research: II Semester Workshop Schedule

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:41:00 +0000
The Digital Tools for Research workshop series resumed in the second semester with Data Visualisation: Tableau, taught by Dr. Heike Vornhagen from the Data Science Institute / Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics. The workshop participants gained a solid foundation in data visualisation to understand the art and science behind transforming complex information into compelling

Standardising Funder Identifiers to ROR

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:10:00 +0000
As the research community prioritises open infrastructures, persistent identifiers (PIDs) are key in connecting research outputs, funders, institutions, and researchers. One significant recent step in this journey is transitioning and standardising Crossref Open Funder Registry funder data to Research Organisation Registry (ROR) IDs. ROR is an open, community-driven identifier system designed

Transforming Text into Discovery: OCR Enrichment of Irish Emigrant Collections

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:31:00 +0000
Since the summer, the Open and Digital Research Team in the Library have been testing and refining an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) pipeline. The Library’s OCR pipeline aims to convert scanned images of textual archival records into a format that is machine-readable, at scale. This is an especially important enhancement to the University’s digitised heritage collections, making its holdings

Oksana Dereza

Digital Library Developer
Email: oksana.derezauniversityofgalway.ie
Digital Projects, Using Data in Research, and Digital Publishing Platforms

Rosie Dunne

Research Services Librarian
Email: rosie.dunneuniversityofgalway.ie
091 49 5959
Research Skills, Finding Information, Workshops

Trish Finnan

Digital Publishing and Data Management Librarian
Email: trish.finnanuniversityofgalway.ie
091 49 5961
Research Data Management, DMPs, Open Publishing, OER

Dr Cillian Joy

Head of Open and Digital Research
Email: cillian.joyuniversityofgalway.ie
091 49 5463

Dr Christopher Loughnane

NORF Open Repositories Project Manager
Email: cloughnaneuniversityofgalway.ie
Open Repositories Ireland, NORF National Open Access Repositories

Marie-Louise Rouget

Digital Archivist - Kerby Miller Collection
Email: marie-louise.rougetuniversityofgalway.ie

Dr Jen Smith

Open Research Librarian
Email: jen.smithuniversityofgalway.ie
Open Practice, Open Research