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:

• A-Z Library Databases
• Literature Review
• Systematic Reviews
• Researcher Networks on Campus
• Research Impact Areas

Research Information 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
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

Guides for Research

Latest news

ReproducibiliTea Galway journal club - the MORPHSS project

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:13:49 +0000
The first ReproducibiliTea Galway journal club workshop for semester 1, 2026 will focus on the MORPHSS project - Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Join Dr. Jen Smith from the Library Research Services team and Dr. Jenni Adams, MORPHSS Research Associate, for our hybrid session on the 7th October. The ReproducibiliTea Galway journal

Library Research Services, Semester 1 2026-27

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:07:16 +0000
The Library’s Research Services team supports academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD researchers throughout the research lifecycle. We provide workshops and one-to-one consultations on research discovery, literature searching, systematic and scoping reviews, research publishing, open access, rights retention, open research, research data management, digital methods, and repository

Research Data Management Roadshow and Support

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:16:06 +0000
The Research Data Steward role was introduced to the University of Galway Library in May of last year. The role's primary purpose is to provide essential support and advice for research data management (RDM) and data governance across the research lifecycle. RDM consists of data tasks of planning and design, sourcing and collection, processing and analysis, and publishing and preservation, all

Open Research Forum: Guest post by Arushi Sharma, keynote speaker

Thu, 14 May 2026 14:30:14 +0000
We are delighted to introduce Arushi Sharma from Project SCOIR (Trinity College Dublin), who will be the keynote speaker at our next Open Research Forum: “University of Galway's Research Publishing Policy: Empowering our Research Community” on 20 May 2026. Please join us to hear Arushi, along with Claire O’Connor and Martin Leahy, followed by a light lunch.Arushi Sharma is an Associate Researcher

Dr Cillian Joy

Head of Research Services
Email: cillian.joyuniversityofgalway.ie
Open Research, Strategy and Improvement, Digital Publishing, Data Services, Partnerships, Policy

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, Using Databases, and Finding Information

Kate Harrigan

Research Data Steward
Email: kathleen.harriganuniversityofgalway.ie
Research Data Stewardship, Management, and Curation

Bianca Pereira

Onboarding Coordinator Open Repositories Ireland (ORI)
Email: bianca.deoliveirapereirauniversityofgalway.ie
Open Repositories Ireland, Repository metadata

Dr Jen Smith

Open Research Librarian
Email: jen.smithuniversityofgalway.ie
Open Practice, Research Publishing, and Rights Retention

Michelle Tighe

Library Assistant, Research Services & Collection Management
Email: michelle.tigheuniversityofgalway.ie
Events, Administration, Communications, and Web