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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:31:00 +0000

Transforming Text into Discovery: OCR Enrichment of Irish Emigrant Collections

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

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:52:00 +0000

Imirce Collection Day for Donors - Irish emigrant letters

On Tuesday 3 December, the Imirce project team hosted a Collection Day for members of the public to donate new material towards the digital repository of Irish emigrant letters and memoirs. In a single morning the digital collection has been enriched with 400+ more letters that will be released online by February 2025.The Day The morning began with a welcome, introductions and some background

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:37:00 +0000

Service of the Month: Academic Skills

The Academic Skills Team in the Library support the information and academic research needs of University of Galway Undergraduate and Taught Master’s students. We are Siobhán, Jane, Gabi, Regina and Mike and we would like to introduce you to the services and resources that we provide. Our Service Supports Our team is responsible for delivering information literacy to the student body. One

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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 University of Galway’s hub for scholarly information discovery, sharing, and publication.

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