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The Open and Digital Research team offers a range of services and resources for research. Whether you are a PhD researcher, postgraduate student, or postdoc, and whatever your research needs may be, the Library is here to help. View some of the areas in which we can offer assistance below.
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Open Publishing grants free and open online access to academic information.
Initially, the Open Access movement focused mainly on journal articles and the business model of journals themselves, giving rise to Open Access journals.
The broader concept includes research outputs such as monographs, data, or code.#
Theses
Submitting a Thesis to the University Collections
The Library gives you access to research and taught theses. View the Finding Theses Guide for advice on locating the research you're looking for.
Review the process for submitting your thesis below.
Open Publishing in University of Galway
Unrestricted and Open Access to a study’s findings and the journal articles, books or other publications arising from the study is at the heart of Open Scholarship. The University of Galway is committed to increasing Open Access to our research publications.
- As part of the IReL consortium we negotiate Open Access deals with publishers so our researchers can publish Gold Open Access with no cost to the author.
- Our Open Access to Research Outputs Policy commits University of Galway to Open Access and articulates expectations on our researchers.
- The University of Galway Research Repository enables Green Open Access.
- We are negotiating publishing deals to enable University of Galway authors to publish Gold Open Access without payments. For example, the deal with Elsevier.
If you have any questions regarding Open Access, email hardy.schwamm@universityofgalway.ie
Digital Scholarship Enablement Strategy
The Library’s Digital Scholarship Enablement Strategy:
- Enables students and staff to obtain assistance on emerging methodologies, analyse data and share results in new ways
- Creates partnerships campus-wide and enhances the teaching, learning, and research process in every academic discipline
- Empowers the next generation of scientists and scholars to be appropriately equipped to create new knowledge in a digital environment and to seek new solutions for a better future
- Familiarises students with the tools they need to make an impact in today’s world
- Empowers the Library to preserve new forms of scholarly information in perpetuity
The Library’s Digital Scholarship Enablement Strategy results from a consultation with various stakeholders and is subject to ongoing review. The strategy provides a framework for staffing and skills development, technical infrastructure, standards, project selection, collaboration and funding. It guides Library publication of digital collections, promotion of open access, and development of services, spaces and partnerships to advance digital scholarship.
Persistent Identifiers
A persistent identifier (PI or PID) is a long-lasting reference to a document, file, web page, or other digital object. It is linked to the current address of the metadata or content. Unlike URLs, persistent identifiers are often provided by services that allow you to update the location of the object so that the identifier consistently points to the right place without breaking. Persistent identifiers are available for people (e.g. ORCIDs), institutions (e.g. ROR), research outputs (e.g. DOI). There are also product identifiers for books (ISBNs) and journals (ISSNs).
Further information is available in the Library Guide on Identifiers and to request a DOI or ISBN please contact Trish Finnan, Digital Publishing and Data Management Librarian.
Any Questions
Trish Finnan
Digital Publishing and Data Management Librarian
Email: trish.finnan@universityofgalway.ie