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👻 Something spooky is hiding Over the Garden Wall... Venture into our Halloween virtual experience & explore a mysterious 360° world packed with hidden surprises. Can you find them all before they disappear into the mist? 🎃 🔍 Enter if you dare: https://ow.ly/XnNU50ZX7HW MU Library Makerspace

Come visit our ✨new✨ library wellness zone #mulibrary #maynoothunivrsity

Important Open Access update: new Wiley Gold OA journals top-up fund available for articles accepted between 23rd Oct and 31st Dec. More info: https://nuim.libguides.com/OpenAccessPublishingAgreements #MULibraryOpenAccess #MULibrary

The nights are drawing in, & strange things are Over the Garden Wall... 🌙👻 Hidden in our 360° Halloween experience are 13 haunting images from our Special Collections & Archives. Spooky icons scattered across the landscape. MU Library Makerspace 🔗 Explore: https://app.cloudpano.com/tours/dUfm7ber1

Day 2 of Research Week and Giada Gelli is back with her What About Open Science Gameshow workshop. On right now until 12:45 in the Flexible Learning room on the first floor of the Library feel free to pop in and give it a go! #MUresearch

Thank you to everyone who cam to the launch of our Research Impact and Bibliometrics Service launch. It is still running in the library until 2pm in training room D. So please pop in if you are on your lunch. There are still refreshments and research chats to be had. #MUresearch

Library Research Skills Training #MULibrary Online Lunchtime Oct Nov Searching Reference Mgt Reviewing the Evidence book here https://nuim.libcal.com/calendar/academicresarchersworkshops #MUlibrary #researchskills #bitesize

Join us on October 19th at 1pm for the formal launch of MU Library's Research Impact and Bibliometrics Service. All MU staff and research staff and students welcome. Refreshments will be provided. Please book here - https://nuim.libcal.com/calendar/research_services/bib_launch #MUResearch

Come along to this interactive gameshow-style workshop based on the award-winning Open Educational Resource game What about Open Science? 👾 All MU researchers welcome. There will be prizes too!🎁 Oct 20th 11am - Book - https://ow.ly/Iovc50ZX6RF #MUResearch

Come along to this interactive gameshow-style workshop based on the award-winning Open Educational Resource game What about Open Science? 👾 All MU researchers welcome. There will be prizes too!🎁 Oct 20th 11am - Book - https://ow.ly/Iovc50ZX6RF #MUResearch

Come along to this interactive gameshow-style workshop based on the award-winning Open Educational Resource game What about Open Science? 👾 All MU researchers welcome. There will be prizes too!🎁 Oct 20th 11am - Book - https://ow.ly/Iovc50ZX6RF #MUResearch

Latest quota projections for IReL's 2026 Open Access deals! Note: Wiley hybrid is likely to run out next week. More info: https://nuim.libguides.com/OpenAccessPublishingAgreements #MULibrary #MULibraryOpenAccess

Join us on October 19th at 1pm for the formal launch of MU Library's Research Impact and Bibliometrics Service. All MU staff and research staff and students welcome. Refreshments will be provided. Please book here - https://nuim.libcal.com/calendar/research_services/bib_launch #MUResearch

Come along to this interactive gameshow-style workshop based on the award-winning Open Educational Resource game What about Open Science? 👾 All MU researchers welcome. There will be prizes too!🎁 Oct 20th 11am - Book - https://ow.ly/Iovc50ZX6RF #MUResearch

🎃👻 Can you find all 13? Explore Over the Garden Wall, our Halloween virtual experience from Maynooth University Library and uncover 13 hidden images from Special Collections & Archives lurking behind spooky icons in a 360° world. 🔍 Enter here: https://ow.ly/Uo8050ZX7wv MU Library Makerspace

Library Research Skills Training #MULibrary Online Lunchtime Oct Nov Searching Reference Mgt Reviewing the Evidence book here https://nuim.libcal.com/calendar/academicresarchersworkshops #MUlibrary #researchskills #bitesize

New Staff Publication! We’re proud to announce that a new title by Maynooth University staff member, Dr Rodrigo López Martínez, has been added to our collection. #MaynoothUniversity #MULibrary #AcademicPublishing #NewBooks #MuAuthors

📜 Check out our new blog on MU Library Treasures! https://ow.ly/Z56T50ZVNfv #SpecialCollections #Conservation Maynooth University Library Maynooth University St Patrick's Pontifical University

We were delighted to welcome Rose Ryan, recently retired Director of Access, back to the Library to say a heartfelt thank you for her wonderful contribution over the years. As a special memento and token of our appreciation, Rose was presented with an image from our Russell Library collection.

Library Research Skills Training #MULibrary Online Lunchtime Oct Nov Searching Reference Mgt Reviewing the Evidence book here https://nuim.libcal.com/calendar/academicresarchersworkshops #MUlibrary #researchskills #bitesize

Important Open Access update: the 2026 quota for Elsevier ScienceDirect gold and hybrid journals is exhausted. More info: https://nuim.libguides.com/OpenAccessPublishingAgreements #MULibraryOpenAccess #MULibrary

New Staff Publication! We’re proud to announce that a new title by Maynooth University staff member, Dr R.V. Gundur, has been added to our collection. #MaynoothUniversity #MULibrary #AcademicPublishing #NewBooks #MuAuthors

As the new semester begins, this is a guide on how to resolve potential issues when accessing our eResources💻 #MULibraryeResources

New Staff Publication! We’re proud to announce that a new title by Maynooth University staff members, Prof Hana Červinková & Prof Mark Maguire, has been added to our collection. #MaynoothUniversity #MULibrary #AcademicPublishing #NewBooks #MuAuthors

Welcome to MU Library! Watch to find out more about your library!! #mulibrary #maynoothuniversity

Our vacation opening hours continue this week. We look forward to seeing you! #MULibrary #OpeningHours

Our latest blog post on MU Library Treasures features a letter from the Woodman archive. Written by Nellie Preston to her fiancée in France, Albert Woodman, describing her experience of life in Dublin during the 1916 Rising. https://mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/my-darling-bert/

Great discussions are underway at MU Library for the 2026 #Elsevier Ireland #SciVal User Day! Click here to learn more about how we support research here at MU Library https://ow.ly/lr1l50ZIeJe🌐 And access SciVal via our A-Z of Databases list today. #MULibraryResearch #MaynoothUniversity

Important Open Access update: the 2026 Wiley quota for gold open access journals has run out. More info: nuim.libguides.com/OpenAccessPu... #MULibraryOpenAccess #MULibrary

Final reminder that applications close August 30th for this fantastic new job opportunity in Maynooth University Library 📚 🔗Click here to read the full job description and apply today: https://ow.ly/rTYQ50Zw4b4

Click here https://ow.ly/JUqX50ZFyKg to explore our Database of the Month and read a 2008 profile on Dolly Parton. Following the passing of the country music icon, we’re looking back at her legendary career and lifelong love for libraries and literacy #MULibraryeResources

Click to step back in time: https://ow.ly/QXu550ZCtY8 Revolver dropped 60 years ago this month! 🎸Rock's Backpages gives you direct access to original, primary source music journalism written the exact moment those records hit the shelves. Explore the archive today 🎧 #MULibraryeResources

Interested in working at MU Library? We are hiring a permanent part-time Library Assistant in Engagement and Information Services. Apply here https://bit.ly/4qrKi1D #WorkWithUs #MULibrary

Applications close August 30th for this fantastic new job opportunity in Maynooth University Library 📚 🔗Click here to read the full job description and apply today: https://ow.ly/rTYQ50Zw4b4

Latest quota projections for IReL's 2026 Open Access Agreements are out! More info: https://ow.ly/451z50ZBonk #MULibraryOpenAccess #MULibrary

You asked, we listened! We're pleased to let you know that all plugs and desk sockets across the Library's study spaces have now been fixed. Thanks for your patience while we worked to resolve the issue.

Click here 🔗https://ow.ly/tJ3z50ZAMll to access an archive of select articles and step into a snapshot of music history as it actually happened. Browse iconic music journalism from the 1940s to today on Rock’s Backpages 🎶 #MULibraryeResources #RocksBackpages

With the autumn examination period now over, our vacation opening hours resume this week. Please check our opening hours before your visit. Have a great week!

Check out our newest display of fantastic legal deposit titles from Gill Books, available now in the MU Library Foyer 📚#MULibrary

A reminder about this fantastic new job opportunity in Maynooth University Library 📚 🔗Click here to read the full job description and apply today: https://ow.ly/rTYQ50Zw4b4

Our extended opening hours continue this week for exam resits. Wishing all students the very best of luck! 🍀📚 #MULibrary

Another fantastic new job opportunity in Maynooth University Library 📚 🔗Click here to read the full job description and apply today: https://ow.ly/rTYQ50Zw4b4

In this guest post for MU Library Treasures, Dr Laura Francis weaves a thread through early modern Irish history from the engravings of John Derrick’s The Image of Ireland (1581), to the Salamanca Archives here in Maynooth: https://mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/?p=9017

Extended Opening Hours begin tomorrow! Please check this week's opening hours and plan your study visits. Please note that the Library is closed today (Bank Holiday Monday). We look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow. #MULibrary #AutumnExams

Click here 🔗https://ow.ly/unha50ZtQMV to explore🎸 This August, we’re excited to showcase some of the best features our Database of the Month has to offer #MULibraryeResources #RocksBackpages

Stream The Brontës🔗https://ow.ly/w2fx50ZuAbm today in celebration of Emily Brontë's birthday. Learn more about the extraordinary writer who remains one of literature's most enduring voices #MULibraryeResources #AcademicVideoOnline

As we head into the August Bank Holiday Weekend, here's a friendly reminder that the Library will close at 5pm tomorrow Friday, 31 July at 5pm. We will reopen Tuesday, 4 August at 9am with our extended opening hours to support students during the Autumn examinations.. #MULibrary #OpeningHours

Important open access update: the Springer Nature OA quota has run out for 2026. More info: https://nuim.libguides.com/OpenAccessPublishingAgreements #MULibraryOpenAccess #MULibrary

Extended opening hours are coming! From 4–12 August, we will be open 9am–9pm to support students during the Autumn Examinations. Best of luck with your studies!