The James Hardiman Library (Irish: Leabharlann Shéamais Uí Argadáin) serves the University of Galway in Ireland.

The James Hardiman Library is home to an extensive range of cultural artefacts, particularly relating to the history of theatre.

[1] The James Hardiman Library is situated centrally, close to the Concourse, the Arts Millennium Building and Áras na Gaeilge.

[2] The James Hardiman Library houses more than three hundred archival collections which range from the fifteenth century onwards.

[3] Numerous archives relating to literature, theatre and other items of cultural merit to be found there include the following: According to an internal newsletter from February 2009, the James Hardiman Library at that time spanned four floors and housed 424,843 books and 1,645 study spaces.