Remember the Beast from the East? Hopefully, we won’t have as much snow as we had last winter, but this may be the time to think ahead and get prepared. Last year there were a few days when the University was closed due to snow, some people were caught out and weren’t able to successfully […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in October #StirTopTenTheses
During October 1,270 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 21,732 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 1089 2. Dimensions of service quality […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in October #StirTopTenPapers
During October there were 49,895 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,814 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Nike, Colin Kaepernick and the pitfalls of ‘woke’ corporate branding. By Chadwick, Simon; Zipp, Sarah http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27821 Downloads: 614 2. Inclusion for all? By Allan, Julie http://hdl.handle.net/1893/596 Downloads: 390 3. Do Elephants Show Empathy? […]
BrowZine
With BrowZine you can browse, read and follow our current journal content either via the web-based version or via the App from an iOS or Android mobile device. The main features of Browzine are: Makes it easier to link to journal issues and tables of content. Search for journals by title, ISSN or subject. Browse content […]
Book Week Scotland 2018
Scotland’s week-long book party is all set to explode into life across the country, from 19-25 November. Place yourself at the heart of the celebrations with our quick guide to Book Week Scotland. Book Week Scotland 2018 Events There are events taking place in every corner of Scotland. Find a Book Week Scotland event near […]
Kudos webinar November 20th
Kudos is a free service, provided in partnership with the University, that helps you increase and track attention for your published work. Sign up for the webinar taking place this month: Boosting visibility and impact of your research – a (re)introduction to Kudos Tuesday 20th Nov, 3pm Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8578394512159827202 Description: What […]
EndNote X7 Users – Upgrade to X9 Now
If you use EndNote X7 and synchronise that with ‘EndNote Online’ you may experience difficulties depending on the size of your library if you do not upgrade to EndNote X8 or X9. After the 31st December 2018, EndNote will reduce online accounts from ‘unlimited’, to 50,000 references and 2GB of attachments. This basically means that:- […]
Anti-Bullying Week 2018: Choose Respect
Anti-Bullying Week runs from 12-16 November. This year, the theme is: ‘Choose Respect’. Anti-Bullying Week is coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance; a coalition of organisations and individuals that are united against bullying. What is planned for Anti-Bullying Week? Odd Socks Day CBeebies star and Anti-Bullying Alliance patron, Andy Day and his band Andy and the […]
Library and IT Checklist for Winter Graduation 2018
With Winter Graduation fast approaching we’ve written a handy Library and IT checklist to help make your transition from student to graduate an easy one. 1 Email – opt-in if you want to continue to access your student email account after graduation If you would like to continue to access your University email account after […]
Wellcome funder: new open access policy
The research funder Wellcome has published details of its new open access (OA) policy which will come into effect on 1 January 2020. The policy will require all research articles that arise from Wellcome funding to be made freely available at the time of publication. Embargoes will no longer be permitted. They are not changing their policy […]