Did you know… Canvas provides 24/7 online, telephone and web chat support to all staff and students at the University of Stirling. The Canvas Support Hotline number is 0800 014 8776 and is free from UK landlines and mobiles. Online and web chat support can be accessed through Canvas. To access, login to Canvas and […]
Month: October 2017
Library catalogue issues – resolved
The Library Catalogue is now working normally again. 🙂 We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by yesterday’s problems. You can access the Catalogue via the University Portal, then select Library Catalogue from the left hand menu. Clare Allan Senior Research Librarian
Library Catalogue intermittent access issues
There are currently problems with searches on the Library Catalogue – these are being worked on. While these problems are on-going you can use the classic catalogue to search for books and journal titles at: http://libcat.stir.ac.uk Clare Allan Senior Research Librarian
Open Access week 23 – 29 October 2017
The theme of this year’s Open Access week is “what are the benefits of making scholarly outputs openly available”. Although the benefits of Open Access publishing are numerous, one crucial benefit is eligibility for the next REF exercise. In the UK in order to be eligible for submission to REF 2021 the following conditions […]
Security Alert -Phishing email
We have been made aware that there is unpleasant phishing email doing the rounds at the moment. We have included a small part of this email to let you see what is currently circulating. Some tips to help you recognise these fraudulent emails: When you read the text from these types of email they […]
Enter the Library without using your student or staff ID card
You can now enter the Library using an app on your smart phone. Stocard is a free app available for iPhone and Android phones. Simply download the app, add your student or staff ID card and you can then use your phone to enter and exit the Library. To add your student/staff card to the […]
Canvas Drop-in Sessions for Staff
Canvas Drop-in Sessions for staff members are continuing to run during October. Please take the opportunity to discuss details of specific topics with a member of the project team This activity will end on Friday 20th October, with the project implementation completing. Schedule Wednesday, 11th October 10:00 – 12:00 Training Room 1, 4th Floor, Library […]
Libraries Week 9-14 October
Libraries Week is an annual event providing libraries across all sectors with an opportunity to showcase their innovations and shout about the many fantastic services they have to offer! In celebration of Libraries Week, we will be joining forces with The Book Fairies. Our resident Library Book Fairy will spread their wings by ‘hiding’ books […]
Podcast on “Getting Published for the First Time”
Taylor and Francis in association with VITAE, have recently released a new episode of their 15-minute podcast series on developing your research career – “Getting published for the first time” http://bit.ly/15minPodcast. The episodes are free to listen to, and provide expert opinion and practical tips for researchers. The latest episode tackles crucial questions for first-time authors, […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in September #StirTopTenTheses
During September 1,122 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 10,435 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study of African university presses. By Darko-Ampem, Kwasi Otu. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/71 Downloads: 458 2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex […]