For Safer Internet Day 2018 the Information Centre will be hosting PC Gav McDevitt for a live Q&A on internet safety. PC Gav will be at the Information Centre on Tuesday 6th February from 7pm. If you want to ask anything about internet security in advance please email information.centre@stir.ac.uk with the subject line #AskPCGav, and […]
Month: January 2018
Lynda.com (online training in software & skills)
The University has a subscription to Lynda.com This is accessible from the Portal for both staff and students. To access Lynda.com click on the link or click on the image. We have also created a Lynda page which has tailored playlists for Stirling students, Teaching staff, Researchers and staff. You can either click on […]
Phishing, vishing and smishing
In the last few days there has been an attempted Vishing fraud on a Scottish University Student Association. With this type of fraud, it is very common that once an individual targets a specific business area such as Student Associations , they will make further attempts on other Associations using the same methods. Phishing, vishing […]
AV Equipment now available to borrow from the Library
Over the past year or so there has been a growing demand from staff and students for audio-visual related equipment (mostly for Skyping/web meetings). As a result, Information Services has purchased some core bits of equipment that can be borrowed from the Library. All items are listed on the library catalogue. The items include portable […]
Stirling’s Top Ten publication downloads of 2017
The University of Stirling’s Open Access Repository, STORRE, has had another good year. During 2017 we had a total of 6,726 full-text publication files downloaded a total of 363,283 times. Here’s the top 10 publications from 2017: 1. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in December #StirTopTenPapers
During December there were 25,813 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,726 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Inclusion for all? By Allan, Julie. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/596 Downloads: 374 2. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in December #StirTopTenTheses
During December 1,031 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 9,789 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Factors Affecting Store Brand Purchase in the Greek Grocery Market. By Sarantidis, Paraskevi. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/12854 Downloads: 361 2. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study of African university presses. By Darko-Ampem, Kwasi Otu. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/71 Downloads: […]
Top Stirling EThOS Theses in 2017
Theses from the University of Stirling are included in the British Library’s EThOS Service – a service that allows anyone from around the world to request an electronic copy of the full-text of a UK thesis. Since 2007, Stirling’s theses have been made available in STORRE, our institutional Open Access research repository, and these […]
Reverse Advent Calendar Donations
I would like to thank all staff and students who donated to our reverse advent calendar for Start Up Stirling. The idea of a reverse advent calendar is so that the food bank has supplies of basic food items after the holiday period, when they receive lots of donations. This helps local people through the […]