“I write to feel more truly alive, and hope that my readers might feel themselves the same” Â On Wednesday 16th March acclaimed writer Andrew Greig will visit the University of Stirling to talk about his work and what inspires it. Â Stirling University Library has a number of Andrew Greig’s works so you can […]
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Animated world map of Open Access deposits
For Open Access week, the Registry of Open Access Repositories has launched an animated world map that gives a dynamic overview of Open Access across the globe. Â Picking one recent deposit at a time, the animated map cycles around the world’s repositories showing a description of the deposit itself, together with a description and thumbnail […]
Book you want isn’t in the Library?
If you can’t find books or journal articles in the Library that are on your reading list, or recommended to your class, then let us know and the Library will buy them.  Just fill in the Request forms:  Request the Library buy a book Request the Library buy a journal article  Then […]
Stirling theses to be digitised for Digi-Islam Project
Stirling University Library has been invited to be involved in the Digi-Islam project. This is a JISC funded project and the first strand aims to digitise and make available one thousand UK PhD theses from the subject area of Islamic Studies.  A review was conducted using Index to Theses of the UK and Ireland […]
Latest edition of Journal Citation Reports now available
Journal Citation Reports are an immensely useful tool and can help with identifying: – journals with the greatest total cites and the highest impact in your field – journals relevant to your research and those in which it would be desirable to publish  Each edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is published annually following […]
Library Catalogue down time from 5pm on Monday 8th June and from 5pm Wednesday 10th June
The Library Catalogue, and related services, will be unavailable for some hours during the week beginning 8th June to allow an upgrade of the system. Â This will affect: The public library catalogue Borrowing and renewing books via Self Service and My Library Record Webbridge links in literature finding databases Links to the library catalogue […]
Decided who to vote for in the EU elections yet? Try voter quizzes and online tools in election blog
Intute have created an EU elections blog: http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/category/eu-elections/ where they are highlighting a selection of key websites and new studies about the elections, plus a collection of voter quizzes and online tools to help you make up your mind. Â There is also a special section on Intute where you can find catalogue records to […]
New Blog for our Lindsay Anderson Collection
Kathryn Mackenzie, Research Assistant for ‘The Cinema Authorship of Lindsay Anderson’ project has started a blog charting the progress of her work cataloguing the Lindsay Anderson Collection, and which will also discuss wider issues in the area of film and arts related archives. See:Â http://archivesandauteurs.blogspot.com/
Current journal issues re-shelved with other journal back issues
On Stirling campus the journals in the “current display” display sections of Levels 3 and 4 in the Library are today being removed in preparation for the Interim Library. Â Current journal issues will now be shelved with the normal run of journals. Â While the refurbishment of the main Library building takes place (summer […]
Graphics & Print Services: *NEW* Thesis Binding Service
Graphics & Print Services have introduced a hard bound thesis binding service to complement our existing soft binding service. Hard bindings can now be produced with gold foil block lettering to approved standards. Â Turnaround is generally 48 hours. Please contact our helpdesk at graphicsandprint@stir.ac.uk or call ext. 7209 for further information or to book […]