Introductory training sessions on Succeed have been arranged for the following dates (all January 2012)Â Wednesday 11th (14.00-17.00) Friday 13th (10.00-13.00) Tuesday 17th (14.00-17.00) Thursday 19th (10.00-13.00) Â These are aimed at staff who will be using Succeed for the first time in the spring semester or who missed out on the last set of […]
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…in support of libraries, books, words, ideas…
Beautiful hand-crafted paper sculptures have been left in Edinburgh libraries with notes saying they are gifts “in support of libraries, books, words, ideas”. To view images of the sculptures visit Robert Krulwich’s blog posts: Who Left A Tree, Then A Coffin In The Library? and The Library Phantom Returns!. There is also a Flickr photostream of […]
eLearning Forum: Digital Assessment and Feedback I
This session chaired by Dr Kevin Brosnan will feature presentations from members of the School of Education reflecting on their experiences of marking ‘electronically’.  Kevin will set the scene with an overview of the research into the benefits/drawback of digital feedback. Staff from the School of Education will offer their insights about the advantages […]
Open User Forum (Highland Campus) – Friday 9 December 2011
There will be an Information Services Open User Forum on Friday 9 December 2011 at 1.00pm, the Lecture Theatre, Centre for Health Science, Highland Campus. All are welcome and Students’ Union representatives are especially encouraged to attend.  Mark Toole, Director of Information Services will Chair the Forum. The agenda will include Windows 7 – […]
Researchers engaging with Social Media? Here’s a guide!
The Research Information Network (RIN) has written a guide giving practical information to help researchers use social media in their work and examines why it might be useful. Read the guide here. Another excellent resource for researchers covering many facets is Vitae, an organisation developed to support researchers and their career development. The Digital Researcher […]
FOR STAFF: Winter is coming, get set up to work from home
If we are unlucky enough to encounter more heavy snow this year, one possible option (if your manager is agreeable) is to work from home. Remote desktop allows you to connect from your home PC to your office PC and access all of the software and tools that you are accustomed to using at work […]
Social Media the RSC way
There is a lot of discussion about how social media can used in research and education. Here are some examples from the Royal Society of Chemistry. The RSC have a Twitterfeed, a YouTube channel they are on FaceBook, Flickr and LinkedIn. Here is a link to more information about how they use these social media outlets: http://www.rsc.org/aboutus/social.asp […]
Mobile device / mStir survey – win an iPod touch
Information Services is running a very short survey to get your feedback on our mStir app and to find out which IT services you are using on your mobile phone. To see mStir, point your smartphone browser at m.stir.ac.uk The survey should only take a couple of minutes to complete and is available from www.is.stir.ac.uk/mob
Survey about using other academic libraries
Do you use other academic libraries? Would you like to? Can you get what you need? The Higher Education library community wants to provide the best possible service to students, researchers and staff who, for all sorts of reasons, wish to access other academic and specialist libraries.   Please help us develop the services and […]
Scopus has arrived!
You can now use Scopus to find articles and other sources for your research and coursework. Scopus is described as “the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources” (http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/). Scopus can search across or within 4 main subject areas: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities. Access Scopus from […]