JISC National E-Books Observatory

Last January, JISC conducted probably the largest e-book survey ever undertaken, with more than 23,000 responses from students and staff at UK universities.They are now distributing an exit questionnaire to see how things have moved forward in that time and how attitudes and behaviour towards e-books have changed. To give your views on provision of […]

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Borrow more books

The Stirling Campus Library loan allocation has been raised to 100 books for academic staff and research postgraduates. The increased allocation, which applies only to “long loan” books is available now, and the books may be borrowed until August 2010.   This is part of the planning for the Interim Library Service, which will operate […]

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Latest edition of ISSUE (IS newsletter) now out

The latest edition (number 74, November 2008) of the Information Services newsletter, ISSUE, is now available in printed format (from the Library) and also on the IS web site at:   http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/aboutis/issue.php   Articles include: an interview with the new Director of Information Services, Mark Toole; Library Project update; article about StirGate (new search tool); Web of […]

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Information Services Open User Forum

There will be an Information Services Open User Forum on Wednesday 3 December 2008 at 2.00pm in 2A13, Cottrell Building, Stirling Campus.   All are welcome. IS representatives in academic and administrative departments and SUSA representatives are especially encouraged to attend.   Please send any items for the agenda to IS Office (liboff1@stir.ac.uk) before the […]

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Spotlight for November – PsycARTICLES

Looking for journal articles on psychological topics? The Library provides access to PsycARTICLES, a full text database which contains over 130,000 articles from 58 journals published by the American Psychological Association. PsycARTICLES is a useful resource for anyone studying or researching psychology, behavioural sciences or mental health nursing. See our user guide to PsycARTICLES . […]

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Portal downtime Tuesday 28th October

Due to an essential upgrade, the portal will be down on Tuesday 28th October from 9.30am.  The upgrade should take no more than an hour, after which normal portal service will be resumed.   During the portal downtime, the following services will be accessible directly:   WebCT: http://webct.stir.ac.uk Library catalogue: http://libcat.stir.ac.uk Staff webmail: https://mail.stir.ac.uk Student […]

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