Love reading? Always promised yourself that you’d read one of the classics of literature? To celebrate World Book Day on 5th March, the Stirling Campus Library has a display of classic literature close to the Library entrance. All books on display can be borrowed as usual at the Lending Services Desk. Once you have read […]
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Mid semester and Easter opening hours
Mid semester week and Easter weekend opening hours for Stirling campus are now available on the IS website. See full opening hours page. Click here for Highland campus opening hours. Monday 6 April – Monday 13 April 2009 Inc.  Library Opening Hours Monday 09:00 – 19:00 Tuesday 09:00 – 19:00 Wednesday 09:00 – 19:00 […]
Landmap service – free aerial photographs of UK
The Landmap service has acquired additional data which is free for UK HEIs to use. The new data is Colour Infra-Red Aerial Photograp of the UK and a 5m Digital Terrain Model of Egland and Wales. For further information about Landmap see http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/landmap/index.php/Table/Datasets/ and for their learning materials see http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/landmap/index.php/Table/Learning-Materials/.  Landmap are hosting a […]
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 […]
Work begins on transforming the university’s library
On 22 December the University Court gave the final go ahead for the £13.9 million project to transform the library. By the summer of 2010, the University will have on the Stirling campus a 21st century library to support the learning and research activities of all students and staff. As it is the existing building […]
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. Â This is part of the planning for the Interim Library Service, which will operate […]
Portal downtime Friday 16 – Sunday 18 January
Due to the need for extensive, essential maintenance to the database, the staff and student portal will be unavailable from 17.00 on Friday, 16th January, and for the whole of Saturday, 17th January. The portal will remain at risk on Sunday, 18th January.Access to WebCT, webmail and some other functions will still be available at […]
Library opening hours and vacation loan periods
Stirling Campus: The Library reopens on Monday 5th January and vacation hours will apply.   Vacation loan periods will apply as follows:  LONG LOANS – will be issued from Friday 5 December 2008 and will be due for return Fri 29 May 2009. POP LOANS - will remain weekly loans RESERVE BOOK ROOM (RBR) – […]
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 […]
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. Â All are welcome. IS representatives in academic and administrative departments and SUSA representatives are especially encouraged to attend. Â Please send any items for the agenda to IS Office (liboff1@stir.ac.uk) before the […]