Information Services offers support to students at every stage of your dissertation Struggling to find articles and books on your dissertation topic? Our Subject Librarians are here to help you find resources for your dissertation research. Request an appointment with your Librarian. Dreading the word formatting part of your dissertation? See our FAQ which includes help, […]
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Welcome back!
Hello and welcome to Spring Semester 2021. The Library will operate on the following basis until further notice. Opening Hours from Thursday 7th January Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00* Saturday & Sunday 10.00-17.00 *the IT Service desk will be available 5-8pm remotely via information.centre@stir.ac.uk The Library study spaces have been socially distanced to give you a safe place […]
Scam emails: Are you there?
Over the last few months, we have seen a substantial rise in the volume of phishing emails being sent to university staff apparently from a colleague. These emails are sent from a fake external email address e.g. colleagues.name@gmail.com or something similar. Often the emails are made to look as if they’ve come from senior colleagues or colleagues […]
Stay Cyber secure over the holidays.
As we all prepare to rest over the winter break, Information Services would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of good practices for staying cyber secure over the holidays. Criminals are taking advantage of recent events to craft convincing emails, texts and phone calls to trick you into giving up your personal information. […]
Library Christmas opening hours.
As a number of students will be remaining on campus over the forthcoming vacation period, Information Services will be keeping the library service open over the festive period. The library will be available for study and the ‘click and collect’ service will be in operation for print materials. Please note that study spaces should be […]
APPSANYWHERE, YOUR UNI APP STORE
Access University software anywhere! Just like you use Netflix to stream your favourite shows, you can now use AppsAnywhere to stream the software you need. Apps anywhere is an external platform provider which we are adopting, to host your University software and apps in one place. A huge benefit to AppsAnywhere is that you will now be able to access almost […]
UniDesk Moves to the TopDesk Cloud
Our UniDesk system is moving to the TopDesk cloud. This work not only moves us to the TopDesk cloud but includes an upgrade from the current version 7.04 to 10.02.005. The upgrade is scheduled for the evening of Monday 2nd November from 5pm. The service should be considered at risk all day Tuesday 3rd November, […]
European Cyber Security month
The European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) is the European Union’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among EU citizens and organisations, and to providing up-to-date online security information through awareness-raising and sharing of good practices. We will be publishing a series of blog posts and also sharing the content from the European Union’s campaign. For the […]
One more page…..
The first meeting of the University book club “One more page…” will be in conjunction with our Libraries Week event where we will be having a panel discussion with Abir Mukherjee. The book group is being started as part of the #BeConnected programme designed to keep you connected with the University community. This programme is […]
Meet the author: Abir Mukherjee
The first meeting of the University book club “One more page…” will be in conjunction with our Libraries Week event where we will be having a panel discussion with Abir Mukherjee. The book group is being started as part of the #BeConnected programme designed to keep you connected with the University community. This programme is […]