Be more squirrel.

From Monday 31st October we are running a campaign to remind you to bring your ID card to the Library.  This is needed for the entry gates as well as printing and taking your books out. Normally the library receptionists will note your student number and open the gates manually for you. However this takes up […]

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Study Zone- More PCs

We plan to move around 30 study desks with PCs into the 24-hour Study Zone, and re-configure the existing study furniture. To minimise disruption the work will be undertaken during reading week ( beginning 24th October). The majority of the area will be closed off on those days to allow contractors to carry out the […]

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Malicious telephone calls

Please be advised that a number of staff have reported receiving telephone calls from unknown or other external numbers on their University extensions, which appear to be malicious cold-callers.  Typically, the phone calls have been either accident-claim companies, or individuals claiming to be from the University IT department and/or ‘Windows Technical Support’,  requesting access to […]

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PATHFOOT COMPUTER LABS

As part of the ongoing “School Integration; Proposed Strategic Space Rationalisation” initiative the G corridor is being reconfigured and repurposed as staff office accommodation. The teaching and study pc labs have been de-commissioned and will be re-established in the Pathfoot Study Centre, rooms SC1, SC2 and adjacent mezzanine area. It is anticipated that the labs […]

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The library catalogue will be unavailable on Tuesday 12th July from 4pm due to essential maintenance work. It is hoped to have access restored by 6pm.

Alternative access to the library catalogue will be available via our Stirgate service (Stirgate searches many library databases including the library catalogue – the catalogue results always appear at the top of your results). You can also still access our electronic journals via our EJournal Gateway and you can access our many library databases from […]

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Staff file store

We are currently undertaking an upgrade to the servers which support staff filestore (carron, dochart, esk, kelty, inchna, ness). This work is being undertaken up until the end of March (see schedule below) but we wanted to let you know about a couple of really nice features that will be available to you after your […]

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IT security – How savvy are you?

Reminder – Quiz closes March 19th. Are you super secure or are there a few areas which need tightened?  Information Services have prepared a short IT security quiz in Succeed for staff to take. It should take under 10 minutes to complete with 14 multiple choice/true or false answers. The purpose of the exercise is […]

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