Dear reader, Thanks for everyone who left us a love letter, or even a break up letter. (Phew thankfully we didn’t get many of the latter) It was nice to see how quickly the Post box filled up with your letters. This year’s main success seems to have been the blankets. Which were the subject […]
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Safer Internet Day 2018 Live stream from the Information Centre- Tuesday 6th February
For Safer Internet Day 2018 the Information Centre will be hosting PC Gav McDevitt for a live Q&A on internet safety. PC Gav will be at the Information Centre on Tuesday 6th February from 7pm. If you want to ask anything about internet security in advance please email information.centre@stir.ac.uk with the subject line #AskPCGav, and […]
Lynda.com (online training in software & skills)
The University has a subscription to Lynda.com This is accessible from the Portal for both staff and students. To access Lynda.com click on the link or click on the image. We have also created a Lynda page which has tailored playlists for Stirling students, Teaching staff, Researchers and staff. You can either click on […]
Phishing, vishing and smishing
In the last few days there has been an attempted Vishing fraud on a Scottish University Student Association. With this type of fraud, it is very common that once an individual targets a specific business area such as Student Associations , they will make further attempts on other Associations using the same methods. Phishing, vishing […]
Students we want to hear from you! Complete our Digital Skills Tracker Survey.
Do you want to win an Amazon Voucher? Find out how you can enter below. This is the second year that we have participated in the Jisc Digital Tracker Survey. In this survey we are asking your opinions about the following; Canvas Listen Again Online assessments eduroam Referencing ebooks and ejournals File store and Box […]
Library extended opening hours (Yay we are open 24/7)
GOOD NEWS FLASH! From today, the Library opening hours are extending and we will be open 24/7. We are open 24/7 until the end of the exam period. Allowing access to our books, journals, PCs, printers and group study facilities. Library staff will be available to answer questions from 8:30am – 8:00pm Monday to Friday […]
Spam and phishing emails – What we are doing to help.
Phishing emails are designed by fraudsters to appear as if they have been sent by banks, credit card companies, government departments, online stores auction sites, and other trusted organisations. You can receive phishing emails via a dedicated email client (program) either such as Microsoft Outlook, or via internet-based email such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or […]
Security Alert -Phishing email
We have been made aware that there is unpleasant phishing email doing the rounds at the moment. We have included a small part of this email to let you see what is currently circulating. Some tips to help you recognise these fraudulent emails: When you read the text from these types of email they […]
Enter the Library without using your student or staff ID card
You can now enter the Library using an app on your smart phone. Stocard is a free app available for iPhone and Android phones. Simply download the app, add your student or staff ID card and you can then use your phone to enter and exit the Library. To add your student/staff card to the […]
Meet the Librarians
The Librarians will be holding drop in sessions in pod 1 in the Library Pop in and see if they can help answer any enquiries you may have about the library (see some examples below) Finding books or journal articles. Reading lists Booking items in short loan for future use Using the Catalogue Subject Guides […]