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Category: Academic staff
Redevelopment of the technologies in our Learning Spaces – your views are sought
**FAO teaching staff** Information Services are planning to undertake a major redevelopment of the technologies in the University’s central Learning Spaces. We would very much like to hear your views and experiences of using the current teaching rooms and lecture theatres on campus to inform the design of the new equipment/technologies. We have prepared a […]
SCONUL Access: free access to other university libraries
The Library is participating in a scheme called SCONUL Access, which allows students and university staff to access other university libraries. Staff, postgraduates and part time students can borrow print books from participating libraries, whilst full time undergraduates can use these libraries for reference. The scheme was closed for many months due to COVID restrictions […]
New Library Links from Google Scholar direct to Stirling’s full-text articles
You can now set up Google Scholar so that it links seamlessly to LibrarySearch and the full-text of journal articles that Stirling University Library subscribes to. To setup your Google Scholar Library Links for Stirling’s LibrarySearch: First login to your Google/Google scholar account so that these settings will be retained, then: 1. In Google Scholar click the three horizontal bars in […]
Library opening hours
We are currently operating on our vacation hours. This week and next the library will be open 8am-8pm Monday to Thursday and 8am-5pm and 10-5 at weekends. Week beginning 24 January we return to our semester opening hours, 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 10am-5pm on Saturday and Sunday. During our opening hours, staff will be […]
Changes to how you access email.
As part of our on-going programme of security enhancements, we have already made some changes to the way that email is accessed in order to remove less secure methods of accessing your university email account that do not enforce MFA (multi factor authentication). Microsoft is increasing the security of Office 365 which will now result […]
Staying cybersafe over the holiday period.
From banking to shopping, and streaming to social media, people are spending more time than ever online. This means more opportunities for hackers to carry out cyber attacks. They often do this by targeting people and businesses using: email and website scams malware – software that can damage your device or let a hacker in […]
Introducing Norman! 24/7 Library and IT Support
We are really happy to announce that from December 1st we are entering into a partnership with Norman Managed Services. With this partnership we will be able to offer Library and IT enquiries 24/7 via LiveChat and email. Norman supports more than 1 million service users globally, for over 45 higher education and commercial partners. […]
Library Festive opening hours
With the 2021/22 academic year well underway, and the festive break just around the corner, here are our opening hours. There will still be access to study spaces during times when the library is closed in the Study Zone, Atrium, and the new Campus Central. You will be able to access Lab computers and printers […]
Safely saving your academic work
Whether you are working on an assignment or on your dissertation or any documents from Office365. We recommend saving all of your work in OneDrive. This is especially important as we are getting into the period of the year when many students are writing dissertations. Access OneDrive from all of your devices “Anywhere access” – […]