Over the last few weeks we have been sharing with you a selection of 20 things that IS have done for the staff and student community in 2020. We have of course done many, many more than 20 things, but we picked out a few to highlight them. Our Archives Team launched the Brig Digital […]
Category: Academic staff
Stirling’s STORRE Included in New Repository of Scottish COVID-19 Research
Public Health Scotland has launched a Repository of Covid-19 research with the aim of bringing together and providing easy access to Scottish COVID-19 research on a single shared platform. The Repository contains research about COVID-19 in Scotland as well as research on COVID-19 undertaken by Scottish researchers. The Repository aggregates details of research publications from […]
Library extended opening hours
In response to student requests we have extended the library opening hours starting from Wednesday 7th April. Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm Saturday – Sunday 10am – 5pm A click-and-collect service for hard-copy materials remains in place and study spaces must be booked in advance
In 2020 we provided access to more ebooks, ejournals.
We now provide access to over 350,000 ebooks in total. (many more ebooks than we have print). We added 21,000 titles since start of the Autumn semester 2020. Our staff have digitised over 4500 chapters and articles for this academic session. We have spent over £134,000 on monograph ebooks with a further spend of over […]
Scan to OneDrive
When you scan using one of the Universities Multifunctional device (MFD) you have the option to Scan to OneDrive. This is very easy to do. Logon to the MFD using your card or your username and password. Choose the scan option. You can then choose what format you would like your e.g. Jpg or PDF. […]
Ongoing support of online learning
With pandemic restrictions continuing the Digital Learning Team have continued to work with colleagues across the university to support online learning. The Learning Technologists continue to work with academic staff looking to make the best use of the online tools available when delivering modules. This involves research informed methods for online delivery and creating an […]
University Research Committee Supports Plan S and Rights Retention Strategy
Plan S is an initiative to bring about full and immediate Open Access to journal articles that result from publicly funded original research. A key part of Plan S is the “Rights Retention Strategy” that aims to restore intellectual control of these publications to the authors themselves. At their 4th February meeting, the University Research […]
Dissertation support
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, […]
Plan S Implementation Begins: immediate Open Access for Wellcome funded articles
Plan S is a research funders’ initiative to bring about full and immediate Open Access to scholarly publications that result from publicly funded research. A number of research funders have become Plan S compliant from the 1st January, including The Wellcome Trust. The UKRI funders will be following in the second quarter of this year: […]
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. […]