The research funder Wellcome has published details of its new open access (OA) policy which will come into effect on 1 January 2020. The policy will require all research articles that arise from Wellcome funding to be made freely available at the time of publication. Embargoes will no longer be permitted. They are not changing their policy […]
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Library extended opening hours
From Monday 12 November, 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 (13 December). Allowing access to our books, journals, PCs, printers, group study facilities and access to the Library Wellbeing space. If you are feeling a little overwhelmed and […]
SensusAccess
SensusAccess allows staff and students to automatically convert documents into a range of alternate media including audiobooks (MP3 and DAISY), e-books (EPUB, EPUB3 and Mobi) and digital braille. The service can also be used to convert inaccessible documents such as image-only PDF files, JPG pictures and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into more accessible and less tricky formats. […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in September & October #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during September and October. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Professional doctoral students and the doctoral supervision relationship: negotiating difficulties. By Margot Kirkland http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27852 Young People, Enterprise and Social Capital. By Marion Allison http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27885 […]
Visit our new research support web pages
https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/information-services-and-library/current-students-and-staff/researchers/ We have overhauled our research support web pages so that they are much more streamlined and user friendly. Now you should be able to find information easily about writing and research, research data and the University archives and special collections. Writing and research includes information on: search techniques; keeping up to date; research […]
Free images from Art Institute of Chicago
It’s always nice to be able to brighten up a presentation or document with a beautiful image. So it’s good to hear of another source of amazing pictures. The Art Institute of Chicago is now offering unrestricted access to thousands of images from its digital archive. The images have been made available under the Creative Commons […]
Former student’s flower art sparks thesis digitisation #ThesisThursday
#ThesisThursday has reminded me of one of my favourite older theses that has made it into our Open Access Repository, STORRE. This particular digitisation has a bit of a story behind it. In February 2018 I heard that our alumnus, Janet Watson, had been inspired to make beautiful watercolour paintings of a flower that […]
Growth of Stirling’s eTheses #ThesisThursday
Since this is Open Access Week and today is #ThesisThursday I thought I would share a recent graph that shows the growth of etheses in our repository from the very beginning. We first started accepting theses submissions to our Open Access repository, STORRE, way back in 2005! Then in 2006, we formalised our policy so […]
Fire Evacuation Drills in the Library
As part of our commitment to keeping library users safe, we’re obliged to make sure that all of our staff are trained in what to do in the event of a fire. As part of this commitment, our staff have undergone training in fire safety which we’re now following up with four fire evacuation drills […]
EndNote Online downtime 20th October
We’ve received notification from EndNote that their proposed maintenance last weekend was postponed and is now rescheduled for this coming weekend on Saturday 20th October from 10am to 5pm. Please note that during this time: EndNote web will redirect to a maintenance message ResearcherID services will be unavailable Web of Science save to EndNote […]