Welcome to week 2 of our #stircybersec campaign. This week we’re concentrating on Digital Skills. The fast pace of technological change and the change in digital technologies in all aspects of study, work and life places new demands on everyone. It’s important for students and staff to be able to learn and work in this […]
Category: Academic staff
Maker Space tour for Academic Staff
On Wednesday 10th October between 2 pm and 4:30 pm we are opening up the Maker Space to our academic colleagues. Already a number of academics are utilising the space for research projects and also for printing standard items such as lab equipment. We can show you what we have been doing for them. We […]
University phone system – 22 September 2018
Tomorrow (22 September 2018) there will be scheduled work to the University phone system. This work is due to start at 8 am and may take up to 5 hours to complete. You can still contact us throughout this period. Using UniDesk you can contact us through these links; Ask IT Ask the Library or […]
New printers and leftover Konica consumables
The majority of the new Multi-functional devices (MFD) have now been delivered and are now in use, across the campus. Further information, including a useful FAQ is available on UniDesk Please also note that, over the next couple of weeks, Graphics and Print (G&P) will be visiting each department to collect any leftover Konica Minolta […]
New Google Dataset Search
Google has launched ‘Dataset Search’, a new search engine to help find datasets that are freely available. The service is aimed at “scientists, data journalists, data geeks, or anyone else” (so you should fall into one of these categories!). Datasets tend to be spread across many different repositories on the web. This new search engine […]
Plan S: Game changer for Research Funders and Open Access
On the 4th of September a radical initiative was unveiled that plans to make publicly funded research in 11 European countries, including the UK, accessible for free by 2020. The initiative is built around ‘Plan S’, which consists of one target and 10 principles (shown below). The core target is: “By 2020 scientific publications […]
Finding ejournals just got easier
We have added a new ‘Ejournals’ search tab to the Library Catalogue that allows you to quickly check if we have full-text access to an electronic journal. The Ejournals tab, links you to an ejournals finder which has some great features: The search box has an auto-suggest feature: as you begin to type, the […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in August #StirTopTenPapers
During August there were 39,301 downloads from our University repository STORRE, covering 4,351 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, Patricia; Daugherty, Richard; Gardner, John; James, Mary; Stobart, Gordon. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19607 […]
Entering the Library using your Smartphone
To get into the library you can either use your student card, or you can download an app and use your phone. It would be useful to set up your phone with the app even if you intend to use your student card. Stocard is a free app available for iPhone and Android phones. simply […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository from June to August #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during June, July and August. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: The role of parasites in the invasion ecology of Harmonia axyridis. By Katharine Berry http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27336 Bearing Witness to an Era: Contemporary Nigerian Fiction […]