Recently there has been a review of all multi-functional devices (MFDs) located across the campus. The review has highlighted that some devices were being under-utilised and therefore, to reduce costs and to maximise the efficiency of each appliance, a number of changes will be introduced over the coming weeks. The biggest change is that, following […]
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Library catalogue downtime: early hours of Tuesday 10th July
The Library Catalogue system is being upgraded this week and as part of this work there will be a short period of downtime in the early hours of Tuesday 10th July, from around 2am. The following services will be unavailable: Library catalogue searching – including the Articles search option Online book renewals via ‘My Library […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in June #StirTopTenPapers
In June there were 26,603 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 2,960 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 […]
New: STORRE repository use stats now available
Our University open access repository, STORRE, was recently upgraded and this included a really useful update – STORRE is now collecting viewing statistics and counting file downloads. So now you can easily check how often your work is being viewed and used. You can see these use statistics by clicking on the little icon […]
Come and play the Publishing Trap game
At next week’s Research Bites session we are playing the Publishing Trap game. The session is on Wednesday June 27th (12.30-1.30pm, PGR Zone – library). The game’s main aim is to help academics and researchers understand that scholarly communication is a balancing act between the need to get published and make impact and to get […]
What’s happening in the Library over the summer.
Over the summer there will be a few exciting changes in the Library. To allow for this the seminar room will be unavailable for most of the summer. Firstly we have invested in brand new self-issue machines, which we will be installing over the summer. With these machines, you will be able to place your stack of books onto the […]
Research Bites – summer 2018 programme
Research Bites is a programme of lunchtime briefings that occur over the summer to develop researchers professionally and personally. These sessions are organised by Information Services and RIS, but a number of academic/research staff also contribute. All the sessions take place on a Wednesday at 12.30 to 1.30. If you want please bring your lunch […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in May #StirTopTenPapers
During May there were 32,787 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,367 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, […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in May #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during May. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Environmental Harshness and its Effect on Appetite and the Desire for Conspicuous Signalling Products. By James Swaffield http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27239 Does the way in which the latent phase (early […]
UniDesk upgrade
UniDesk, the enquiry management system used by Information Services, the Student Services Hub and the Faculty of Social Sciences was upgraded today. Our initial estimate was that the system would be unavailable all day on Wednesday 23rd and would be reinstated on Thursday 24th. The upgrade went well and the UniDesk was live before 1pm […]