The results of a survey of Wellcome researchers to find out what they think about open research, how they practice it, and some of the barriers they face have just been published in a report. This work was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and […]
Category: Academic staff
Endnote training for researchers – sign up now
EndNote is our reference management software for researchers. We have an EndNote Fundamentals class coming up: 16th November 11.00 – 12.30 or 7th December 11.30 – 1.00 Location: Training Room 1 on Level 4 of the Stirling Campus Library. The class will give an introduction to the most commonly used EndNote […]
Open Access: Publisher memberships
Publisher memberships The University currently provides a fund of £250k to spend on Open Access: publisher memberships, APC and publication costs. To apply to the APC fund you need to fulfil eligibility criteria – see here for further information and the application form. Many publishers now offer discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs), so […]
Our favourite Open Access films
If you want to learn more about Open Access these are our favourite short films explains what Open Access is and what Licences are. “What is Open Access” “Creative Commons: a shared culture” Don’t forget we have loads of information on our web pages at http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/researchers/writing/publishingimpact/open-access/ JISC – Open Access hour: live Twitter […]
Not only is it reading week this week, but it is also Open Access week!
We are planning a series of posts throughout the week so here’s one on what OPENAIRE are planning to do this week: OpenAIRE webinars As OA week is a truly international event, OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) has scheduled a full week of webinars on various exciting Open Science topics. During the […]
Succeed Upgrade – Downtime for maintenance
On Monday 24 October there is planned downtime for some essential maintenance to Succeed. Please note that the planned downtime is 7.00am-11.00am. There are two pieces of work planned for Monday: Upgrade to cumulative update 3 for our release of Succeed. This is bug fixes and has no new features but it does fix a […]
Malicious telephone calls
Please be advised that a number of staff have reported receiving telephone calls from unknown or other external numbers on their University extensions, which appear to be malicious cold-callers. Typically, the phone calls have been either accident-claim companies, or individuals claiming to be from the University IT department and/or ‘Windows Technical Support’, requesting access to […]
Cloud computing webinars in October – learn more about Box
Free online training sessions about using Box, Stirling’s cloud storage tool, are now open for booking. More information and a link to sign up can be found here. Box offers all students and staff at the University of Stirling free, unlimited cloud storage and provides anytime, anywhere and any device access to your files. […]
Changes to the Library Catalogue this summer
Over the summer Information Services will be making significant changes to the Library catalogue. Once upgrades are completed the catalogue will have a more contemporary look and it will be possible to search not only our printed books and journals, but our online resources at the same time. What do I need to do […]
Endnote training in August – sign up now
Following last week’s posting about the launch of Endnote bibliographic software, Information Services is pleased to announce a number of training sessions in August. Wednesday 3rd August – workshops delivered by a trainer from Endnote Endnote Desktop Fundamentals (9:30 – 11) – read more, and book now. Endnote Online for off campus use (11:30 – 12:30) […]