A new mobile app has been launched to complement GoGeo, the web-based geospatial resource discovery tool for education and research from EDINA. The app allows users to keep abreast of news and events in the geospatial sector. GoGeo Mobile is separated into a number of channels including News, Events, Jobs and Resources for […]
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Have your say on the University’s referencing software
The University’s RefWorks contract is coming up for review – help us choose the new software by telling us what’s important to you. Whether or not you use any referencing software we would like to know your views. Please choose ONE of the survey links below: I don’t […]
Wireless System Downtime, Wednesday 18 February
There will be an interruption to wireless network services before 9am on Wednesday 18 February owing to a major upgrade of the system software. The interruption is expected to be brief, and any devices which are disconnected from eduroam as a result should reconnect automatically when the service resumes. Users of UoS Guest Internet may […]
Bristol Online Survey system not available Mon 9/Tues 10th Feb
Bristol Online Surveys have redesigned and rebuilt their system and are in the process of migrating all existing accounts over to the new service. The upgrade includes new and enhanced features such as new question types, routing options dependent on user responses and greater flexibility in editing – full details are available at http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/support/news/bos-is-changing. […]
Staff and student print system maintenance: Thurs 5 Feb, 07.30
Information Services need to take the staff and student print service (PaperCut) offline for a short period to modify the configuration. This will interrupt all printing/copying/scanning activity across campus for a short period tomorrow morning Thursday 5 February from 07:30 during the agreed At Risk period. We apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. […]
DOI links not working – update: now working
The problem below with DOI links has now been resolved and DOI links are working properly again. This was a worldwide problem and it turns out the issue was that “somebody forgot to renew the dx.doi.org domain name” (come on we’ve all done something like that!) – details at: http://crosstech.crossref.org/2015/01/problems-with-dx-doi-org-on-january-20th-2015-what-we-know.html —————- There is currently […]
New look portal due for blast off Thursday 8th Jan
As advertised before xmas, IS are about to launch a new look portal on 8th January. To find out more about the changes, see our portal relaunch page. To allow the new look portal to be implemented, the portal service will be unavailable on Thursday 8th January from 12-2 (and ‘at risk’ up to 4pm). […]
Maintenance of wireless network, Tuesday 6 January to Friday 9 January
As part of our regular maintenance routine, Information Services staff will be carrying out upgrade work on the wireless network (including the Network Access Control system) to improve compatibility and security. This work will take place during our usual at-risk period, between 07:30 and 08:30 from Tuesday until Friday this week. While this work […]
Study space and enquiries over the holiday period
The Stirling campus library including the Information Centre closes at 5pm on 23rd December 2014, and will reopen on 5th January 2015 at 9am (Lib doors open from 8am). Due to this there will be no library or IT support during this period. Our mailbox will be monitored for system wide failures only. If you have […]
Module opening dates for the Spring semester in Succeed
Succeed modules will open on the same basis as last year but with the new Spring semester start date. For Spring 2015 this will be: 1st and 2nd year modules will open on the Monday before the start of semester (5th Jan 2015) 3rd and 4th year modules will open on the Tuesday before the […]