There will be an Information Services Open User Forum on Tuesday 18 May at 2.00pm, in room A5, Cottrell Building, Stirling Campus. All are welcome. IT and Library representatives in Academic and Administrative Departments and Students’ Union representatives are especially encouraged to attend. Â The agenda will include Library Transformation Project, Bibliographic Software, WebCT Upgrade, […]
Category: IT News
Win a Samsung netbook or iPod Touch – fill in the IS satisfaction survey
Information Services values the opinions of our users so we are currently conducting a satisfaction survey. We hope to learn from you what you think of our many services, and also to gather any suggestions for improvement of services. We are responsible for many of the services and resources you use every day, including the […]
Win a Samsung netbook or iPod Touch – fill in the IS satisfaction survey
Information Services values the opinions of our users so we are currently conducting a satisfaction survey. We hope to learn from you what you think of our many services, and also to gather any suggestions for improvement of services. We are responsible for many of the services and resources you use every day, including the […]
Advance notice of portal downtime: Thursday 25th March
Due to an essential upgrade of the student system (SITS) it will be necessary to make the portal unavailable during the morning of Thursday, 25th March. Access to WebCT, library and other resources will be made available via alternative links. We apologise for the inconvenience and will aim to minimise the downtime as much as […]
Network Upgrade Project
Systems and Network Services have been working for some months on a project to upgrade the data network across the entire Stirling campus. This project will deliver an increase in bandwidth which should improve network performance for the majority of users and will provide the network infrastructure on which the University’s new telephone system will […]
Latest edition of ISSUE (IS newsletter) now out
The latest edition (number 80, February 2010) of the Information Services newsletter, ISSUE, is now available on the IS web site at:  http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/aboutis/issue.php  Printed copies will be available later this week.  Steve Boulton ISSUE Editor Academic Liaison and Development Information Services (01786) 466883 steven.boulton@stir.ac.uk  Â
Calling All Dissertation Students…
To help students with their dissertations this semester, a new web site has been set up. Topics covered include: finding and obtaining information for dissertation research, writing up the dissertation document and the final printing of the dissertation. The web site can be found at: http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/dissertation/index.php    Â
Join the conversation – follow Information Services on Twitter
Keep up to date with the latest news from Information Services by following us on Twitter, we are isstirling. Our most recent updates will appear on the IS homepage and we will be using Twitter to keep you informed about the new library project, IT issues, new electronic resources and much more. Sarah Kevill Subject Librarian
Working from home without having to leave your work PC switched on
If working from home over the holiday period there are various methods of accessing the services you need. It is possible to access your work PC and use it from home using Remote Desktop – see our article on this. However you only need Remote Desktop if you need to use applications which you can’t […]
Online Threats Increase
Everyone knows how annoying it is to receive lots of Junk Email. Many people are aware how important it is to protect their online identity such as bank account numbers and passwords. However, few people have considered that the two issues can be related, or realise that their University computer account details are also valuable […]