As the campus starts to sparkle with festive lights and winter cheer, the Library Christmas Wish Tree is back. Each year, our Wish Tree becomes a colourful symbol of our communities hopes and wishes. Students and staff write wishes, messages, or thoughts on small tags and hang them on the tree. These wishes are varied […]
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John Maclean: All that life can give us
Come and join us as we welcome author and poet Henry Bell to discuss his creative and historical work on Scottish socialist John Maclean. Wednesday 19th November, University Library 3-4pm Symposium, JISC Hub, Level 3 4-5pm Open Archive and poetry reading, Level 2 Refreshments provided, we hope to see you there! Please be aware that […]
Thank you for making your voice heard – Let’s do it again!
Last year, many of you took the time to complete the Jisc Digital Experience Survey, and we want to say a huge thank you for sharing your thoughts. Your feedback really matters – and it really does make a difference. In fact, thanks to what you told us, we’ve already made some big changes: We […]
📣 Level 2: Loud and Proud or Time to Settle Down?
We’ve been thrilled to hear how much some students are loving the new docking monitors on Level 2 of the library — thank you for the positive feedback! 🙌 But we’ve also heard some concerns about the noise levels in the space. Level 2 has become a lively hub of collaboration, conversation (and sometimes dancing […]
Open Access Button Retiring: What You Need to Know
This November, the Open Access Button – a tool long used to find free, legal research articles – will officially be sunset. Since its launch, the Open Access Button has played an important role in making scholarly literature more accessible to the public. Their developers recommend users transition to Unpaywall, a similarly mission-driven service that […]
Borrow, Plug In, Study: Your Guide to Laptop Loans and Docking Stations at Stirling
We’re making some exciting updates to your study spaces and laptop loan service! As part of our improvements, we have replaced all the all-in-one (AIO) computers on Level 2 of the library with docking monitors. These can be used with laptops borrowed from the Lapsafe cabinets or your own device, giving you more flexibility and control over how you work. You’ll be able […]
Emerald access issues – workarounds
Update to post below (19th Sept 2025): most links in LibrarySearch to Emerald collections are now working. The exception is that links to some journals in the ‘Emerald Backfiles’ collection are still not working. This appears to relate to cases where we have access to older volumes of a journal that has since changed name. […]
ProQuest maintenance: Sunday 10 August
We have been informed that ProQuest will be carrying out maintenance on their products on Sunday 10 August, starting at 3 am and lasting up to 8 hours (until 11 am). The following resources will be temporarily unavailable: Databases on the ProQuest platformo Advanced Technologies and Computer Science Collectiono British Periodicals Onlineo Coronavirus Research Databaseo […]
New: Articles Citing Retracted Research Now Flagged in LibrarySearch
To help protect research integrity, LibrarySearch now flags not just retracted articles – but also articles that cite retracted research. Why this matters Retracted articles often contain serious issues such as errors, ethical problems, or false data. Using them, even unknowingly, can: LibrarySearch already alerts you when an article itself has been retracted. Now, it […]
Library Systems and Services Downtime, 12-13 July
Due to important data migration work by our Library systems supplier (Ex Libris), many services will experience downtime over 12th – 13th July. See details below on what to expect. Planned Downtime The migration process will take place over the weekend of 12–13 July 2025 with up to 24 hours of downtime expected between 6am Saturday 12th July […]