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 […]
Category: Library News
📣 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 […]
Changes to Historic Environment Scotland web services, including SCRAN
We have just learned that several Historic Environment Scotland (HES) web services will be retired on 24th June 2025. This includes the following resources: SCRAN Canmore Scotland’s Places The good news is that content is being transferred to a new website trove.scot. The website is live now, though content is still being transferred from the […]
Local and Community History Month
May is Local and Community History Month, a month dedicated to promoting interest in local history. We have put together a book display in the library, which features some books about the history of the local area. There is also an online reading list. You might have been wondering how the University came to occupy […]