During the UCISA Leadership Conference Awards Ceremony, a few weeks ago, a new award was announced inspired by the unexpected passing of three well respected Colleagues, who dedicated their time, effort and experience to improve the sector under the banner of UCISA. This new award is given to recognise outstanding contribution to UCISA. Deborah Green, […]
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Upgrade Your RefWorks Writing Tool
If you use the RefWorks Write-N-Cite (WCN) writing tool to import references to your Word documents you need to upgrade to RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM) as soon as possible. WNC is no longer supported and will stop working at the end of 2024. RefWorks advise that you use RCM for all new documents. You may […]
Library Pizza Party
As part of the ongoing programme of engagement with our community, we held a pizza party in the library – yes, free pizza! OK, so the pizza may have been a sweetener (or should that be savoury-er?) to get some of you along to discuss some of the current plans for the library service and […]
Enhance your research with Nexis news content (Sign up for Workshops – 20th & 22nd February)
Whether you are following a single news story or researching cultural trends, political developments, current or historical issues or analysing the business environment and company performance, Nexis provides an invaluable source for primary and secondary research.Attend these workshops with LexisNexis trainer Marc Gillespie to enhance your research skills and extract relevant material from over 23,000 […]
Canvas Opening Dates – Spring 2024
Your Spring modules will be available in Canvas from Monday 15th, January. Don’t panic if you don’t see all of your modules immediately on the 15th. Some lecturers may change the opening dates of their modules. You can check your ‘future enrolments’ in Canvas by going to Modules > All Modules. There you will see modules […]
PressReader for Magazines and News
See how to sign up for an account on the University’s new subscription to PressReader. Unlimited access to over 7000 magazines and newspapers from over 120 countries and in 60 languages. Translate to over 21 languages, use text to speech and download articles if you wish. Read online or use the App to keep up […]
Centralised IT Purchasing for staff on the way…
During 2023/24, Information Services are beginning to implement a new way of procuring and deploying staff IT devices. In future, all IT devices for staff use will be purchased and deployed by IS, instead of local arrangements in each department. This new approach aims to ensure that all staff are able to work using an […]
British Library cyber-attack – some tips for workarounds
Following the cyber-attack, our colleagues in the British Library work are working very hard to restore operations and services. As the disruption is likely to continue for a few weeks, below is a list of tips for some workarounds. See Bodleian History Faculty Library at Oxford blog post.
Book Week Scotland 2023
Book Week Scotland – now in its twelfth year – is an annual celebration of books and reading taking place across the country. During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life come together in libraries, schools, community venues, and workplaces to share and enjoy books and reading. They are joined in this […]
Westlaw Access – Update on Registration Incomplete Error
If you receive a ‘Registration incomplete’ error message when accessing the Westlaw legal databases or any Westlaw resources e.g. articles or books on your reading list, please follow the guidance at https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/law/WestlawTroubleshooting to request that your account be reactivated. This error is likely to happen if your Westlaw account has been inactive for a period […]