Happy New Year to all of our staff and students! The Library will operate on the following basis until further notice. Opening Hours from Thursday 7th January Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00* Saturday & Sunday 10.00-17.00 *the IT Service desk will be available 5-8pm remotely via information.centre@stir.ac.uk Accessing the Library Please see our Library homepage for updated information […]
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Stirling to join Company of Biologists Publishing Agreement: free Open Access Publishing
From 1st January Stirling will be joining the one-year Company of Biologists ”Read and Publish” Agreement. This means in return for a one-off payment by the Library, Stirling authors will have free uncapped open access publishing in Company of Biologists three hybrid journals: Development Journal of Cell Science Journal of Experimental Biology Open access publication is […]

How to handle research data
Researchers often collect highly confidential information for their research. It is essential this data is stored securely and is collected following data protection legislation. Failure to collect data ethically can damage the reputation of the researcher and the University. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) You may be a little fed up of hearing about […]

Sage Business Cases
Unlimited access to more than 3,650 cases for use within and beyond the classroom. ‘Gain real-world business experience, and learn from true stories of business success and setback, from industries around the world’. Includes cases by prestigious content partners such as University of Cambridge, Yale, Berkley and Human Kinetics covering all areas of business and […]

Your all new University of Stirling app!
Get all your university services at your fingertips with our new University of Stirling app! The University of Stirling app provides real-time, on-the-go, anytime information to support you during your time at Stirling. It is available to all students and staff for free. What’s on the app? The app provides easy access to our most […]

#Yarnfulness
We are back! Yarnfulness is starting back (although we are still online via teams) Maybe you are already a crafting king or queen or maybe you’d like to learn how to knit or crochet why don’t you pop along – virtually – to join us. We are running on Wednesdays from 12:30 – 1:30 (Here […]

Working with documents in Office 365
Are you confused about the difference between files in MS Teams and SharePoint? Wondering what OneDrive is all about? View this short (20 min) video to give you a background to how the main 3 Office 365 apps involved in file management (MS Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive) interact with each other. You can get further […]

Why are universities targeted by cyber-attacks?
In May of 2020, the cloud computing provider Blackbaud which is a major supplier to Universities across the globe was targeted by a ransomware attack. While Blackbaud managed to minimise the damage to its systems, the cyber criminals behind the attack managed to steal a subset of data. As a result, many universities in the […]

Click and Collect
The Library is offering Click and Collect Service. This will make the library print collections available to staff and students. Currently, it is not possible to browse the shelves on Levels 3 and 4 until after 8 pm or at weekends, you can still access the short loan collection. If you don’t have a library […]

Sage Research Methods
Supporting research at all levels Sage Research Methods brings you online books, chapters, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. Embed content in your module, see Case Studies of real research projects and find datasets for use in teaching and learning. A ‘Methods Map’ helps to navigate the various research methods find the best techniques. Access Sage […]