Is your CampusNet connection unreliable? Do you find that your internet connection is constantly dropping? You don’t have to put up with it!  Information Services are aware of an issue that can affect users with either Windows 7 or Vista who also run a third party firewall, for example Norton 360 or Norton Internet […]
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Talislist upgrade
TalisList, the University’s Electronic Reading List system, will be upgraded and migrated to new hardware on Thursday 28th October.  This work is scheduled to take place before 9am, during the “at risk†period, but there is a chance that it will overrun. We will, of course, endeavour to keep any disruption or interruption to […]
Animated world map of Open Access deposits
For Open Access week, the Registry of Open Access Repositories has launched an animated world map that gives a dynamic overview of Open Access across the globe. Â Picking one recent deposit at a time, the animated map cycles around the world’s repositories showing a description of the deposit itself, together with a description and thumbnail […]
Portal downtime, Thursday 14th October
Due to essential maintenance, The Portal will be unavailable from 1pm tomorrow (Thursday 14th Oct). It is hoped that downtime can be limited to about one hour. This will affect the majority of online Student and Staff portal services. However, WebCT and access to library resources will still be available to all students […]
Student Print queues and prices
There may be some disruption to the Stirling Campus Student Print Service on Wednesday afternoon between 3pm and 4pm. The names of student print dissertation queues will be changed and new colour print queues will be introduced. The dissertation queues which are for better quality colour and paper will begin with \\Alvie\dissertation and then […]
Scam/phishing emails – be careful with your network account
There has recently been an increase in ‘phishing’ emails sent to University email accounts. These emails simulate formal University emails and attempt to deceive you into revealing your University username and password. Â Some of the more recent examples include emails notifying you that your mailbox is full and inviting you to click on a […]
Latest edition of ISSUE (IS newsletter) now out
The latest edition (number 82, October 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
Welcome to the New Library
Welcome back to the new Library! Thank you for bearing with us during the interim year and we hope you think the wait has been worthwhile. Â We hope you had a great summer and are looking forward to the new academic session 2010-11. Â In the new Library there have been a number of […]
Change to CampusNet – no need to register your network socket
For the information of students living in University residences on Stirling Campus. There have been some changes to the setup and support for CampusNet this academic year.  Firstly if you live in a university residence, you should have been given a CampusNet CD when you picked up your keys for your room. If you […]
Library Catalogue
Due to essential maintenance, access to the library catalogue may be disrupted between 07:30 and 08:30 on 10th Sept 2010. We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause. ———- Colin Sinclair Library Content Manager