STORRE will be closed for deposit between Monday 24th October and Wednesday 26th October whilst work is undertaken to bring it in to line with the new University structure. STORRE will, however, remain open for browsing and searching during this period. If you have an item that you must submit to STORRE whilst this […]
New Social Study Zone now open
The area in between the new Library entrance and the Atrium fast food bar (formerly used as the Interim library) has now been reopened to students as the Social Study Zone. This is an extension to the existing study space available in the Library and the Atrium areas. The concept of “social learning space” is central […]
Loss of Internet Connectivity, Friday 21/10/11 22:00 – Saturday 22/10/11 07:00
We have been notified by our service provider that due to motorway construction work, the telecoms fibres which provide the university with JANET and Internet connectivity will be disconnected for 4-8 hours during the stated window. This work also affects our backup circuit, so there will be no external connectivity whatsoever during the outage. Â […]
Proquest databases down for maintenance, Sun 23 October
Proquest, the supplier of many of our online databases will be performing maintenance on Sun 23 October from 3am til 3pm.  This will mean that many of our online databases may not be available including:  • Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) • ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts • Biological Sciences […]
MathSciNet online tutorials now available
MathSciNet is a database of journal articles in mathematics; it is the electronic version of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.  You can access MathSciNet from the A-z list of online resources from the Portal.  The online tutorials, available here: http://www.mathscinet.info/index.html can help you use the database to find articles by author, publication or […]
Norman MacCaig: the life and the poems
Born 100 years ago in Edinburgh, Norman MacCaig produced poetry known for its humour, simplicity of language and popularity. While he lived and worked in the city of his birth, he preferred to spend his summers in Assynt in the North West Highlands. Professor Emeritus Rory Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, founding […]
Succeed Downtime 10.00am Saturday 8th October
As a result of the work we have been doing with Blackboard (the company that produces the underlying software) to fix the performance issues with Succeed we have been issued with two patches for the system. These are simple and quick to install but require that the system is stopped to do so. The […]
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities – a new online guide
The London School of Economics has published a new guide to using Twitter for academic and research staff. The online guide describes the practicalities of setting up a Twitter profile and gives advice about writing tweets, finding other academic staff or researchers who use Twitter and how Twitter can be used in a teaching context. […]
6th October 2011 – National Poetry Day
6th October is National Poetry Day, why not mark the event by borrowing a poetry book from Stirling University Library? A list of our poetry collections is available here. To find out more about National Poetry Day visit: http://www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
BioOne 6 week trial
BioOne has a current collection of 167 titles from 125 publishers in biology, life sciences, ecology, and environmental sciences. Users have access to a broad range of content in an intuitive and easy to use online database. 70% BioOne titles are currently ranked by ISI 40% of current titles are exclusively available through BioOne A […]