Two new multi-media collections have recently become available: The British Pathé Collection and the London Broadcasting Company / Independent Radio News Audio Archive. The British Pathé Collection contains 85,000 historic films which cover the period 1896-1976. The collection is varied, but is particularly strong in its coverage of the First and Second World Wars. This […]
Module Evaluation Questionaires (MEQ)
The Module Evaluation Questionnaires (MEQ) panel in Succeed provides quick access to all your Module Evaluation Questionnaires (MEQs) that remain to be submitted for this semester. Simply click on the links and provide your feedback on the modules you have taken this semester — it’s that easy! The University and individual staff use the data […]
Teaching Bites: Resource lists – smarter working with your reading list! Wed 14th May (12.00-13.00)
The Aspire resource lists are dynamic so they tell the students where in the library a book is located. Worried that the students are not reading key papers? Check the stats using the Aspire Dashboard feature. We’ll also look at what makes a good resource list. Date & time: Wednesday 14 May 1200 – […]
Repair to power fault – data network implications, Thursday evening
Following on from the power cut this morning which affected the Castle end of the campus, repairs will be undertaken this evening (see message at the bottom of this post from Estates and Campus Services). There will be further loss of network services in the following locations whilst the power repairs are carried out: Airthrey Castle Airthrey Castle […]
Network locations affected by the Airthrey power outage – 1st May 2014
As advised by the recent Estates Service Message, there is a fault with the high voltage electricity supply which has affected several locations. One of these is Airthrey Castle, where network infrastructure equipment is currently without power. While this equipment is offline, the following areas will not have any wired or wireless network connectivity: […]
Open User Forum (Stirling Campus) – Friday 09 May 2014 – Save the date in your diary
There will be an Information Services Open User Forum on Friday 09 May 2014 at 3pm in Cottrell 2B121. All staff and students are encouraged to attend, in particular Library representatives in Academic Schools and Administrative Departments, and Students’ Union representatives. Please send any items for the agenda to IS Office (isoffice@stir.ac.uk) before […]
Teaching Bites – Copyright for Learning and Teaching 21st May
In this teaching bites session we’ll help you to comply with UK copyright while providing your students with the material they need. We will let you know what the library can do to help and report some good news in the amended copyright regulations due in June this year. Date & time: Wednesday 21st […]
Happy DNA Day!
Yes, there really is such a thing as “DNA Day”. See the Wikipedia entry! Sixty one years ago today, on the 25th April 1953, the journal Nature published a revolutionary paper by Francis Crick and James D Watson. With crucial help from Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, they had built a coherent, credible model […]
Network and telephony service disruption, Tuesday 29th April 2014
There will be an interruption to external telephone lines and some network services, between 07:30 and 08:30 on Tuesday 29th April. During this time, staff from Systems and Network Services will carry out maintenance of the power supply to essential network equipment. The interruption will last for up to 1 hour. The following services […]
Accessing ejournals and library databases – now working
Earlier today I posted that there were problems accessing many of the library’s electronic journals and databases. This was due to our authentication system, EZProxy, failing. Fortunately EZProxy is now up and working again. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. If you encounter any continued access problems, please contact the Information Centre: infocentre@stir.ac.uk […]