Information Services staff will be upgrading the physical network link to the Gannochy on Friday 13th March between 0730 and 0800. It is envisaged that any disruption will be minimal, as configuration work has been carried out in advance. There will be a brief interruption to network services as data traffic is moved over […]
eduroam upgrade: android lollipop now supported plus new interface
During the Reading fortnight, we applied an upgrade to eduroam. This was to enable support for Android 5.0 lollipop. While we were at it, we also took the opportunity to improve the Wi-Fi setup and login screens to include a cleaner look and feel. All the various screens for the different types of devices have been upgraded […]
SAGE Research Methods
We now have access to the SAGE Research methods collection. This includes 700+ ebooks published by SAGE covering research methodology. You can access the resource directly here http://srmo.sagepub.com.ezproxy.stir.ac.uk/ You can browse the entire collection and search across the collection which includes articles, book chapters and videos. In addition, all of the individual titles have […]
University Supports Open Access Book Publishing
The University has recently joined the Open Book Publishers’ Library Membership Scheme. Open Book Publishers (http://www.openbookpublishers.com/) publishes high quality Open Access research monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences. What does this mean for us? We get free access to all the ebooks published by the Open Book Publishers enterprise. At the moment, there […]
Stirling research theses added to STORRE in January and February
We had a number of theses added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during January and February. A couple of these are publicly available now: Practice learning and nursing education: rethinking theory and design by Claire Michelle Roxburgh http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21403 Materialities of clinical handover in intensive care : challenges of enactment and education […]
Emerald – Disruption to Service Monday 2nd March
Due to maintenance work at Emerald there may be disruption today when using some Emerald journal database services including: Search, Alerts, MyAccount and Registration
RMS: new mandatory questions for Open Access compliance
From the afternoon of 18th February 2015 new mandatory questions will be added to the Research Management System (RMS) relating to Open Access publishing. Background On 1st April 2013 the Research Councils UK (RCUK) introduced a new Open Access and Article Processing Charge Policy for publications resulting from their funded projects. The Policy […]
Japan Week 2015 – Library display of art books
Dr Isao Ichige has donated a beautiful set of books, Nihon Bijutsu Zenshu (Japanese art: the complete works) – essentially a history of Japanese culture – to Stirling University. This valuable set of books contains a comprehensive list of Japanese art objects in full colour and with detailed information for each item from […]
Wireless System Downtime, Wednesday 18 February
There will be an interruption to wireless network services before 9am on Wednesday 18 February owing to a major upgrade of the system software. The interruption is expected to be brief, and any devices which are disconnected from eduroam as a result should reconnect automatically when the service resumes. Users of UoS Guest Internet may […]
STORRE: Captcha added to “Request a copy” form
Following a recent spate of SPAM “Request a copy” requests being sent out by a SPAM Robot using the STORRE “Request a copy” form (the form that STORRE users can use to request a copy of embargoed items in STORRE directly from the author), we have now added a Captcha to the form which must […]