The IS subject librarians are again providing their successful lunchtime briefing sessions for researchers– please see below for details, and booking links. A course descriptor is given on the sign up sheet. All sessions are on a Wednesday, except for ‘Guide to getting published’ (April 13th) which is a Monday. All the sessions are at […]
Work coming soon to address Wi-Fi speed in off campus residences
Early in the current academic year Information Services became aware that performance of network connectivity from the residences at Union Street (including Bayne Street and Lower Bridge Street), John Forty’s Court, and Lyon Crescent had fallen below an acceptable standard. These properties rely on 100Mbps leased circuits to connect them to the University campus […]
DOI links not working – update: now working
The problem below with DOI links has now been resolved and DOI links are working properly again. This was a worldwide problem and it turns out the issue was that “somebody forgot to renew the dx.doi.org domain name” (come on we’ve all done something like that!) – details at: http://crosstech.crossref.org/2015/01/problems-with-dx-doi-org-on-january-20th-2015-what-we-know.html —————- There is currently […]
Detecting phishing emails – more dodgy emails doing the rounds
Today we have received a number of enquiries from staff who have received emails which look as if they might have come from admin@stir.ac.uk. These are the latest round of phishing emails, designed to trick users into thinking that they are required to undertake a task of some sort (such as validating your email […]
New look portal due for blast off Thursday 8th Jan
As advertised before xmas, IS are about to launch a new look portal on 8th January. To find out more about the changes, see our portal relaunch page. To allow the new look portal to be implemented, the portal service will be unavailable on Thursday 8th January from 12-2 (and ‘at risk’ up to 4pm). […]
Maintenance of wireless network, Tuesday 6 January to Friday 9 January
As part of our regular maintenance routine, Information Services staff will be carrying out upgrade work on the wireless network (including the Network Access Control system) to improve compatibility and security. This work will take place during our usual at-risk period, between 07:30 and 08:30 from Tuesday until Friday this week. While this work […]
Study space and enquiries over the holiday period
The Stirling campus library including the Information Centre closes at 5pm on 23rd December 2014, and will reopen on 5th January 2015 at 9am (Lib doors open from 8am). Due to this there will be no library or IT support during this period. Our mailbox will be monitored for system wide failures only. If you have […]
Digimap: loss of availability 4pm 26th to 9am 28th January
A new registration system has been developed for Digimap. Release of the new system requires a significant period of service unavailability. * New registrations for Digimap (using the current system) will be closed from 4pm Monday 26th January. * Digimap will then be unavailable all day on Tuesday 27th January, while the new system […]
Module opening dates for the Spring semester in Succeed
Succeed modules will open on the same basis as last year but with the new Spring semester start date. For Spring 2015 this will be: 1st and 2nd year modules will open on the Monday before the start of semester (5th Jan 2015) 3rd and 4th year modules will open on the Tuesday before the […]
Disruption to network services in Cottrell building, Friday 19 December
Information Services has received notification from Estates & Campus Services that electrical testing work will be undertaken in the Cottrell building on Friday evening from 20:00. During the testing, there will be a loss of power to network equipment located along the B corridor causing an interruption to network services including the following: Wired […]