The British Library is holding a free webinar on how their EThoS PhD theses service works. Webinar on 10 December 2013, 11.00am GMT Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5131544266794515713 EThOS http://ethos.bl.uk is the UK’s national database for PhD theses, managed by the British Library. It’s a fantastic resource for researchers, with over 100,000 UK theses freely […]
Feedback wanted for Data Citation Principles
People have been working on data citation issues for a long time. Different groups and different communities have come up with different guidelines and recommendations on how data should be cited. The different approaches generally agree in principle, but there are some distinct differences. At the first Plenary of RDA people from many organizations came to […]
New reading lists for Spring 2014
Within the Aspire reading list software, references link to the book or journal details in the library catalogue, so students can immediately check availability, place holds, etc. References to our electronic journal articles can link directly to the article. Lists can include references to paper materials, as well as links to web sites and other […]
MEQ – Staff
The MEQ panel is a reminder for students to fill in the MEQ for their modules. When used by a student the panel display links to any open, un-submitted MEQs. Once the MEQ is submitted the link disappears. You can reduce the panel to : By using the panel toggle link: […]
MEQ – Students
The new panel in Succeed, Module Evaluation Questionnaires, 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 […]
IS Open User Forum – your chance to speak directly to IT/Library managers
There will be an Information Services Open User Forum, today Monday 25 November, at 3pm in the Atrium area outside the Library. This is your chance to raise any Library / IT issues that you may have or ask us any questions. There is an agenda for the meeting on our website: http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/staff/about/openuserforum/ […]
Power outage in Stirling area 20th November 2013
Due to power outage in Stirling area on 20th November as of first thing on 21st November 200 of our IT services were unavailable. We are working hard to restore these and they are coming back on stream as this work progresses. We apologise for any inconvenience in the meantime.
ZETOC User Satisfaction Survey
The satisfaction survey is presented when you first visit the ZETOC home page at: http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk and also available by using the ‘Zetoc Survey 2013’ link listed in the ‘Please Note’ section. It would be really appreciated if you are able to take a few minutes of your time to provide feedback […]
Survey on BBC archives
The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is currently working with Jisc and the BBC to establish which programmes and other items (e.g. documentation, photographs and sheet music) from the BBC archives would be of greatest value for the purposes of teaching and research in further and higher education. The BUFVC would like […]
New e-Learning Blog
The e-Learning Liaison and Development Team (eLD) in Information Services has just set up its own blog to help keep members of University of Stirling staff up to date with e-learning related news. Updates to the blog will be posted when we wish to publicise the following types of things: new and innovative e-learning […]