Succeed will not be available between 10am-12noon this Saturday 14th January to install three service packs (sp5, sp6, sp7). Details on these upgrades were given in the last Issue: Â http://intranet.stir.ac.uk/issue/ISSUE87_December2011.pdf (p7) Â Simon Booth Succeed Admin
Behind the Scenes of Science Research Papers
Jonathan Eisen, Professor at U. C. Davis and blogger, has collated posts written by the authors describing “The Story Behind the Paper” for selected science research papers. All of the papers discussed in the series are Open Access, so you can read how the paper came about and then read the paper itself!  Professor Eisen is […]
Service disruption to web services
Owing to the upgrade of a key data storage system there will be disruption to many of the University’s web sites/services on Friday 30th December. Services will be shut down from 07:00, and are expected to return between 12:00 and 16:00. The main University web site ‘www.stir.ac.uk’ and the portal should not be affected. […]
Holiday closure dates
The Library and Social Study Zone on Stirling Campus will be closed from 2pm on Friday 23rd December until Thursday 5th January. If you wish to renew a book you will need to do so via the ‘my library record’ feature on the library catalogue. This is available from http://libcat.stir.ac.uk  There is lots of help material […]
Succeed Training
Introductory training sessions on Succeed have been arranged for the following dates (all January 2012)Â Wednesday 11th (14.00-17.00) Friday 13th (10.00-13.00) Tuesday 17th (14.00-17.00) Thursday 19th (10.00-13.00) Â These are aimed at staff who will be using Succeed for the first time in the spring semester or who missed out on the last set of […]
…in support of libraries, books, words, ideas…
Beautiful hand-crafted paper sculptures have been left in Edinburgh libraries with notes saying they are gifts “in support of libraries, books, words, ideas”. To view images of the sculptures visit Robert Krulwich’s blog posts: Who Left A Tree, Then A Coffin In The Library? and The Library Phantom Returns!. There is also a Flickr photostream of […]
New reading lists for Spring 2012
New reading lists for Spring 2012 Â Within the TalisList reading list, 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 […]
21 years of additional content in The Times Digital Archive
The Times Digital Archive has been expanded and now covers the period 1785 – 2006. Previously the archive covered 1785 – 1985. The interface has also been upgraded and advanced searching is now much easier. The archive is available from the A-Z list of online resources. Â The Times Digital Archive provides students and researchers […]
Robert Leighton and his books
The latest exhibition in the Library features Archbishop Robert Leighton, who was Bishop of Dunblane and then Archbishop of Glasgow in the 17th century. You may be familiar with the Leighton Library in Dunblane, which houses Robert Leighton’s personal collection of books. As 2011 is the 400th anniversary of Leighton’s birth (we don’t know his […]
eLearning Forum: Digital Assessment and Feedback I
This session chaired by Dr Kevin Brosnan will feature presentations from members of the School of Education reflecting on their experiences of marking ‘electronically’.  Kevin will set the scene with an overview of the research into the benefits/drawback of digital feedback. Staff from the School of Education will offer their insights about the advantages […]