The Stirling campus library is now open extended opening hours for the exam period until Wednesday 30 May: Monday – Friday 08.30 – 2am Self Service from 8pm Saturday/Sunday 10.00 – 2am Self Service from 5pm
External network connectivity disruption – Tuesday 8th May, 07:30-09:00
As part of ongoing work to improve the reliability and performance of the University’s external network connection, EaStMAN – the body which provides our connectivity to JANET and the wider Internet – will be carrying out an upgrade of their infrastructure located here in Stirling. In order for us to take advantage of the […]
Staff print for Research Postgraduate students
The card readers on the new staff print MFDs (printer/copiers) read the Mifare chip in the new Mifare student cards as well as staff Smart ID cards. Research Post Grads without a staff card or a student card that has a Mifare chip, can print or copy by logging on to the MFD with their […]
Win a new iPad – fill in the IS Satisfaction Survey 2012
Information Services runs an annual Satisfaction Survey to find out what our staff and students think of our services. We take the results very seriously and aim to make improvements to services based on your feedback. Click here to start the survey (login with your network account) or go to the portal > Succeed […]
Load balancing for Succeed
Succeed will be going load-balanced at mid-semester. Load-balancing Succeed with two servers will just about double the capacity of Succeed and make Succeed more robust as a single server crashing will not stop the system. Succeed will be down on Thursday 5th April (mid-semester week) to do the necessary work. It will probably be […]
PebblePad (personal learning space) demo
Colin Dalziel from PebblePad will be talking about this system on Monday 5th March at 3.00pm in Room 1 of the Enterprise Zone in the Stirling campus library. PebblePad is a dedicated learning system designed to meet the needs of higher education. It is a Personal Learning Space being used in learning contexts as […]
Succeed notifications
Succeed can now notify you via email of events in Succeed such as a new item of content being added to a module that you are taking or that a new assignment, survey or test is available along with other events. A short video has been created to show to set up email notifications:Â http://www.youtube.com/v/Ukl2MuDQveE?version=3&hl=en_GB […]
Change to DDS (Document Delivery System) renewals
Due to new procedures at the British Library we will only be allowing one renewal per DDS book due to the British Library now charging £4.20 for each renewal. In addition if the book is not returned on time we will automatically be charged even if it is still in transit.  The loan period for […]
Discover StirGate – free training with free muffins
StirGate is Stirling’s academic search engine. It will help you locate books and journal articles for your essays, reports and research. It searches many of the library’s electronic resources including the library catalogue, several large databases (including Historical Abstracts, Business Source Premier, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC etc) and many of the library’s electronic journal archives (including […]
App Wiki: Mobile Apps for Education
We have begun gathering a list of apps that might be useful for your studies or research. If you are a student you can login to the App Wiki, add apps and comment on entries. Students and staff can view and rate the apps. Access the App Wiki directly or from the A-Z list of […]