This email is a reminder that student (UG and TPG) email accounts will be moving from the SquirrelMail system to Outlook Web App THIS WEEK. The changeover date is Wed 30th January. On Wed 30th, there may be some delays in incoming email arriving in your new OWA inbox as we transfer routing between […]
ZETOC User Survey Results
A survey of users of the ZETOC service was undertaken late last year. A summary of the results is now available on the ZETOC website. ZETOC is an alerting and searching service which researchers can use to help locate and keep up to date with information in their areas of interest. ZETOC Search searches […]
Thistle Chambers: interruption to network services – now Friday 25 January
**UPDATE** We apologise that the advertised work to the Thistle Chambers network did not happen yesterday. Our service provider has subsequently informed us that the necessary work will take place today, Friday 25 January, between 13:00 and 17:00. Information Services has been advised by our service provider that it will be necessary to interrupt […]
Succeed training for Instructors
eLD will be running training sessions for staff who will be building and running courses in Succeed (instructors) over the next couple of weeks. This training is an introduction to Succeed for staff who have not used the system previously (or have made little use) Four Succeed training sessions have been arranged on the […]
Interruption to network connectivity in multiple locations, Tuesday 29th January
In order to carry out a number of maintenance tasks on an essential piece of network equipment, there will be a brief disruption to all network services, shortly after 07:30 on Tuesday 29th January. It is expected to last for approximately 5 minutes. During the outage, users in the following locations will be unable to […]
Outlook Web App – countdown to your new student email system
The new student email system – Microsoft Web App (OWA) which is part of the cloud based Office365 solution – will go live to all students on Wednesday 30th January. A pilot group which has been testing the new interface has reported no serious issues with the system and generally feedback has been very positive. […]
Information Services over the Christmas break
The university closes at 5pm on 21st December 2012, and will reopen on 3rd January 2013 at 9am. Due to this there will be no library or IT support during this period. If you have any queries or problems, please email information.centre@stir.ac.uk and we will handle your query on 3rd January. Below you will find […]
Warning about “phishing”
There seems to be an increase in “phishing” attempts as we approach the holiday period. This is where an attempt is made to capture your network username and password by sending a fake email as in the example below. Please be very careful not to open up a link contained in an email and enter […]
Possible Internet service downtime, Tuesday 18th December
In order to complete the implementation of the University’s higher-bandwidth JANET connection, there may be a short disruption to all Internet services, sometime between 07:30 and 08:30 on Tuesday 18th December. During this window, staff from Systems and Network Services and EaStMAN will reconfigure network routing to begin using our second JANET circuit. Most […]
Library eResource authentication changes for on-campus users
The University Library currently spends hundreds of thousands of pounds every year subscribing to electronic resources for use by the University’s staff and students. However there is currently no coherent way of determining the level of usage of these resources, so, to remedy this, Information Services is implementing a tool called RAPTOR which will be […]