Due to essential system maintenance on the student record system there will be limited student information available via the portal tomorrow, Saturday 19th February, between 8am – 12 noon. Information Services apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a […]
New exhibition in the Stirling Campus Library – Treasures from our Collections
A new exhibition is now on display in the Library at the Stirling Campus. Treasures from our art, archives and special collections have been gathered together to form an exhibition which will run until the end of April.  The University of Stirling is fortunate to hold a wide variety of ‘treasures’, in its Art Collection, […]
University email on your mobile phone/tablet!
Information Services now officially support staff and student email on mobile devices. To access instructions on how to set up your email account on your phone, please visit: http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/itsupport/mobile/ . The information is presented in an easy to follow format of drop down lists to help you select the information relevant to your […]
mStir – IS Smartphone trial
Information Services has launched a new trial service for Smartphone users, which works on most major platforms, including iPhone, Android and Palm. The service which is called mStir can be accessed by directing your phone browser to m.stir.ac.uk. There are a number of features that we hope you will find helpful, such […]
New semester – new and improved StirGate service
Information Services has invested in a replacement for our StirGate service. This new and improved service simultaneously searches many Library resources and offers a new, efficient way of searching for academic information. StirGate is available on and off campus from the A-Z list of online resources or from the Resources tab in the University Portal. What […]
New resource for law students
A new single place to search for the legislative content currently held on the OPSI website (original unconsolidated) and revised legislation from the Statute Law Database is now available http://www.legislation.gov.uk
IT Services downtime – Saturday 22nd January
On Saturday 22nd January Information Services and Estates and Campus Services will be making modifications to the power supply to the Server Room in Pathfoot Building which contains roughly one third of the University’s centrally provided IT services. The purpose of the modifications is to reduce the likelihood of unplanned downtime if power equipment in […]
Microsoft document formats
From 5pm Thursday 13th January Information Services will no longer enforce the Microsoft Office 97-2003 document formats as the default. It is not necessary to continue to retain the old document format for compatibility as staff and student have access to Office 2007 as a minimum. This will mean that the default formats for the […]
Information Centre (IT enquiries) closed for meeting, Fri 14th January
The Information Centre on Stirling campus (IT enquiries) will be closed for an Information Services staff meeting, Friday 14th January 10.30-11.30.  The Lending desk at the Information Centre will remain open for basic library borrowing enquiries.  Messages can be left on our main IT line (x7250) or alternatively email us on infocentre@stir.ac.uk  […]
Library weekend opening – winter vacation
During the winter vacation commencing Saturday 8th January, the Stirling campus Library will be open from 10am – 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays, for study and all self-service transactions.   In previous years, the Library was only open from 9am – 12.30pm on Saturdays, so we hope the new extended hours will be welcomed […]