The disruption to the Student Print & Copy System was postponed and will take place on Friday 23rd July due to an essential upgrade. On the 23nd July the student printers and copiers are expected to be down for approximately 2 hours. Printing and copying will be provided in the Information Centre in the Interim […]
University and Departmental Website Maintenance, 22 July
The main university external website and some departmental sites will be unavailable for up to 20 minutes during the ‘At Risk’ period (07:30 to 08:30) on Thursday 22nd July, for essential maintenance. We apologise for this loss of service.  Alan Richardson Systems and Network Services Manager
Student Print and Copying System Upgrade
There will be some disruption to the Student Print & Copy System on the 21 and 22 July due to an essential upgrade. On the 22nd July the student printers are expected to be down for approximately 2 hours. Printing and copying will be provided in the Information Centre in the Interim Library at Stirling […]
Highland Campus data link downtime, 21 July
The provider of the data link between Highland Campus and Stirling Campus have informed us that they will be performing essential maintenance on the link between 00:01am and 06:00 am on Wednesday 21st July There will be no network service to Highland Campus users while the link is down. No e-mail should be lost as […]
Library catalogue planned downtime, Tues 13 July
The library catalogue will be down for maintenance on Tuesday 13th July from 4pm. During this time, the library catalogue and your library record will not be available. The Library will be open as usual and issuing books manually.  We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
New look for IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
IBSS is now available from the CSA platform, rather than from EBSCO. The content of the database is unaltered. It is possible to search IBSS and Sociological Abstracts simultaneously by selecting the two resources from the “specific databases” option. IBSS is a useful resource for anyone researching in the fields of politics, social sciences and economics.
Trial of sciences resource CABI available now!
If you are researching topics within the environment, agriculture, applied economics or food science have a look at our month trial access to CAB Abstracts. The trial will finish on the 20th July 2010. To access this database go to: http://isiknowledge.com and from the Select a Database tab in Web of Knowledge choose CABI: (1973-present). For a full […]
Shibboleth upgrade
On Monday 28th June, Information Services will begin the process of transitioning our existing Shibboleth Identity Provider service to the latest version. Shibboleth is an authentication system used at Stirling to provide access to some of the Library’s electronic resources (http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/itsupport/accounts/shibboleth.php  ) and this upgrade is necessary because the current system we are using becomes […]
Opening of new Stirling campus library
The target date for opening the new Library building on Stirling Campus is Monday 30 August 2010. The building has now been handed back to the university and we have the summer to finish off the inside and move books, equipment, services and staff. Â Most of this work will be happening in the background […]
Student Print & Copying System Upgrade
There will be some disruption to the Student Print & Copy System on 21st and 22nd July due to an essential upgrade. Â On 22nd July the student printers are expected to be down for approximately 2 hours. Â Printing will be provided in the Information Centre in the Interim Library at Stirling and the […]