The Landmap service has acquired additional data which is free for UK HEIs to use. The new data is Colour Infra-Red Aerial Photograp of the UK and a 5m Digital Terrain Model of Egland and Wales. For further information about Landmap see http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/landmap/index.php/Table/Datasets/ and for their learning materials see http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/landmap/index.php/Table/Learning-Materials/.  Landmap are hosting a […]
What do you think of StirGate? – Quick Poll on IS Home Page
***POLL NOW FINISHED*** StirGate is a new way of searching for journal articles, web sites and other useful publications, and we’d like to know what you think of it.   Let us know by clicking on the Quick Poll on the Information Services home page.  Far more important than X Factor, Celebrity Big Brother, Your […]
Latest edition of Journal Citation Reports now available
Journal Citation Reports are an immensely useful tool and can help with identifying: – journals with the greatest total cites and the highest impact in your field – journals relevant to your research and those in which it would be desirable to publish  Each edition of Journal Citations Report is published annually in the […]
Charles Darwin’s 200th Birthday, 12th February 2009
To celebrate this anniversary there is a small display about Darwin, and several related books, in the display case at the entrance to the Stirling Campus Library. Â Through a combination of meticulous observation and innovative thinking, Darwin came up with an explanation for the incredible variety of living things: that evolution was driven by […]
JISC National E-Books Observatory
Last January, JISC conducted probably the largest e-book survey ever undertaken, with more than 23,000 responses from students and staff at UK universities.They are now distributing an exit questionnaire to see how things have moved forward in that time and how attitudes and behaviour towards e-books have changed. To give your views on provision of […]
Work begins on transforming the university’s library
On 22 December the University Court gave the final go ahead for the £13.9 million project to transform the library. By the summer of 2010, the University will have on the Stirling campus a 21st century library to support the learning and research activities of all students and staff. As it is the existing building […]
Borrow more books
The Stirling Campus Library loan allocation has been raised to 100 books for academic staff and research postgraduates. The increased allocation, which applies only to “long loan” books is available now, and the books may be borrowed until August 2010. Â This is part of the planning for the Interim Library Service, which will operate […]
WebCT Users’ Group
The seventh meeting of the WebCT Users’ Group is being held on Wednesday 28th January 2009 at 12.30 in the Iris Murdoch Centre. The format is lunch at 12.30 followed at 13.00 by a presentation by Mark Toole, Director of Information Services. Mark’s presentation will be on Elgg, open-source social networking software that is being used […]
Portal downtime Friday 16 – Sunday 18 January
Due to the need for extensive, essential maintenance to the database, the staff and student portal will be unavailable from 17.00 on Friday, 16th January, and for the whole of Saturday, 17th January. The portal will remain at risk on Sunday, 18th January.Access to WebCT, webmail and some other functions will still be available at […]
Library opening hours and vacation loan periods
Stirling Campus: The Library reopens on Monday 5th January and vacation hours will apply.   Vacation loan periods will apply as follows:  LONG LOANS – will be issued from Friday 5 December 2008 and will be due for return Fri 29 May 2009. POP LOANS - will remain weekly loans RESERVE BOOK ROOM (RBR) – […]