Information Services are offering a series of bookable events to support learning and teaching in Autumn 2022. Exploring digital teaching technology in learning spaces Reduce your start of semester stress! Get ready for teaching on campus – join us for an informal drop-in session in one of our typical teaching rooms to: Explore, hands-on, the technology […]
1776 American Atlas now online
An 18th century atlas of the Americas housed at the University Library has now been digitised and made available online. Thomas Jefferys’ and Samuel Holland’s American Atlas, published in 1776, is one of the most important atlases of the American Revolutionary period. Thomas Jefferys was Geographer to George III and published some of the most […]
Welcome to Library and IT at Stirling – Autumn 2022
Information Services invites you to join us for some fantastic events to help you hit the ground running when it comes to the Library and IT at the University of Stirling. What’s on… Welcome Lounge Pop by the Welcome Lounge on Monday 26 September from 11am to 3pm in Campus Central, level 3, to enjoy […]
HS Talks and Case Studies to Inspire and Support Learning
Check out HS Talks for a great range of multimedia lectures, expert interviews and case studies to enrich and inspire learning. Talks last a few minutes to an hour and teaching staff may embed clips or full lectures in Canvas modules or links in reading lists. Most talks suggest questions for discussion, and many provide a […]
AM Explorer online primary sources
Following a trial earlier in the year, the Library now has a subscription to AM Explorer, which is a collection of primary source material published by Adam Matthew Digital. This is a huge resource, covering collections in many different subject areas. It is especially useful for History and English Literature, but may also be useful […]
New courses and workshops from Academic Development.
Our Academic Development team are running a series of workshops, modules and the annual Learning & Teaching festival. New to Teaching Week-Long Module (8-12 August) This week-long online module provides an introduction to teaching at the University of Stirling, either for those who are completely new to teaching or to those who have arrived at […]
Legacy RefWorks retires in 2023 – upgrade to new RefWorks asap!
Currently there are two versions of RefWorks. The older version (now referred to as legacy RefWorks) will be retired in 2023 and we ask you to upgrade to the new version by the end of 2022. If your RefWorks login takes you to https://refworks.proquest.com/ you are already using the latest version of RefWorks and no […]
Preparing Your Autumn Reading List
Teaching staff can now create a new Autumn reading list or ‘roll over’ a previous list by clicking on the ‘Reading List’ option in your Autumn 2022 Canvas module. See further guidance on the Reading Lists SharePoint site. Once you have rolled over or created your list, please click the Library Review button to send […]
For staff: new Canvas modules for the autumn semester
It’s beginning to look a lot like Summer, which means the autumn semester is not too far away. See below for a sneak preview of what’s coming up next semester in your Canvas module. Release dates for autumn semester Canvas modules The autumn semester modules (2022/3) will be released in the week commencing 13th June. […]
Microsoft Teams meeting recordings – new save location
Recordings are shifting from Stream to OneDrive and SharePoint Video recordings of Team Meetings are shifting from Microsoft Stream to OneDrive and SharePoint. This change should make them easier to find, share and manage. What is changing? Today when you meet online using Microsoft Teams, any recordings made will be saved to Microsoft Stream, Microsoft […]