Staff may be aware that there has been a review of all Multi-functional devices (MFD’s) located across the campus. The review has highlighted that some devices were being under-utilised and therefore, to reduce costs and to maximise the efficiency of each appliance a number of changes will be introduced over the coming weeks. Following a tender process, […]
Box of Broadcasts – TV and radio programmes for education
The Library subscribes to Box of Broadcasts (BoB), which is an on-demand TV and radio recording service. We can record from over 65 free-to-air channels, and staff and students can also access the online archive of over 2 million broadcasts going back to the 1990s. What is BoB useful for? BoB is useful for teaching […]
Listen Again is changing – training in the new system
From Autumn semester 2018 we are replacing the software behind the Listen Again lecture recording service with a new video platform, Panopto. We have arranged open training sessions on how to record and publish lectures as follows: • Friday 24th August, 10-11am – Cottrell B3 • Wednesday 29th August, 2-3pm, Cottrell B3 • Friday 31st […]
Research Bites: last two sessions of summer 2018
There is still time to sign up for the last two sessions of our 2018 Research Bites Programme On 29 August in the Postgraduate Study Zone between 12.30 and 1.30pm , on Level 3 of the Library, Kate Howie will be talking about “Presenting Statistical Analysis for Publication” . When conducting quantitative research researchers should be […]
Research Bite next Wednesday: Vitae RDF and Lynda.com
Due to low numbers this event has had to be CANCELLED Sign up here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Lynda22818 22 August 12.30 – 1.30 in Training Room 1, Level 4 of the Library. All staff and students at the University of Stirling have access to lynda.com, an online resource of training videos and tutorials for personal and professional development. Whether […]
FREE Microsoft Office software for your own devices
Staff and students of the University are allowed to download the Microsoft suite of software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc) under the University of Stirling Licence while you are studying or working here. Students can download Microsoft office 365 from within student email account http://office365.stir.ac.uk Navigate to the settings menu, there is an option to download the […]
New Licence Agreements for all Digimap Users
From 1st August you will need to accept a new licence agreement the first time you use each Digimap collection (even if you are already registered).
Digimap – New Features and Map Collections
The online map and data delivery service Digimap has been revamped with a new look, upgraded data download, preview images of the data and more new features – see the Digimap Blog for other changes. In addition to our existing access to Digimap Ordnance Survey, Environment, Geology and Historical collections, this year you can access […]
Library Catalogue Downtime
The library catalogue system is being upgraded this week and as part of this work, there will be a short period of downtime today from 10 pm to midnight. The following services will be unavailable: Library catalogue – including the Articles search option Online book renewals via ‘My library account’ Article request service WebBridge We […]
I want to…..Create a Data Management Plan
Funders increasingly require researchers to submit data management plans with their funding applications. They also have policies on the management of research data which must be complied with. Research integrity relies on good data management so you really need to start thinking about managing your research data from the very start of your project, when […]