There’s a great deal you can do on your local laptop or PC without the need for VPN or Remote Desktop… Over the next few weeks, the demand for VPN and Remote desktop services is going to be unprecedented so it is inevitable that users will experience slowness/failure to connect at some point. Here are […]
Free Access to International Monetary Fund’s eLibrary
The IMF eLibrary is free to browse or download over 21,000 articles, books, working papers and studies, data and statistical tools. Access it via the A-Z Online Resources or your Library Subject Guide. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, […]
Supporting Learning and Teaching at a Distance – Webinars
As lectures, seminars and tutorials move online in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Information Services (IS) have put together some resources to help staff to teach and support students from a distance. These are linked to from the University’s COVID19 Q&A web page, but the direct links are: >>>Supporting Learning and Teaching at a Distance (pdf): http://stir.ac.uk/33z >>> Supporting […]
Access to library resources during the library shutdown.
The library building will be closed from 5pm on Friday 20th March until further notice. In order to maximise access to library materials, the following arrangements are in place. Print collections: There will be no access to printed collections after the 20th. You should borrow any and all items you need before this time. The auto-renewal […]
Learning at a Distance – a guide for students
As you know, following the University’s announcement of 13 March, face-to-face teaching is temporarily suspended with lectures, seminars and tutorials being delivered online until further notice. This is a guide to the online tools that you and your lecturers will be using to support your learning online over the next few weeks. This is a relatively fast move into delivering teaching online at […]
New ‘COVID-19: Resources for research’ guide
A number of organisations have created great resources for supporting research into COVID-19. We’ve added these to our new “COVID-19: Resources for research“ Libguide at: https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/covid Here’s the list so far: COVID-19 Research Database (provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO)) WHO is gathering the latest scientific findings and knowledge on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and […]
Stay Cyber Safe While Working Remotely
Due to increasing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 globally and in the UK, the University has suspended face-to-face classes to protect the health and well-being of our students. Teaching is being delivered online and staff members are encouraged to speak to their line manager about working from home where practical. However, working from home […]
Coronavirus update: Library service status
The University Library will begin a phased reduction in service from today. This will mean a reduction in opening hours this week: Mon-Thurs 8am-8pm Friday 8am – 5pm The Library building will close on Friday at 5pm until further notice. During the closure period, automatic renewal of library loans will be enabled so you need […]
Advice for Staff Supporting Learning and Teaching at a Distance
As lectures, seminars and tutorials move online in response to the COVID 19 outbreak, Information Services (IS) have put together some resources to help staff to teach and support students from a distance. These are linked to from the University’s COVID19 Q&A web page, but the direct links are: >>>Supporting Learning and Teaching at a Distance (pdf): http://stir.ac.uk/33z >>> Supporting […]
Dissertation help
We have just completed our spring dissertation roadshows. We had two sessions one in Pathfoot and one in the library. If you were not able to make these sessions, don’t worry you can still access all of the resources and help that we were advertising. We have a module on UniDesk (which you access via […]