Yes, you heard that right. If you’ve looked at books in the library but not borrowed them, just leave them on the desk where you have been working and we’ll put them away. Why is this important? We will return any books through our system. Each book returned like this generates a use count. This […]
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Help the University win the Microsoft Cloud Challenge and win great prizes
The race is on to find the 2023 Cloud Champion University. Enrol, learn and certify to earn points and prizes for your university. Find out more about FREE Microsoft Professional Fundamental Certification, with student focussed live and on-demand webinars, practice tests, free Azure credits and FREE exam vouchers. these Fundamentals are from beginners level and […]

Library and IT Christmas opening hours
As a number of students will be remaining on campus over the forthcoming holiday period, Information Services will be keeping the library service open for a number of days. The library will be available for study and there will be staff on hand to help with questions during this period. Friday 23 December 9am – […]

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 […]

Institutional subscription to Times Higher.
Information Services has successfully negotiated an institutional subscription to the Times Higher, making this resource freely available to anyone registering with their @stir.ac.uk, @students.stir.ac.uk, @cs.stir.ac.uk, @drns.ac.uk, @macrobartscentre.org @scottishaquaculture.com, @scottishswimming.com, and @teamscotland.scot email addresses for use both on and off-campus, opening up this important resource to all the staff and students of the university and providing […]

Scams are everywhere
Like most of us, during a crisis, we will want to show our support and donating to the cause, is often the most common method to allow people to show their support. Unfortunately for us, it appears that, unfortunately, we live in a time where there are several people and groups who like to take […]

Extended Library opening hours
Great news! In response to student requests for extended library opening, from Monday 21st March until 11th September the library’s opening hours will be increased to: Monday – Thursday 8 am – Midnight Friday 8 am – 8 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 8 pm These extended hours allow more time to access […]

21 things IS did for you in 2021
Over the last year, Information Services has strived to provide the best service possible to our staff and students. We listened to the feedback we received from our student community and used it to shape the improvements we made to our services. You said We did Sometimes we need IT and Library help out of […]

Trial of AM Explorer online primary sources
The Library has arranged an extended trial 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 dissertations and essays in History and English Literature, but may also be useful for Gender […]

21 things Information Services did for you in 2021
Over the last year Information Services have strived to provide the best service possible to our staff and students. We listened to feedback we received from our student community and used it to shape the improvements we made to our services. You will be able to see what your feedback helped us to improve over […]