The European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) is the European Union’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among EU citizens and organisations, and to providing up-to-date online security information through awareness-raising and sharing of good practices. We will be publishing a series of blog posts and also sharing the content from the European Union’s campaign. For the […]
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Meet the author: Abir Mukherjee
The first meeting of the University book club “One more page…” will be in conjunction with our Libraries Week event where we will be having a panel discussion with Abir Mukherjee. The book group is being started as part of the #BeConnected programme designed to keep you connected with the University community. This programme is […]
#Yarnfulness
We are back! Yarnfulness is starting back (although we are still online via teams) Maybe you are already a crafting king or queen or maybe you’d like to learn how to knit or crochet why don’t you pop along – virtually – to join us. We are running on Wednesdays from 12:30 – 1:30 (Here […]
Library services that you can access from your home or student accommodation.
You may not be able to make it in to the library, but you can still access many of our resources online. The portal is the gateway to accessing many of these resources. Library catalogue – including access to ebooks and ejournals Canvas – where you can access your modules and your reading lists UniDesk […]
Click and Collect
The Library is offering Click and Collect Service. This will make the library print collections available to staff and students. Currently, it is not possible to browse the shelves on Levels 3 and 4 until after 8 pm or at weekends, you can still access the short loan collection. If you don’t have a library […]
Scan to OneDrive is here!
Information Services is enabling Scan to OneDrive, which allows you to scan documents and upload them to your OneDrive cloud storage in Office 365, on Wednesday 2nd September. Once this feature is enabled, you will need to go through a quick setup process after scanning your first document on a printer/MFD. Please see guidance on […]
Web of Science How to webinars: Literature Reviews and more
Web of Science are offering these useful free webinars later in July and August: JULY 29 AT 10:00 AM BST | AUGUST 4 AT 2:00 PM EDT Your essential guide to literature reviews Whether you’re starting a review article or your dissertation, embarking on a literature review can feel daunting. Not sure where to start? […]
Textbook not available? Try VitalSource
During this difficult period when libraries are closed VitalSource has opened up its E-textbooks collection until the end of June. If you can’t access an ebook via the Library Catalogue, try VitalSource – more information at: http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/covidlibsupport/vitalsource
1 to 1 appointment with your Subject Librarian
Did you know that you can still make an appointment with your Librarian? You can still book an appointment and we will try to meet via Microsoft Teams. Go to your Library Subject Guide and click the Book an Appointment button. Our Librarians will be happy to help you with any questions or support you may need […]
Teams takes off!
Not surprisingly with the rapid move to remote working we’ve all experienced over the last 3 weeks, there has been a massive uptake of Teams across the university. The graph below shows the take off of Teams. The first peak is in the last week we were on site as people were preparing for working […]