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The university closes at 5pm on 21st December 2012, and will reopen on 3rd January 2013 at 9am. Due to this there will be no library or IT support during this period. If you have any queries or problems, please email information.centre@stir.ac.uk and we will handle your query on 3rd January.

Below you will find a list of direct links to our key services, in case the portal malfunctions during this time:

• Succeed- http://succeed.stir.ac.uk 
• Library Catalogue- http://libcat.stir.ac.uk 
• Student email- https://wwwmail.students.stir.ac.uk
• Staff email- https://mail.stir.ac.uk 

Andrew Wilson
Information Centre

New reading lists for Autumn 2012

Within the TalisList reading list service, references link to the book or journal details in the library catalogue, so students can immediately check availability, place holds, etc.  References to our electronic journal articles can link directly to the article.  Lists can include references to paper materials, as well as links to web sites and other electronic resources.  See our Sample Reading List.

As a result of the QEC meeting on 5 May 2011, there has been a change in our policy and procedure with respect to reading lists. To enable the Library to create more lists and enhance the student experience for a greater number of students we have implemented a limit of 100 items on any reading list created from July 2011.

Send us your reading list – we do the rest

All you need to do is attach your reading list as a Word document in an email to: Reading Lists (reading.lists@stir.ac.uk). The reading list should not exceed 100 items.

Include the following details:

• Module (or programme) code
• Title for the module
• Course coordinator
• Semester (or other dates) the course is running – please provide start dates.  If you do not provide start dates we will assume the start of the standard Autumn semester, 10 September 2012
• Estimate of student numbers
• Whether the course is a distance learning course
• Please mark on the list whether you would like referenced texts made available in digital format – we will investigate the digitisation options/costs and get back to you with details

Please send your new list by 20 August 2012.  At the QEC meeting in May, the Chair encouraged academic staff to make reading lists available at an early date.

This is because we do a lot of checking in order to ensure the list is accurate, e.g., we check whether there are enough copies in stock, whether we have the required edition in stock, and order any new materials as this can take several weeks.  Reading lists arriving after this deadline will be dealt with on a best endeavours basis.  For any non-standard modules starting earlier or later in the semester please allow at least 4 weeks for the list to be created.

Benefits

We’ve had very positive feedback from students about TalisList reading lists, and  reading lists are also an important source of information for the Library, helping us ensure that we hold key student texts and enhance the students’ learning experience. In the recent IS Satisfaction Survey over 80% of students were satisfied or very satisfied with the service. “Every module should use TalisList”

Lisa Haddow
LLD Team Manager
Library
Information Services
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA

Tel: 01786 467232
Fax: 01786 466866
Email: l.j.haddow@stir.ac.uk

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The Stirling Campus Library will be open at the following times in the week commencing 20th December:

Monday 20th December 08:30 – 19:00
Tuesday 21st December 08:30 – 19:00
Wednesday 22nd December 08:30 – 19:00
Thursday 23rd December 08:30 – 14:00

The Library will be closed from 14:00 on Thursday 23rd December until 08:30 on Wednesday 5th January 2011.

From 5th January until 13th February the Library will operate vacation opening hours

The Study Zone on the Stirling Campus will be closed from 7pm on Friday 30th July until 8:30am on Monday 2nd August. Alternative study space is available in the 4W corridor and alternative computer facilities are available in the Cottrell Building.

The Stirling Campus Library has purchased copies of the British Film Institute’s top 100 British films of the 20th century, which includes classics such as Brief Encounter, the Third Man and the 39 Steps. As we are now in the vacation period these DVDs can be borrowed for 7 days, rather than 24 hours. A full list of these DVDs can be see at http://delicious.com/StirInfoCentre/BFI and this list can be manipulated using the tags at the right hand side of the screen to show the films in the order they were listed by the British Film Institute.

 

Also available in the Stirling Campus Library are copies of the winners of the Man Booker Prize, http://delicious.com/StirInfoCentre/manbookerprizewinner and the winners of the Orange Prize for fiction http://delicious.com/StirInfoCentre/orangeprizewinner as well as books which were recently voted the top 100 books of all time, http://delicious.com/StirInfoCentre/100topbookslist. Nearly all of these books can be borrowed for 4 weeks.

 

For more information about joining the Library and finding these books and DVDs in the building please see: http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/libraries/collections/summer.php

The Pathfoot Reference Room C24 will closed during mid semester break. It will reopen at 2pm on 13th April. If anyone requires any resources from the reference room during this period please contact Helen Beardsley, h.r.beardsley@stir.ac.uk

The Stirling campus library opening hours for the last week of semester and the vacation period are now available on the IS website.

 

Lending and Enquiry Services

Mid semester week and Easter weekend opening hours for Stirling campus are now available on the IS website. See full opening hours page.  Click here for Highland campus opening hours.

Monday 6 April – Monday 13 April 2009 Inc.

Normal Semester Hours resume Tuesday 14 April 2009

Stirling Campus:
The Library reopens on Monday 5th January and vacation hours will apply.

  

Vacation loan periods will apply as follows:

 

LONG LOANS – will be issued from Friday 5 December 2008 and will be due for return Fri 29 May 2009.

POP LOANS -  will remain weekly loans

RESERVE BOOK ROOM (RBR) – will be issued from Friday 19 December 2008 until Monday 5 January 2009 when the normal loan period will take effect.  Short loans (3hr) will remain 3 hr loans.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ITEMS BORROWED OVER THE VACATION ARE LIABLE FOR RECALL.
Any reader who has a book recalled over the vacation and cannot return it personally is required to post it. We would suggest that the ‘compensation for lost or damaged items’ offered by the Post Office is used when posting items to us. Our postal address is Stirling University Library, Andrew Miller Building, Stirling University, FK9 4LA.

 

Highland Campus:
From January 5th 2009, regular opening hours for Highland Campus Library apply.

 

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