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Feel overwhelmed? Studying getting you down? Do you need to just take a breath? Come and relax in the Stress Free Zone in the Library!

Feel overwhelmed? Studying getting you down? Do you need to just take a breath? Come and relax in the Stress Free Zone in the Library.

The Library will be open the following hours in December:
Dec. 1st - 14th Monday - Friday: 8 am - 11 pm: Saturday: 8 am - 8 pm; Sunday: 10 am - 11 pm ; Sat., Dec. 15th 8 am - 5 pm.
Good luck with your exams!

Have Library fines? Help stock the empty shelves at the UPEI Food Bank. Bring non-perishable food or grocery items to the Service Desk & we'll deduct $2 in fines for each item. No fines? We'll gladly accept your items!

Free Pizza for UPEI students! Monday, Nov. 19, noon-1pm. LINC, Room 265. We want to hear from students. What do you want? What do you need? Join us for a brief survey and Q&A discussion.

CBC PEI provides a summary of how Remembrance Day ceremonies are being observed on the Island this year.

The library will be open Remembrance Day, Sunday, November 11 &  Monday, November 12 from noon-10pm. Lest we forget...

You can log into Refworks using your UPEI username and password! Link your credentials to an existing account if you already have one, or use this to create a new Refworks account.

Robertson Library, WUSC, & the Rotaract Club of UPEI are presenting this award-winning documentary on Thursday, Nov. 15th. Doors open at 5:30 pm. All are welcome! Donations accepted for Shine A Light Program.

Of Golder Eggs and Other Fables: Internationalization in a Time of Globalization
Wednesday, Nov. 14th, 12:30-1:30 pm, Robertson Library, LINC, Room 265. Everyone is welcome!

Monday, Nov. 5th at 5:30 pm, Room 312
Rising Voices offers insight into the lives of diverse individuals across Canada. All are welcome!

With the legalization of marijuana/cannabis in Canada on October 17, 2018, the Library offers some selections from its collection.

The Robertson Library invites you to recognize and celebrate International Open Access Week during the week of October 22 - 28, 2018!

Tuesday, Oct. 30th at 7 pm. Ghost stories, eerie tales, songs, & legends from UPEI, PEI, & beyond. Family-friendly event! All are welcome!

The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS) is an online encyclopedia, featuring over 5,000 peer-reviewed and citable articles in the life sciences.

UPEI students, are you up for a challenge?  Attend a FREE escape room in the Library.  Can you escape on time? Book early!

The Library will be open noon - 10 pm on Monday, October 8th. Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, Oct. 15th, Duffy Amphitheatre 135. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Free pizza dinner (while supplies last). Free movie! And, a chance to win one of two $50 iTunes gift cards! All are welcome!

Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake

The Library now matches new undergraduates with a librarian for research and other library-related help.

Robertson Library is identifying and setting aside books in its collection that are also required textbooks for classes, when available.

The librarians are maintaining lists of desirable print books for generous donors to purchase for us through the Amazon Wishlist system. You get to choose which book you want to donate.

What’s with “Land Acknowledgment”? Living Treaties in Mi'kma’ki   
Monday, October 1, Noon - 1 pm, Robertson Library Room 312. All are welcome.

Wednesday, Sep. 19, 1 - 1:30 pm. Join us in the Library LINC, Room 265, for a demonstration of some incredible chemistry! Everyone is welcome!

Sunday, Sep. 23 @ 8:30pm. Science Literacy Week event. Learn how to use the Library's telescope. Presentation by Megan Glover, UPEI Dept. of Physics. Held outside the Library if a clear night; inside the Library if cloudy or rainy.

Friday, Sep. 7th at 7 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 135. Deadpool 2  was the movie students voted for on NSO Welcome Day! Please note that Deadpool 2 has an R: Restricted rating and is not suitable for audiences under 18 years.

The Library will be open 9am-5pm on Sat., Sep. 1 for NSO and 1pm-8pm on Mon., Sep. 3, Labour Day.Welcome all new and returning students! Happy Labour Day!

Robertson Library is closed on Friday August 17, 2018, for Gold Cup Day. We will reopen on Sunday August 19, 2018 at 1pm.

You are welcome to attend the opening of Sailing to the Shores of Generosity, an exhibit of small works of mixed media/collage by artist Louise Mould.

The Library is hosting an opening of the exhibit on August 26 from 2-4pm and the exhibit continues to September 21, 2018. For more information about the exhibit and Louise Mould, click here.

Library Talks & the UPEI Environmental Studies Program Book Club discussion series. Justin Farrell’s book Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict (2015).
Library—Reading Room, Upper Level.   Wed., Sep. 26; Oct. 17; Nov. 7 & 28
Noon-1pm  Everyone is welcome!
 

UPEI students, are you up for a challenge?  Attend an escape room in the Library - we have 2 different themes. You'll have 30 minutes to escape. Can you escape in time?
Escape Rooms are limited to 6 UPEI students per room. Free admission!!! Book early at library.upei.ca
 

Book a Library Orientation Tour! New and returning students, come take a tour of your Library! Learn how to use the library website, how to contact your subject librarian for research help, where to go for writing and IT help, and learn about the services and resources offered at the Library. We'd love to show you around!

Celebrate Reunion Weekend with UPEI, SDU, and PWC alumni! Come and visit Robertson Library! 

Book discussion Thursdays@3pm, July 19^th–Aug. 23^rd, Early Women Plaza (between Kelley & the Chaplaincy Centre). Rain location in the Library. A  fictionalized account of the crimes leading up to the last hanging to take place on PEI, in 1941.

Code Club is for 8-12 year olds to learn the basics of computer coding, using Scratch! July 9 - Aug 13

Check out the activities planned for Canada Day, compiled by the Government of Canada (filter by PEI, or by your region). Happy Canada Day!

Robertson Library is happy to announce new Chromebook computers available for loan...

The Robertson Library hosts and supports an open-source publishing platform called Pressbooks. Pressbooks is a book content management system that uses the Wordpress interface to publish books...

Robertson Library will be closed on Victoria Day, Monday, May 21st. 

Happy Victoria Day!

Free trial to package of over 50 databases on many topics.

Robertson Library will be open Saturday, UPEI Convocation Day, from 9 am - 6 pm.

Congratulations to all UPEI graduates!

Library is open until midnight Sunday, April 22 - Thursday, April 26.
Good luck with your exams!

Play a game, colour, get crafty, smile for a selfie fashion shoot, get creative with Lego, or just unwind in our Stress Free Zone. 

Have library fines? Help the Campus Food Bank. Bring non-perishable food or grocery items to the Service Desk & we'll deduct $2. per item from your fines.

Good Friday Noon-5pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, Easter Sunday Noon-10pm, Easter Monday Noon-10pm

Happy Easter!

Open Café is cancelled. Stay tuned for our next event - Stress-free Zone!

Mon., Mar. 12, 7-8:15 pm, Library Room 312.
Join us for this entertaining but enlightening film on the symptoms, emotions, and side effects of depression.

Monday, March 5 at 4:30, Library LINC, Room 265

This video provides great insight into the need for all-gender washrooms. Discussion will follow.

Learn your rights under the Fair Dealing part of Canadian copyright law.

Check out books that have been challenged or banned in our Freedom to Read Week display. 
Enter to win a Freedom to Read Week gift card to Indigo. And, don’t forget to share your favourite banned or challenged book.