| Library Open Islander Day |
Library open 12 noon - 10 pm on Islander Day, Monday, Feb. 19th.
Happy Islander Day!
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| Robertson Library Love Fest |
Students, we LOVE you! Come celebrate Valentine’s Day in your Library! Free pizza & movie, My Funny Valentine, 6 – 8:30 pm, Room 312, Library Upper Level. Photo booth & valentine making available all day!
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| 3D Printing Workshops |
Sign up for a workshop to learn how to use Robertson Library's 3D printer and see a demonstration! No experience necessary!
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| Robertson Library Movie Talks |
UnSlut: A Documentary Film, “features conversations with those who have experienced sexual shaming, including the family and friends of Rehtaeh Parsons.” Monday, Jan. 29th, Library LINC, Room 265, 7-9 pm.
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| New Database: ACM Digital Library |
UPEI now has access to the ACM Digital Library, including full-text access to the journals, conference proceedings, magazines and newsletters of the Association of Computing Machinery.
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| Robertson Library Movie Talks |
Finding Dawn, a “compelling documentary that puts a human face” to the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
Monday, January 22nd, Robertson Library LINC, Room 265, 7-9 pm. Everyone is welcome!
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| Robertson Library Movie Talks |
Abegweit, Monday, Jan. 15th, Library LINC, Room 265, 7-9 pm. Discussion following the documentary. ”Examines the construction of the Confederation Bridge and the voices of the people affected by it."
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| Library joins University in extending condolences on the passing of Frank Pigot |
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| Library Orientation Tours in January |
Discover your Library's resources and services. Book a tour now. We would love to show you around!
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| Featured Database: Literary Reference Center Plus |
LRC Plus provides analysis of poems, short stories, novels, etc. as well as biographical info about authors.
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| Final day of 12 Days of Postcards! |
For the final day of 12 Days of PEI Postcards, we wanted to feature a detailed look into a sender of some postcards.
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| Featured Database: CAB Abstracts |
Discover CAB Abstracts: agriculture, tourism, and human nutrition, not just vet!
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 11! |
We were experiencing some technical difficulties and couldn't post a postcard for Day 10. But we're back on track today.
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 9 |
Today's postcard features an old restaurant that no longer exists. It used to be located in downtown Charlottetown on Kent Street. Any idea what popular restaurant is located in that building today?
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 8! |
Today for the 8th day of 12 Days of PEI postcards we feature an Island pipedream that never was
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| 12 Days of Postcard - Day 7! |
>Welcome to the 7th day of 12 Days of Postcards!
Here is today's postcard: might need a bigger boat for this catch!
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 6! |
Today's postcard for 12 Days of Postcards is featured on a popular TV show in the 1970s.
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 5! |
Today's postcard(s) is of the St. Dunstan's Basilica fire in 1913.
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 4! |
For the 4th day of the 12 Days of PEI Postcards we have another tall-tale postcard, but with a fairy-tale twist.
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 3! |
Welcome back for another day of 12 Days of PEI Postcards.
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| 12 Days of Postcards - Day 2! |
Welcome back to the 2nd day of the 12 Days of PEI Postcards.
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| Library Extended Hours |
Library open extended hours until December 15th. Monday - Friday 8 am - 11pm, Saturday - Sunday 9 am - 11 pm.
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| Food for Fines December 1st-16th |
Reduce or clear your Library fines and help support the UPEI Food Bank! Bring non-perishable food or grocery items to the Service Desk & we'll deduct $2 per item from your Library fines.
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| Free trial - HeinOnline (law) through July 31 |
The Library is running a free trial of the HeinOnline Canadian Core legal/historical database now through July 31.
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| New Book Scanner - Click Mini |
The Library now offers a Click Mini book scanner in the Learning Commons
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| Stress Free Zone! |
Feel overwhelmed? Studying getting you down? Do you need to just take a breath?
Come and relax in the Library's Stress Free Zone.
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| The 12 Days of Postcards |
Beginning on December 1, we will be showcasing 12 days of vintage PEI Postcards.
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| Join us for a Pyjama Party! |
Thursday, November 23, 5 - 11 pm
It's that time of year when you're getting stressed - we can help you with that!
Check out the Pyjama Party schedule.
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| StatsCan releases 2016 data for Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity and Housing |
StatsCan has recently released 2016 data tables and graphics for "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity" and "Housing"
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| 3D Printing |
3D printer now available to UPEI and PEI community!
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| Remembrance Day weekend hours |
Robertson Library will be open noon-5pm on Remembrance Day, Saturday, Nov. 11th; 10am-11pm on Sunday, Nov. 12th; and noon-10pm on Monday, Nov. 13th.
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| Free trial for Science Magazine (AAAS) Nov 1 - Dec 1 |
The Library has obtained a free trial for online access to the scholarly journal Science for the period Nov 1 - Dec 1, 2017.
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| Music in PEI: a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon |
Tuesday, October 24, 1pm-4pm
Robertson Library Rm 265 (LINC)
In coordination with the Music and Belonging Wikipedia Project, the UPEI library invites all to improve existing PEI-related music or artist articles by adding citations to existing articles, or creating new articles. No experience necessary!
The event will provide training and guidance on editing Wikipedia, and finding and citing reliable sources. Refreshments will also be provided.
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| Spooktacular Tales @ Robertson Library |
Wednesday, Oct. 25th at 7 pm, Room 308 (Upper Level) in the Library. Ghost stories, eerie tales, songs, & legends from UPEI, PEI, and beyond.
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| Open Access Week 2017 |
Events October 23 - October 26 to celebrate International Open Access Week
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| Library Orientation Tour Winners |
Congratulations to Boyang Bernie Zhou, who won the grand prize of a Samsung tablet, and to Jocelynne Richards and Selina Kuhn who were the winners of a $15 gift card to the UPEI Bookstore.
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| Library Open Thanksgiving Day |
Robertson Library will be open 12 noon - 10 pm on Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 9th.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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| New Lobby Exhibit Focuses on UPEI Sporting Heritage |
Exhibit Launch Celebrates Homecoming 2017.
The Library’s University Archives is pleased to celebrate Homecoming Weekend 2017 with the launch of this exhibit on the development of sports and fitness at UPEI. Stop by the lobby to learn more about our University's 48 great years of sporting tradition!
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| Fluorescent Chemistry with Brian Wagner! |
Friday, Sept 22, 12:30-1pm in the Library Lobby
#SciLit17
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| Free trial: Literary Encyclopedia |
Now through December a free trial on the database Literary Encyclopedia.
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| *POSTPONED* Check Out the Stars @ Robertson Library |
Stargazing has been postponed, and we'll try again in October!
#SciLit17
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| Movie Night @ Robertson Library, Friday 7:30pm |
The Library is hosting a movie night as part of NSO. Join us in Room 308 of the Library on Friday, Sept. 8th at 7:30 pm to watch the movie Logan. Free admission! Everyone is welcome!
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| Robertson Library Open This Weekend |
The Library will be open this weekend, including Labour Day. Sat., Sept. 2nd (NSO) 9am-5pm; Sun., Sept. 3rd 1-8pm; Mon., Sept. 4th 1-8pm.
Welcome all new and returning students!
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| Documentaries and lectures that provide insight into LGBT and gender issues |
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| Library Orientation Tours are available throughout September! |
Discover your Library’s resources and services, AND be entered to win a prize. The grand prize is a tablet! We’d love to show you around!
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| New Historical Archive - Frontier Life |
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters, a historical archive, is now available
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| August 28, 1963 MLK March on Washington - See videos! |
Documentaries and historical footage relating to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical March on Washington, on August 28, 1963
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| Find Open Access articles with Unpaywall |
This browser plug-in finds open access (free) versions of articles the library doesn't subscribe to.
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| PEI by the numbers... |
In early August, Statistics Canada released Families, Households, and Marital Status data tables from the 2016 census, with changes from 2011.
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| Library Closed Friday, Aug. 18 |
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