News

We are deeply saddened by the loss of our longtime colleague and friend, Leo Cheverie (1962-2023), and feel blessed to have had him in our lives. A display highlighting Leo's recent advocacy and engagement has been set up in our lobby. We also invite you view this 2019 video interview with Leo from our 50 Years, 50 Voices project, which gives a great overview of his many (many) contributions to the Library and to UPEI as a whole.

Charlottetown’s Mike Conway will speak about his book Home Plate, Blue Helmet at the next OpenPages event, Wednesday, April 26, at 7:00 pm in UPEI’s Robertson Library. The public is warmly invited. Light refreshments will be served and Conway’s book will be available for sale and signing.

OpenPages takes place in the new lounge on the main floor of the Robertson Library and features local authors discussing what inspired them, what they learned, what they want to share.

Robertson Library will be closed on Canada Day, Monday July 1st. However, we remain open for Sunday, June 30th, and will return Tuesday July 2nd!

Happy Canada Day!

The Library's catalogue https://islandpines.roblib.upei.ca/eg/opac/home will be unavailable Tuesday, June 18 to allow for a software upgrade.

This month we celebrate the history, achievement, resilience, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada.

This week is UPEI's convocation week, running from May 14 to May 17th.

To UPEI's graduating class of 2024, a huge congratulations!

The University of Prince Edward Island has launched a $15-million fundraising campaign for the revitalization of Robertson Library.

Here's our library's summer schedule, tailored to fit around all of your sunny adventures.

As April is National Poetry Month, Robertson Library has been highlighting poets associated with UPEI all month, and this week, we conclude this celebration with Dr. Laurie Brinklow.

Poet and children’s author, Assistant Professor Dave Hickey is also the Coordinator of UPEI's Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) program.

Poet, author, and editor Jane Ledwell currently serves as Executive Director of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she worked with the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI.

April is National Poetry Month. This month, we will be profiling a UPEI Poet each week, to honor published poets with past or current connections to our university community. Our first featured poet is UPEI Professor Emeritus Frank Ledwell (1930-2008).

The Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change course (ACC2030/IKE2030) will be hosting an exhibition on April 3rd at 3:30pm in the Robertson Library Lobby. The exhibition will showcase creative pieces by students based on their reflections of Knowledge-Keeper Elder Gary Joe Augustine's, from Elsipogtog First Nation, presentation.

For more information, please reach out to the instructor and coordinator: Margaret Augustine (maugustine@upei.ca) and Donald Moses (dmoses@upei.ca).

The Library has a free trial through May 31, 2024 to a set of about 300 streaming videos within the Sage Research Methods platform called Diversifying and Decolonizing Research .

This is a very new package so there may be some hiccups on the platform in the first few weeks.

Some examples of titles included are:

Classes are over, and you just have to make it through exams! The library is here to help, and not just with books and research advice. Every day between April 11th and April 21st, we'll provide some sort of treat, craft, or activity to give your brain a break. Follow @RobertsonLibrary on Instagram and Facebook so you never miss a Pop-Up Surprise.

We'll also be transforming the library lounge into the Stress-Free Zone for the duration of exams. Relax with colouring pages, yarn, origami, and so much more! 

Good luck on your finals!

On Monday, April 8, 2024, Islanders will experience our first total solar eclipse since July 1972! The eclipse will be seen over UPEI's Charlottetown campus between 3:28:08 pm and 5:43:58 pm, with a peak of 99.56% totality expected at 4:38:16 pm, according to Astronomy @ UPEI Physics. For more information, including how to create your own pinhole projector, see their webpage, "Safe Solar Eclipse Viewing," at projects.upei.ca/astronomy/safe-solar-eclipse-viewing/. Remember: never look directly at the sun, and keep your camera safe, too.

The library is running a free trial, through May 31, 2024, of a new video database from Sage, with 129 videos and growing:

Social Justice Collection 2024

To provide feedback as to whether you would like the Library to license this after the trial, please email your subject librarian or mbelvadi@upei.ca.

Sage describes it as:

Join the International Student Office and the Robertson Library on Tuesday, March 19 as we present What Walaa Wants. RL 264, 6:00 pm

ITSS will be performing network maintenance Sunday, Feb. 25 between 7:30 AM-9:30 AM. There will be intermittent outages on the university network which will impact library services.

This is a continuation of work to upgrade and apply security updates to the university's network.

Monday February 12, 11a-1p, Robertson Library lobby

Wednesday February 28, 6pm, Robertson Library Room 235

Did you know that the Robertson Library has single rooms that have been designated for UPEI students taking an online course and need a space equipped with a computer to synchronously participate in their online course? That’s why we call them Online Rooms!

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Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
UPEI, 242 MacDougall Hall

February 2024

The Library is running a free trial of the American Psyschological Association's subscription tool, Academic Writer, from January 29 through March 28, 2024.

Stress Free Zone @ Robertson Library & Pop-up Surprises

Embrace your love of reading! Check out our book display and find your next great book!

ILL will be unavailable for requesting and request processing from Saturday 12 August 6:00 a.m. (EDT) to Sunday 13 August 6:00 a.m. (EDT).

The library website was upgraded.

If you have questions or encounter any issues please report them at Library Feedback.

As of approximately June 19, ebooks and streaming videos will no longer be findable in the Library's Online Catalogue. Instead, you should use OneSearch to find them.

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

Happy Easter!

In recognition of the 2023 Jeux du Canada Games, the current Library lobby display features material from our PEI Collection and University Archives documenting the Games' past visits to our Province -- and our campus.

Search Canadian regional news and world news sources:  Access World News Canada 2023, through March 2024.

Use this link to search PEI local news sources (Charlottetown Guardian, Summerside Journal-Pioneer, Saltwire, 2017+ only).

Happy Islander Day, Monday, February 20th!

Wednesday, Oct. 18th, 11 am - 1 pm, Library
Postcards are FREE - and we'll mail your postcard for FREE!

February is Black History Month. Celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities!

Drop by our Bell Let's Talk information table. Fill out a Bell Let’s Talk Speech Bubble, and receive a FREE Bell Let’s Talk toque or reusable bag!  Wednesday, 11 am - 1 pm.

Check out the finalists and winners of the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) & Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Check out our selection of current, popular reading materials, thanks to a collaboration with the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre.

Relax and have some fun in the Stress Free Zone. Daily pop-up surprises in the Library, beginning Sat., Dec. 10. Check the Library’s social media each day for details or drop by the Library.

The Library will be open the following hours during the exam period: Dec. 10 - 18, Monday-Friday: 8 am-11 pm, Saturday-Sunday: 9 am-11 pm; Monday, Dec. 19: 8 am-8 pm.  Good luck with your exams!

Rolling outages will impact most library services including the Library website. Evergreen, EZProxy, CAIRN and Virtual Research Environments will also be impacted. This interruption will allow for IT Systems and Services to replace core infrastructure. 

For more information see Message from ITSS: Network maintenance on Sunday, November 20

Check out our book display in the Library foyer for award-winning Canadian literature.

Veterans' Week November 5 -11; National Indigenous Veterans' Day November 8; Remembrance Day November 11

Wednesday, Oct. 19th,11 am – 2 pm, Library Foyer, Main Level
Postcards are FREE - and we'll mail your postcard for FREE!

October 1 is the start of Mi’kmaq History Month!