News

Dr. Edward MacDonald’s will deliver the first lecture of the series on Tuesday, March 26 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building.

Date and time: March 14, 2019 at 4pm

Place: The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI campus.

WUSC UPEI, Rotaract Club of UPEI, & Robertson Library will be showing the free documentary on International Women's Day! Library, Room 312. Doors open at 5:30 pm. All are welcome!

Fair Dealing Week provides an annual opportunity to consider and discuss the importance of copyright

Check out books that have been challenged or banned in Canada in our Freedom to Read Week display.

Robertson Library will be open from 12:00 noon - 10:00 pm on Islander Day, Monday, February 18^th.  Happy Islander Day everyone!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with us! Robertson Library & UPEI Student Diversity Office are presenting the award-winning movie on February 14th at 5 pm. Duffy Amphitheatre 135. Everyone is welcome!

Visit our displays in the Library Lobby for International Development Week, Feb. 3-9 and February Black History Month.

Wednesday, Feb. 6^th   Room 312, Robertson Library, 5 pm. Everyone is welcome and admission is free to this Oscar-nominated documentary. 

Date and time: February 15, 2019 at 4pm

Place: The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI.

All are welcome!

Date and Time: January 16, 2019 at 5pm

Place: The Fox & Crow

All are welcome!

Sign up for a free escape room experience! All UPEI students, staff, & faculty are welcome. Wed., Jan. 30@5 &6:30pm; Mon., Feb. 11@5&6:30pm; Wed., Mar. 13@5&6:30pm.  Held in the LINC in the Library.

Rescheduled. Tuesday, Jan. 22nd; 5 pm, Doors open at 4:30 pm; Duffy Amphitheatre 135
Free dinner – pizza, drinks, and cookies (while supplies last)!
Everyone is welcome!

Tours begin Saturday, Jan. 5th and are available throughout January. Book your Library tour now!

LNA replaced with three other products. Learn more...

through April 30

Scholarship that has truly captured the public imagination

Free trial of ASTM technical standards through June 15, 2019

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!