| 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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| “The Wreck of the Marco Polo” Virtual Reality Experience launches July 27 |
The L.M. Montgomery Institute and the University of Prince Edward Island are launching an exhibit that marries technology and history in an exciting and dynamic way. “The Wreck of the Marco Polo” Virtual Reality Experience launches Thursday, July 27 from 4-6 pm in UPEI’s Robertson Library.
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| Call for Papers L.M. Montgomery and Reading deadline is August 15, 2017 |
Reminder: One Month to Submit Your Proposal
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| Exploring the Night Sky |
Join Chris Vessey, Sidewalk Astronomers of Charlottetown, and Megan Glover, UPEI Physics Department, for a talk on exploring the evening sky with the Robertson Library's newly donated Sky Watcher telescope. Learn how to use the telescope, a star wheel, and about apps to help you get started in astronomy.
When: Wednesday July 19, 2017
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm with possibility for viewing
Where: Robertson Library, Main Floor
Light refreshments and the public is welcome.
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| Library closed Monday, July 3rd in lieu of Canada Day |
Robertson Library will be closed on Monday, July 3rd in lieu of Canada Day (Saturday, July 1st).
Canada Day 2017 - the 150th anniversary of Confederation!
Have a look at the activities planned for Canada Day, compiled by the Government of Canada (filter by Prince Edward Island, or by your region).
Happy Canada Day!
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| Librarian Candidate Public Presentations |
The Robertson Library invites the campus community to public presentations and mock classes by three candidates for the permanent-track position Health Sciences and Scholarly Communications Librarian. Each candidate will present on the following topic:
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| Library Closed Victoria Day, Monday, May 22nd |
Robertson Library will be closed on Victoria Day, Monday, May 22nd.
Library hours are available at http://library.upei.ca/hours
Happy Victoria Day!
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| Library Open 9am-6pm Convocation Day, Saturday, May 13 |
Robertson Library will be open 9 am - 6 pm on Convocation Day, Saturday, May 13th.
Congratulations to all graduates!
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| Protect your privacy! New online privacy guide |
Librarians at the University of Western Ontario have created a nice guide to explain and advise you on techniques and tools to protect the privacy of your information online.
UPEI's official policy on personal information and privacy is here.
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| BookLives - 100 Lives and Many Books! |
BookLives has added it's 100th person, and fittingly it is the man behind the name of the Robertson Library, Samuel Napier Robertson.
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| Need a few more articles or books? Ask library staff for help! |
It's that time of the semester when the pressure is on to get those research papers done.
A few minutes with a librarian could save you hours of stress trying to find appropriate books or articles for your research paper.
Ask any member of the library staff for help. During most business hours, a librarian should be available to help.
During evening hours, the library staff may be able to get you started or help you find a time within the next couple of days to meet with a librarian.
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| Food for Fines April 7th-28th |
Do you have library fines? Would you like to help a fellow student or family on Campus?
 Bring non-perishable food or grocery items (e.g. canned goods, pasta, light bulbs, toilet paper, etc.- please no damaged, expired, or opened goods) for the Campus Food Bank to the Service Desk at the Library from Friday, April 7th to Friday, April 28th, 2017 and we’ll deduct $2.00 per item from your library fines.
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| Library Extended Hours Through April 27th |
Robertson Library will be open extended hours through April 27th, 2017.
April 3rd - April 27th hours:
Monday - Friday -- 8 am - 11 pm
Saturday & Sunday -- 9 am - 11 pm
Easter Weekend Hours - April 14th - April 17th:
Good Friday -- 10 am - 11 pm
Saturday -- 9 am - 11 pm
Easter Sunday -- 10 am - 11 pm
Easter Monday -- 10 am - 11 pm
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| Stress Free Zone |
Feel overwhelmed? Studying getting you down? Do you need to just take a break?
The Robertson Library has set up a Stress Free Zone in the Main Level Lobby of the Library for you!
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| Need APA/MLA help? Learn the New RefWorks in 30 minutes |
RefWorks is a service provided by Robertson Library that will help you format your paper citations according to the style rules you need to use, including APA and MLA (and many more).
What: 30-minute intro to using the New RefWorks
When:
Tuesday March 28 at 12:30 pm
and repeating on
Wednesday March 29 at noon
Where: in the LINC classroom in the Library.
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| Google Scholar short workshops, March 14 and 22 |
What: 20 Minute Workshop - Tips and Tricks for Using Google Scholar
When: March 14 4pm OR March 22 12:30pm
Where: LINC classroom in the Library
We promise you will learn at least one very useful tip to save you time!
Note that this workshop is about Google Scholar, not regular Google.
For more information, or to request other short workshops, contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca.
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| E-Learning Office Open House March 2 |
The E-Learning Office has moved to Robertson Library 302/303. Faculty and staff are invited to come visit our new location on Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 from 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Come enjoy some refreshments, meet our staff, and find out how we can help support you!
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| Open Pages -- March 1, with Ann Braithwaite |
The next “OpenPages” at UPEI’s Robertson Library happens March 1, at 7 pm and highlights the new book by UPEI professor Ann Braithwaite, Everyday Women’s and Gender Studies.
Open Pages features local authors speaking about their books:  what inspired them, what they learned, what they want to share. Event takes place in the new lounge on the first floor of UPEI's Robertson Library. Light refreshments will be served.
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| Library Open Islander Day (Monday, Feb. 20) Noon-10pm |
Robertson Library will be open on Islander Day, Monday, February 20th, 2017, 12 noon - 10 pm.
Happy Islander Day!
Full Library Hours are available at http://library.upei.ca/hours
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| Fair Dealing: What’s the Deal? Feb. 22 Session on Campus Copyright |
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| Looking for students for website study - $100 Amazon.ca gift code! |
The Library is looking for a few students to participate in a 20-minute online study of the design of the library's website, to take place sometime in mid-late February.
We'll be providing a $100 gift code for Amazon.ca as a stipend.
If you are interested, please email Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca
with the following information:
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| Lobby Display -- Winter Carnival |
Next time you're "chilling" (forgive the seasonal pun) in the Library lobby's new "comfort zones", why not take a moment to check out the latest display from the University Archives and Special Collections, celebrating the history of Winter Carnival at UPEI and our higher education forebears, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College? Parades, concerts, parties, coronations for student "royalty", snow sculpting, and more ... they knew how to beat the winter "blahs", back in the day!
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| Library Orientation Tour Winners! |
Robertson Library is pleased to announce the winners of the January 2107 Library Orientation Tour draw!
Library Orientation Tours were held throughout January and featured the services and resources available at the Library.
The winners of a $15.00 gift card to the UPEI bookstore are Amanda Isenor, Emma Goodwin, Noah Murphy, and Sheldon Cudmore.
Congratulations to our winners!
Thanks to everyone who took a tour; we hope that you had an enjoyable experience getting to know your Library.
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| Celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary: 26 videos about Canada |
The Library's biggest streaming video service, Films on Demand, in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary this year, has provided a title list about Canadian history, including:
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| Ebrary and EBL ebooks merged into Proquest Ebook Central |
Two of our biggest ebook platforms merged on Jan 11, 2017 into a single new one - EBL and Ebrary are now both Proquest Ebook Central.
Patrons with EBL personalized accounts should have found them migrated already to the new platform. Ebrary personal account holders will be offered the option to migrate their account.
Links to specific ebooks in either platform will be automatically redirected to the new platform for a couple of years, so there is no big rush to change your links, but it needs to be done eventually.
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| New OneSearch Lite simpler searching for books and articles |
Have a paper to write but find the OneSearch system overwhelming?
We have made a mini-version of OneSearch, called OneSearch Lite, for students who don't need to find *everything in the world* on their topic, but just a few good resources that the library owns.
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| Open Pages Returns for 2017 with Jane Ledwell -- Weds., Jan 18. |
This month’s edition of “Open Pages”, co-hosted by UPEI’s Robertson Library and Island Studies Press, happens Wednesday evening, January 18, at 7 pm and highlights the book Bird Calls, featuring poems by Jane Ledwell in response to a travel essay by Isabella Lucy Bird - "The Englishwoman on an Island" - published in 1856.
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| Book a Library Tour for January 2017! |
Come take a tour in January to learn about your Library's services and resources AND be entered to win a prize!
Tours start Thursday, January 5 and are available daily throughout the month. Tours leave from the Service Desk and last 30-40 minutes.
We'd love to show you around!
Book a tour now!
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| Library open until 7 pm Sat., Dec. 17 |
Due to the rescheduling of exams, Robertson Library will remain open until 7 pm on Saturday, December 17th.
Good luck on your exams!
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| Stress Free Zone |
Feel overwhelmed? Studying getting you down? Do you need to just take a breath? The Robertson Library is creating a Stress Free Zone just for you this term! Relax, play a game, colour, get crafty, read some poetry, get festive. It all starts on December 1st and continues until December 17th.
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| Library Open Extended Hours Fri., Sat., Sun. through Dec. 17th |
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| Food for Fines Dec. 2-17 |
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| Open Pages features John Cousins Wed., Nov. 16, 7pm |
The Open Pages series at UPEI’s Robertson Library welcomes John Cousins to discuss his book New London: The Lost Dream. The event is Wednesday, November 16 at 7 pm, in the lobby on the main level of the Library.
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| Library open noon-8pm, Remembrance Day, Fri., Nov. 11 |
Robertson Library will be open 12:00 noon - 8:00 pm on Remembrance Day, Friday, November 11.
Information on Veterans' Week, #RememberThem is available on the Veterans Affairs Canada website.
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| Recording of Robin DeRosa's session - Open Education: Reducing Costs, Transforming Pedagogy |
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| PEI Votes on Election Reform - starts Oct 29 online/phone |
PEI is holding a non-binding "plebiscite" on whether to change the provincial vote counting system for future provincial elections.
Citizens 16 years or older can vote on this and the vote is taking place by phone or online.
According to the Elections PEI website:
Voting for the Plebiscite on Democratic Renewal begins at 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 29th.
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| Open Data Book Club with guest speakers Adam Fenech & Mary-Ann MacSwain - Oct 27 |
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2016
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Robertson Library 312
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| Re-launch of the new IslandScholar & data.upei.ca demo - Oct 27 |
Date:Thursday, October 27th at 10:00 am
Place: Robertson Library Room 312
Dr. Robert Gilmour, VP Academic and Research, will introduce and Re-launch the new IslandScholar and data.upei.ca. Dawn Hooper and Donald Moses from the Robertson Library will demonstrate the services and answer questions.
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| Robin DeRosa - Open Education: Reducing Costs, Transforming Pedagogy (UPEI Webinar) Oct 24 |
Join us Monday October 24, 2016 1:30 pm (AST) in Robertson Library Room 312 OR connect virtually.
Speaker: Robin DeRosa, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire
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| Open Appetizers: What Open can do for Higher Ed - Oct 21 |
We’re talking “open” in higher ed as a preview for the UPEI library’s Open Access Week celebrations, and welcome you to join us.
We’ll have light refreshments, a series of 5 minute Lightning Talks on various aspects of “open” currently in practice at UPEI, and time for questions and discussion. It will be a great way to get a sense of what open can do on campus, and to build potential collaborations.
Contact: Bonnie Stewart bstewart@upei.ca
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| Library Orientation Tour Winners! |
Congratulations to Erica Raynor who won a $30 gift card to the UPEI Bookstore for participating in a guided Orientation Tour of the Robertson Library.
Two additional $20 gift cards to the UPEI Bookstore were also drawn. Chelsea McPhee and Michele Fabienne Bub were the lucky winners.
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| Library & Island Studies Press Launch "Open Pages" |
Wed, Oct 12, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Robertson Library - 308
Free
UPEI’s Robertson Library is hosting a new book event series this fall called “Open Pages,” which will feature local authors speaking about their books: what inspired them, what they learned, what they shared. The public is warmly invited to this free series, which takes place in the second-floor lounge of UPEI library on one Wednesday evening of each month, over this fall. Light refreshments will be served, and books will be available for sale and signing.
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