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
Embrace your love of reading! Check out our book display and find your next great book!
The Library has award-winning Canadian books for you to discover, whatever genre of books you are in the mood to read.
The display includes the finalists and winners of the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.
The Canada Council for the Arts is responsible for administering and promoting the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The awards recognize Canada’s best English-language and French-language books in seven categories and encourage Canadians to read Canadian literature.
Lists of finalists and winning books from previous years are available on the Canada Council for the Arts website.
Also included in the book display are the longlist, shortlist, and winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.
Check out the Scotiabank Giller Prize website for further information, including this year’s winner, The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr.
Discover your next best author – read award-winning Canadian literature!
Robertson Library will be closed on Remembrance Day, Friday, November 11th.
November the 5th - 11th is Veterans’ Week, a week to remember, honour, and thank those who have served and are currently serving Canada in times of war, military conflict, and peace.
The Theme for the 2022 Veterans’ Week Poster is Service, Courage, and Sacrifice. At home, around the world and across generations.
The First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of Canada have a long and proud tradition of military service to our country. November 8 is National Indigenous Veterans Day, a day to commemorate and honour the important contributions of Indigenous Peoples in service to Canada.
Every year on Remembrance Day, November 11th, Canadians pause in a minute of silence to remember the men and women who serve or have served our country. We remember the more than 2,300,000 Canadians who have served throughout our nation’s history and the more than 118,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice.
2022 marks 101 years of the red poppy being officially adopted as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in the First World War. In July 1921, the Great War Veterans’ Association, a forerunner of The Royal Canadian Legion, adopted the poppy as the flower of Remembrance.
In 1915, Guelph, Ontario native John McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Artillery, wrote his famous poem In Flanders Fields. The poem continues to be a part of Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada and other countries throughout the world.
Listen to In Flanders Fields, read by Michael Enright. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2678580545.
A Mi'kmaw translation, by Mi'kmaw linguist Bernie Francis, is available at https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1092418627699.
Visit the display in the lobby of the Library for resources that cover topics on this year’s poster theme of Canadians’ Service, Courage, and Sacrifice. Included in the display are materials on Indigenous Peoples who joined the Canadian Armed Forces and fought in foreign lands and books on women's contributions to Canada's military effort, including women from PEI.
Information and resources on Veterans' Week, National Indigenous Veterans' Day, and Remembrance Day are available on the Veterans Affairs Canada website.
Lest We Forget
Robertson Library and the International Student Office (ISO) present...
Send a Postcard Home!
Write a postcard to your family and/or friends back home to let them know you're thinking of them while you're here at UPEI! Postcards are FREE - and we'll mail your postcard for you for FREE!!
Place a dot on the world map to indicate the country where you are sending your postcard! We mailed postcards to over 30 countries the last time we held the event. Can we surpass that number this time?
Enjoy some treats while you are writing your postcard!
Date: Wednesday, October 19th -- 11 am – 2 pm
Location: Library Foyer, Main Level
Everyone is welcome!
UPEI has stated in our “UPEI Strategic Plan, 2018–2023” that "UPEI is committed to advancing reconciliation through higher education. As a community, we have started a journey of growth to realize the role we must play in promoting an understanding of Indigenous history and culture, and supporting respectful relationships. UPEI recognizes that discussions in this era of truth and reconciliation will unveil difficult facts within our country’s history. However, in keeping with our institutional vision, we know that education is vital to understanding the history of colonialism and the forward-looking process of reconciliation. Working together, we must use knowledge as a catalyst for meaningful change in communities here in Prince Edward Island and around our world."
Check out our display of books on Mi’kmaq history from our Circulating Book Collection. Books in the display may be borrowed.
Because of the significant Mi’kmaq presence on Prince Edward Island (Epekwitk, often anglicized as “Abegweit”), many of our Library’s Mi’kmaq-related titles are housed in the PEI Collection (SPEC-PEI Location in the Library Catalogue).
PEI Collection titles are available for consultation by anyone presenting a photo ID, but can only be used within the Library.
Check out the Library’s Indigenous Studies Guide and Mi’kmaq Research Guide for resources on Indigenous Studies.
The Indigenous Studies Research Guide, created by Courtney Matthews, subject librarian for Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies, is a living guide which supports UPEI’s new Faculty of IKERAS and its Indigenous Studies minor. Contact Courtney to schedule a research consultation or for further assistance.
The Mi'kmaq Research Guide highlights key resources that focus on the Mi'kmaq in Prince Edward Island and Atlantic Canada. The guide was created by Simon Lloyd, Special Collections Librarian. Contact Simon to schedule a research consultation or for further assistance.
Robertson Library will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 10th.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
UPEI and Robertson Library will be closed on September 19 to observe Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The day of the Commemorative Ceremony (September 19, 2022) for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned as the Queen of Canada for 70 years, will be considered a one-time statutory holiday on Prince Edward Island.
This means that the University of Prince Edward Island will be closed for regular operations and there will be no classes or labs on Monday, September 19, 2022, in observance of this one-time Day of Mourning.
If students have questions regarding classes or making up time for labs previously scheduled for Monday, they are asked to contact their instructors. The University also recognizes that some essential services will need to continue and advises employees to check with their supervisors if they have questions.
Yesterday, in response to the federal government announcing a National Day of Mourning, the provincial Cabinet met to make a regulation change to declare September 19, 2022, a statutory holiday for all workers that are provincially regulated. In addition to the University, provincial government offices, and schools in the Public Schools Branch and la Commission scolaire de langue française will be closed for the day.
Her Majesty’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey in London, England on Monday, September 19, 2022, at 11:00 am BST (7:00 am in PEI). For more information about how the Queen is being commemorated on Prince Edward Island, please visit the Office of the Lieutenant Governor website.
The flags on the UPEI campus will remain lowered to half-mast until after the state funeral.
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, and where to go for writing and IT help.
Discover the best places to study in the Library; learn how to book group study rooms; find out about library computers, printers, laptops, Wi-Fi; and much more!
Not only will you learn about your Library's services and resources by attending a Library Orientation Tour, your name will be entered in a draw to win a gift card to the UPEI Bookstore!
Tours start Wednesday, September 7th and are available throughout the month.
Tours leave from the Lobby on the Main Floor of the Library, last 30-40 minutes, and are limited to 5 people per tour so be sure to book early!
UPEI’s mandatory mask policy applies in the Library, so please ensure that you are wearing a mask during the tour. Masks are available at the Library Lobby entrance.
Let us help you with your academic journey! We have resources and information for all students! And, we'd love to show you around!
If you can’t take an in-person tour, we have a virtual Library tour available at https://library.upei.ca/tours. And, the online tour is available in other languages besides English – Bengali, French, Hindi, Mandarin, and Persian.
The library will be closed on Friday, Aug. 19 (Gold Cup & Saucer Day)
Robertson Library will be closed on Friday, August 19, Gold Cup & Saucer Day.
Library hours are available at https://library.upei.ca/hours
For more information on the Gold Cup Parade, visit https://goldcupparade.ca/ or on Old Home Week activities, including the Gold Cup & Saucer Race, visit www.oldhomeweekpei.com
The upgrade is scheduled for 8 AM on Wednesday, August 17. We anticipate it will take an hour or less. During the upgrade off-campus users will not be able to access the Library's subscription databases and other subscription services. This will not impact the catalogue itself but will impact following the full text links to licensed e-books and videos from catalogue records. On-campus users may continue to access subscription services during the upgrade, but they will need to manually remove the https://proxy.library.upei.ca/login?url= from links in order to gain access.
