Announcing Faculty Textbook Champions!

An O with cap and gown, before OE Week 2021

In celebration of Open Education Week 2021, which is an annual celebration of achievements in Open Education worldwide, the Robertson Library is excited to announce a new initiative, Faculty Textbook Champions! 

This initiative that highlights UPEI educators who selected open textbooks or open educational materials for their course(s). Four educators share their thoughts on switching to an open educational resource, the impact of selecting an OER on their course, and finally, advice for educators considering selecting and/or developing an open educational resource.

Read more at https://library.upei.ca/textbook-champions.

 

 

 

 

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Security notice connecting to databases: "Your connection is not private"

Due to changes on the backend of the Library's website, you may experience trouble accessing some databases.  You may see this message:

 

To fix this problem, try these solutions:

  1. Clear the HSTS data in your browser (instructions for Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer)
  2. Try a different web browser (Safari/Chrome/Firefox/Microsoft Edge/Opera)
  3. Use private or incognito mode in your browser

If you continue to experience issues accessing databases from the Library's website, please contact your subject librarian, call the Service Desk at 902-566-0583, or use the online chat service, AskUs.

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Problems accessing EBSCO accounts

Patrons may experience problems signing into their EBSCO accounts when using rearch databases. For instance when trying to sign into your CINAHL account, the following error message is displayed “A System Problem has Occurred. To begin a new session, please login again". 

 

 

 

While EBSCO is working to fix this problem, you can save searches by emailing yourself a link found under the Share button within a database: 

 

 

 

This permalink serves a permanent URL that takes you back to your search. If you have questions, please contact your subject librarian.  

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First UPEI President Was Also Library Founder

The UPEI Robertson Library joins with the rest of the University community in acknowledging, with sadness, the death of Dr. Ronald J. (Ron) Baker. 

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UPEI President Ron Baker in the recently-opened Robertson Library, ca. 1976   

(UPEI Nexus yearbook, 1976-1977. p. 41)

From the Library's perspective, an especially notable feature of Dr. Baker's time as UPEI's first President (1969 -1978) was his leadership in planning and fundraising for the new University's first major capital project, the construction of the Roberson Library. Announcing the fundraising campaign for the Library project in April, 1973, Baker declared:

"If there is to be a University here then this is necessary."

Robertson Library under construction, 1974 

(UPEI Archives: Pictures -- V/F)

Dr. Baker was also an avid supporter of the University Archives, having endorsed the proposal for an institutional archive as "a great thing," as early as 1971. Throughout his time as President and, later, as a faculty member, he was singularly proactive and generous in donating his papers (and artifacts, including his numerous awards and medals) to the Archives. Dr. Baker continued to support and encourage the Archives, the Library, and the University at large all through his retirement. Keenly interested in the application of new technologies in higher education and research, he was an enthusiastic participant in the IslandScholar institutional repository of University research publications after its launch in 2008.  

As a proponent of the University's need to honour and care for its institutional heritage, it is fitting that Dr. Baker was able to participate in the celebrations of the University's 50th Anniversary last year. Interviewed at the time (see below), he made it clear that his enthusiasm for the Library was undiminished:

"I thought the library was the absolute centre of the university. ... I was really pleased with the library. I've always been nuts about libraries." 

 

"Answering the call : UPEI's first President a bridge builder." in 

Celebrating 50 years, 1969 - 2019 : University of Prince Edward Island.  p. 9. 

 

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Changes to accessing PDFs delivered through Interlibrary Loan

There is a small change for patrons who have requested a book chapter or journal article through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).  
 
Previously, patrons received a link in an email that allowed them to download the article. As of December 15, 2020, when patrons click on that link in the email it will take them to a new website that requires patrons to login to access their documents. The new websiite also gives patrons the ability to see their request history, check the status of their requests, download any articles that are available, and request renewals.  
 

Figure 1. New Interlibrary Loan website homepage
 

UPEI campus community members use their Campus ID (staff#, student#, UPEI#, etc.) as their login. That number is on their campus card, or in their letter of acceptance (ignore any leading zeroes). Recent ID numbers are a 6 digit number beginning with 3. Public patrons (ie, graduated students, former employees, etc.) will still use that number. Public patrons who have never had a UPEI ID# will use the barcode on their yellow public borrower's card (37348...). 
 
First time users will need to set their password using the "First-time users or forgot your password link" on that page. This link is available on both ILL information pages: https://library.upei.ca/ill and https://library.upei.ca/ill/policies

Figure 2. First-time user link to reset password

As a reminder, the process for submitting requests remains the same.  
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