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, Dec. 1^st to Saturday, Dec. 16^th, 2017 and we’ll deduct $2.00 per item from your library fines.

And, if you don't have any Library fines??? We will gladly accept your items (as mentioned above) to support the Campus Food Bank.

If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk, 902.566.0583.

The Library is running a free trial of the HeinOnline Canadian Core legal/historical database now through July 31.

HeinOnline contains the full text (with PDF page images) of Canadian and US law-related documents, as well as some special collections of documents including Women and the Law primary historical documents.

Although there are differences, this product competes in some ways with the Library's existing Lexis Nexis Academic subscription product.

Feedback about this product is most welcome - please send to Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca . If you also use Lexis Nexis, we would especially welcome your comparison of the two.

The Canadian core collection includes the following:

• Law Journal Library
• Canada Supreme Court Reports
• Women and the Law (Peggy)
• Acts of the Parliament of Canada (Annual Statutes)
• Provincial Statutes of Canada
• Revised Statutes of Canada
• World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents and Resources
• Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
• Code of Federal Regulations / Federal Register
• English Reports
• European Centre for Minority Issues
• Fastcase Free
• Federal Register Library / Code of Federal Regulations
• International Law Association Reports
• Legal Classics
• American Association of Law Libraries
• Association of American Law Schools
• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Pentagon Papers
• Statutes of the Realm
• U.S. Attorney General & Department of Justice Collection
• U.S. Code
• U.S. Congressional Documents
• U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
• U.S. Presidential Library
• U.S. Statutes at Large
• U.S. Supreme Court Library
• U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library

The Library now has a Click Mini open-face scanner, very useful for scanning book pages, located in the Learning Commons near the printers.

Like the older Zeta book scanner, it can scan two pages at a time, face up for easy page turning.

It can also scan regular documents, although if you have many loose pages, you may find the MFD automatic document feeder a faster option.

Saving options include:

• send to email
• save to USB drive
• save to a cloud storage option (personal Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, DropBox, Box)
• save to your smartphone using a QR code (you need a QR reader on your phone)

Format options include:

• regular PDF (every page is an image)
• searchable PDF (the text on the pages can be copied and searched)
• JPG or PNG image files
• RTF (rich text format) text only for opening in Microsoft Word or Google Docs
• color, grayscale, or black-and-white - the default is color, and you can change this from page to page

There are many other useful features. 

Ask staff for help or advice on how to get the best result for your purpose.

The Zeta is also still available; it has been moved to the pillar near Special Collections.

Back by popular demand, the Robertson Library is hosting the Stress Free Zone!

Relax, play a game, colour, get crafty, smile for a selfie fashion shoot, get creative with Lego, etc.

Unwind in our beloved bean bag chairs or curl up with a teddy bear & blanket and catch a few extra ZZZ's.

The Stress Free Zone is now open and continues until December 19^th.

Beginning on December 1, we will be showcasing 12 days of vintage PEI Postcards. These will be funny and unusual postcards from the 1900s that were used to market Prince Edward Island to the mainland. 

On the backs of most postcards you will find personal inscriptions that provide additional information about dates, places, and people. 

The purpose of this event is to highlight some of the interesting postcards the Robertson Library has been working hard at digitizing and making available to the public. 

We will be posting to the Robertson Library's Twitter and Facebook pages, so check back on December 1 for a quick break from studying!

Robertson Library is hosting a Pyjama Party in the Library on Thursday, November 23rd, 5 - 11 pm as part of UPEI's Health and Fitness Week, November 20th - 25th,

Meet with various student services groups, eat free snacks, relax in the Stress Free Zone during our Pyjama Party in the Library. Everyone is welcome!

Pyjama Party Schedule

• Stress Free Zone
  Open until December 19^th
   
• Student Services Information Tables
  5–6 pm
   
• Makerspace – Free 3D Printing, Friendship Bracelets, and Bookmarks
  5-10 pm
   
• Yoga & Stretching with Cynthia
  6-6:15 pm
  6:20-6:35pm
  6:40-6:55pm
   
• Tarot Reading with Maikayla
  10-minute sessions
  7-8:30 pm
   
• Atlantic Therapeutic Touch Network
  10-minute sessions​
  6-9pm
   
• Dance with Hanna
  10–10:30 pm

Visit UPEI's Health and Fitness Week for the full schedule of events and activities planned across campus throughout the week.

StatsCan has recently released 2016 data tables and graphics for "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity" and "Housing".

Learn more about Canadians and PEI residents through these fascinating statistics!

Here are a few links to get you started:

Housing and Home Ownership rates and costs, PEI, 2016

Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity, PEI, 2016

Use these starting points to explore the 2016 Census data and the rest of Statistics Canada's reports and data tools.

The Library offers the use of a 3D printer to UPEI students, faculty, and staff as well as members of the public.

Please visit library.upei.ca/3dprinting for more information

Robertson Library will be open 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm on Remembrance Day, Saturday, November 11th; 10:00 am - 11:00 pm on Sunday, November 12th; and 12:00 noon - 10:00 pm on Monday, November 13th (in lieu of Remembrance Day.) 

Information on Veterans' Week, #CanadaRemember is available on the Veterans Affairs Canada website.

Lest We Forget...

The Library has obtained a free trial for online access to the scholarly journal Science for the period Nov 1 - Dec 1, 2017.

This includes access to issues from 1997-present.

Please provide feedback to the Collections Librarian, Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca .