Tuesday, October 24, 1pm-4pm

Robertson Library Rm 265 (LINC)

In coordination with the Music and Belonging Wikipedia Project, the UPEI library invites all to improve existing PEI-related music or artist articles by adding citations to existing articles, or creating new articles. No experience necessary!

The event will provide training and guidance on editing Wikipedia, and finding and citing reliable sources. Refreshments will also be provided.

The Music in Canada at 150 Project is based at York University and involves edit-a-thon events across Canada. This is also part of our Open Access Week activities. 

Sign up on the project's dashboard with your Wikipedia username.

Robertson Library is hosting an evening of ghost stories, eerie tales, songs, and legends from UPEI, PEI, and beyond.

Join us Wednesday, October 25th at 7 pm in Room 308 (Upper Level) of the Library. We’ll supply treats. Bring your non-alcoholic lidded drink.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome!

We'd love for you to join us!

Open Access Information Table

Monday and Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Robertson Library Breezeway

Monday, October 23, 2017

Open Access and Open Educational Resources

Presented by Donald Moses and Simon Lloyd
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Faculty Lounge, Main Building, Rm 201

Canadian copyright remains beset by churn and change, and the UPEI Library continues its efforts to keep the campus community informed on recent and pending developments relating to higher education.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Improving Music Articles

Presented by Rosie Le Faive
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Robertson Library, Rm 265 (LINC)

In coordination with the Music and Belonging Wikipedia Project, the UPEI library invites all to improve existing PEI-related music or artist articles by adding citations to existing articles, or creating new articles.  Sign up on the project's dashboard.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Open Access & Publishing: How to avoid Predatory Publishers

Presented by Kim Mears
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Robertson Library, Rm 265 (LINC)

This session will introduce you to open access publishing and its business model and review predatory publishing practices so that you can learn how to avoid publishing your research in a bad journal.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Current trends in Open Access for Research Data [Webinar]

Presented by Erin MacPherson from Dalhousie Univiersity, Lee Wilson of Portage/ACENET and Maggie Neilson of Acadia University
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Robertson Library, Rm 265 (LINC)

This webinar will explore current trends in open access for research data; new funder expectations for data and a brief overview of the current tools and platforms available to help researchers share their data.

For more information on these events, contact Kim Mears, Health Sciences and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Robertson Library, kmears@upei.ca, 902-566-0453

Congratulations to Boyang Bernie Zhou, who won the grand prize of a Samsung tablet for participating in a Library Orientation Tour last month!

Congratulations as well to Jocelynne Richards and Selina Kuhn, who were the winners of a $15 gift card to the UPEI Bookstore.

Thanks to everyone who took a tour; we hope you had an enjoyable experience. If you missed the opportunity for a tour of the Library, we will be offering more tours in January 2018, so stay tuned for dates and times!

Library hours for the Thanksgiving weekend are;

• Saturday, Oct. 7^th -- 10 am - 5 pm
• Sunday, Oct. 8^th  -- 10 am - 11 pm
• Monday, Oct. 9^th  (Thanksgiving Day) -- 12 noon - 10 pm

Happy Thanksgiving!

Exhibit Launch Celebrates Homecoming 2017.

The Library’s University Archives is pleased to celebrate Homecoming Weekend 2017 with the launch of this exhibit on the development of sports and fitness at UPEI. Stop by the lobby to learn more about our University's 48 great years of sporting tradition!

Join @fluorescent_chemist Brian Wagner for a demonstration of some incredible chemistry!

Friday, September 22, 12:30-1pm

Robertson Library Lobby

Part of Science Literacy Week!  Follow the hashtag #SciLit17

Follow Brian:

• Instagram @fluorescent_chemist
• Twitter @DrummerBoy2112

The Library now offers through December a free trial on the database Literary Encyclopedia.

This product may be of interest to students in literary studies, history, and culture.

If you use this trial, please give the library feedback by email to mbelvadi@upei.ca

The following description is provided by the publisher:

The Literary Encyclopedia is a constantly evolving and updating repository of authoritative reference work about literary and cultural history. All our articles are solicited by invitation from specialist scholars in higher education institutions all over the world, refereed and approved by subject editors in our Editorial Board. The LE is thus uniquely selective, reliable and authoritative. Its online format allows for rapid publication and frequent updating of articles; its integrated digital resources (author life-chronologies, customisable timelines, thematic or course-oriented bookshelves, related article clusters, critical bibliographies) respond dynamically to teaching and learning demands.

Robertson Library and the UPEI Department of Physics are celebrating Science Literacy Week, September 18th-24th, by co-sponsoring a star gazing event on Monday, September 18th at 8:30 pm  Wednesday, September 20th at 8:30 pm postponed until October. 

You can still check out the Library's new Dobsonian telescope - you can borrow it from the Library, with a one week loan period.

Part of Science Literacy Week - follow #SciLit17 on twitter!

Robertson Library is hosting a movie night as part of New Student Orientation 2017 (NSO). Students were given the opportunity to vote on two movies, and Logan was chosen.

Join us Friday, September 8th at 7:30 pm in Room 308 (Upper Level) of the Library. We’ll supply the popcorn. Bring your non-alcoholic lidded drink.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome!

We'd love for you to join us!