Telling Island Stories now available in Apple’s App Store

The Robertson Library development team at UPEI is pleased to announce the successful launch of its Telling Island Stories (TIS) application. The application is now available worldwide in Apple's App Store.

The TIS project is a collaborative community digitization and economic development project led by the Robertson Library. Student developers-Dylan Sawyer, Peter Workman, and Nick MacAulay-were involved in the project and successfully completed the proof of concept last summer. Team members include Nelson Hart, Kris Bulman, and Courtney Matthews who all expended considerable hours and effort to make the proof of concept into an attractive and useable discovery tool.

'We've created something that is uniquely PEI, that highlights the creative energy of the Library, and most importantly, provides a new way to access our rich digital collections,' said Matthews, Community Liaison Librarian and team lead.

TIS was made possible by a Rural Broadband grant awarded to the Robertson Library, in partnership with Discovery Garden Inc., the Islandora services company. TIS exemplifies the innovative, collaborative, and entrepreneurial possibilities that exist at UPEI. Islanders and visitors alike can discover historic materials, participate in their enhancement and preservation, while helping to increase cultural tourism.

TIS will draw on the existing archive of books, reports, letters, diaries, and other print material produced by and about Prince Edward Island and currently accessible on the islandarchives.ca portal. Much of the material will come from the collections of the Robertson Library, Public Library Service branches, and Public Archives and Records Office of PEI.

For more information about TIS, please contact, Courtney Matthews at (902) 620-5183; or cmatthews@upei.ca. To download the app, click here.