Library Events
Recent, Current, and Future Events
Upcoming Exhibit: The Migrant Project
A bilingual traveling exhibition to promote diversity awareness and education. The Migrant Project details the lives and struggles of today's California migrant farm workers.
» Get more information about this exhibit and reception
Senior Project Online Submissions — Information Sessions
Attend an information session this summer to learn about online submission of senior projects.
George A. Bekey: Military Robots and Their Ethical Implications
Professor Bekey discusses the ethical issues associated with robotic air, land and underwater military vehicles. March 10, 2009. Kennedy Library, Room 510B.
Christopher Slye of Adobe Systems will talk about typography, including examples of old and new designs. Moderated by GrC Professor Lorraine Donegan. March 11, 4:30pm at the Kennedy Library Café Lounge.
First Annual Student Video Competition
OCOB and Kennedy Library join forces to sponsor the first annual Student Video Competition. Grand prize is $1000. Show us what Kennedy Library means to you!
Past Events
SLO International Film Festival Special Screening at Kennedy Library
"Shorts @ Cal Poly" features three short films and the filmmakers at the Kennedy Library Café Lounge on Friday, March 6 at 5:00. Director reception at 4:30. Get more information and ticket price.
Student Photography exhibit for March 2009
"The Art of Movement & Dance Photography" by Prem Ananda. Artist gathering Thursday, March 5 @ 5pm, 2nd Floor of Kennedy Library. In addition, you can visit the artist's web site.
Celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and and Darwin Year 2009 with us. Cake, coffee, and tea. Conversation about the Galapagos. Professors Christy Strand, Francis Villablanca, and a very special guest. Thursday, February 12, from 3–4pm
Celebrating Black History Month: Strive and Struggle
In honor of Black History Month, Kennedy Library is presenting the photographic exhibition Strive and Struggle: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement at Cal Poly, 1967 – 1975 beginning February 2nd through March 1st. The free exhibition, open during regular library hours, is located at the Library Gallery on the first floor of the Kennedy Library.
Improbable Vehicles — Science Café at Cal Poly
Join us Wednesday, January 28 from 4:30-6:00 pm in the second floor Learning Commons to inaugurate the Cal Poly Science Café. Our first program celebrates all kinds of Improbable Vehicles – from electric and human powered vehicles to the Rose Float. [Blog]
Open Access is a growing international movement that encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. Open Access Day includes worldwide broadcasted events. Learn more.
Putting Knowledge to Work: Building an IR for Your Campus
Are you involved in developing an institutional repository for your campus? Learn how others are addressing policy, copyright, content, and outreach issues. Join us for a day-long colloquium that focuses on the challenges and successes of planning, creating and maintaining an academic institutional repository.
ChismeArte, ¡Y Que!: Expanding L.A.'s Chicano Aesthetic
How a magazine of hybrid, radical street art, barrio iconography, and avant-garde literature questioned, expanded, and experimented with the possibilities of Chicano urban identity. April 17th through June 16th. Reception April 24th. Read more about this event.
Ticinese Architecture in the World: Milestones and Protagonists 1970-2003
Sept. 24 through Oct. 12, 2007. Opening reception sponsored by the Consulate General of Switzerland, San Francisco on Monday, Sept. 24.
The Value of Establishing an Institutional Repository
A campus forum with Sayeed Choudhury, February 21, 2007 at 2:00PM. Choudhury is the Associate Director for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Knowledge Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University Repository.
M:OME — Modern Sustainable Living
M:OME — Modern Sustainable Living, an exhibition hosted by the Learning Commons and sponsored by the Robert E. Kennedy Library features the design work of architects Laura Joines-Novotny and Tom Di Santo, Faculty in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Fifteen exhibitors, four presenters and over 200 attendees. The event brought together professionals, professors, students and people from the community to introduce people who knew how to use GIS with people who have projects that GIS would enhance.
a traveling exhibition of handmade books focusing on the topics of war and peace. Comprised of the work of local artists, community members, and artists across California and beyond- the purpose is to provide a venue for dialogue at the same time illustrating the passionate issues of war and peace throughout history.
