Robert E. Kennedy Library
Facts and Statistics
Comprehensive library statistics
Cal Poly's Kennedy Library annual statistics, including expenditures, staffing, service transactions, and collections, are reported in the California State University Libraries Annual Statistics.
What the students think
- #1 —voted best study spot on campus
Logistics and services
- 1.28 million library visits
- 908,000 web site visits
- 4,736 hours of opening/year (excluding 24-hour space)
- 2,000 seats
- 1903 —the year the library was founded
- 321 instructional sessions
- 100 Library Student Assistants
- 45 Library staff and librarians
- 19 group study rooms
Digital Commons
- 618,487 annual downloads from DigitalCommons@CalPoly
- 10,958 items in DigitalCommons@CalPoly
Computers and labs
- 766,000 pages printed
- 2,148 hours of lab classes
- 280 public computers
- 40 loaner laptops (30,328 checkouts)
- 24-hour Poly Connect computer lab
- 6 computer labs
Collections
- $1.6M yearly collections budget
- 600,000 books
- 45,000+ online journals
- 31,800 items borrowed from other libraries
- 750 print journals
- 195 article databases