Archived News (2006 – 2007)
Employment: Kennedy Library Hiring Night Supervisor
Kennedy Library is looking for a night supervisor. Visit the Night Supervisor job listing for more information.
Kennedy Library's Julia Morgan Materials Now Cataloged
The nation's largest archives of pioneering architect Julia Morgan's materials, housed in Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library, have now been cataloged for easier access by scholars and students worldwide. Read the news item, or see the Julia Morgan Papers web page, or visit the Special Collections web site.
Employment: Digital Repository Librarian
Kennedy Library seeks an energetic, collaborative, dynamic, and flexible individual for the position of Digital Repository Librarian. For more details, see the job posting at the Kennedy Library employment section. To read the full job description, visit the Cal Poly Jobs Web site.
Employment: Associate Dean for Public Services
Cal Poly Library Services is looking for an Associate Dean for Public Services. More information, including a full job description, is available online at the Cal Poly Jobs Web site.
Employment: Web Applications Developer
Cal Poly Library Services is looking for a Web Applications Developer. More information, including a full job description, is available online at the Cal Poly Jobs Web site.
A joint project to help enhance learning, teaching, and research opportunities at Cal Poly. Includes renovation of the existing Kennedy library and many other features such as specialized campus classrooms.
Photo Exhibit in Honor of César Chávez, March 19 – April 6
"Viva la Causa! A Decade of Farm Labor Organizing on the Central Coast" commemorates the struggles and triumphs of early local farm laborers. Kennedy Library, Room 409.
Scheduled downtime allows database to upgrade its service and functionality. Read about the new features.
Cal Poly pilots a new institutional repository: Digital Commons @ Cal Poly.
George A. Bekey: Robotoics and the Bionic Person
Professor Bekey discusses the history and current development of robotic aids as well as the issues, problems, and current trends in rehabilitation robotics. March 7, 2007. Kennedy Library, Room 510.
Sayeed Choudhury spoke to campus faculty and staff Wednesday, February 21 at Kennedy Library. He discussed the importance of Institutional Repositories and both the challenges and benefits universities face when beginning to create an IR program.
Access To Excellence: Community Stakeholders
The CSU strategic planning process called "Access to Excellence" had campuswide participation, including a group called "Community Stakeholders" of which Kennedy Library was a part. This document represents the propositions developed by the Community Stakeholders faculty and staff to help inform the Access to Excellence process.
Library Web Site Among First to Integrate AnswerTip™
The Cal Poly Library worked with Answers.com™ to preview the tool and integrate the service four days before the product's anticipated press release.
The Value of Establishing an Institutional Repository
Join us for 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.
Employment: Architecture & Environmental Design Librarian
Kennedy Library is looking for an Architecture & Environmental Design Librarian. More information, including a full job description, is available online at the Cal Poly Jobs Web site.
Event: Read about the GIS Day event
GIS Day 2006 was a huge success. With fifteen exhibitors, four presenters and over 200 attendees, the event brought together professionals, professors, students and people from the community.
Article: Mustang Daily covers GIS Day
"Cal Poly is hosting the sixth annual "GIS Day" today to provide students with information about GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping technology and its unlimited uses."
GIS Day comes to Kennedy Library, November 15, 2006
Cal Poly's Kennedy Library and the SLO GIS Users Group invite you to join them for GIS Day at Cal Poly. Held annually, GIS Day celebrates Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and its multitude of uses. A GIS is a computer-based mapping tool that takes information from a database about a location, such as streets, buildings, water features, or terrain, and turns it into visual layers. Smart maps can then be created that allow the viewer to have a better understanding of a particular location and enable planners, analysts and others to make informed decisions about their area of interest or convey information to others visually.
Planned Outage: Library Online Catalog Unavailable on November 1, 2006
Thanks to the generous support of the Cal Poly Plan, the library online catalog will be upgraded during fall quarter 2006.
