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News and Stories

Recently digitized Louis family scrapbooks now online May 26, 2020 Laura SorvettiThis post was written by Special Collections and Archives Student Assistant Isabel Brady (Econ ’20) ...

Cataloging Change: How Kennedy Library and the CSU are Working Towards a More Inclusive Academic Environment January 27, 2020 Keegan KoberlThis winter quarter, Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library will host a screening of the documentary “Change ...

Paradise Found: Bringing “Re-envisioning Paradise” to the Digital Commons December 12, 2019 Keegan KoberlEarlier this year, students in Kent Macdonald’s and Stacey White’s third-year architectural design studios began ...

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PROJECT: RENOVATION

Learn more about the upcoming library renovation.

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Robert E. Kennedy Library

California Polytechnic State University

1 Grand Ave, Bldg. 35

San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

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