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Catalog:
Library
Date of Last Update:
2009-11-03
Name of library or information center:
Robert E. Kennedy Library
Name of parent organization (if applicable):
Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo
Title of person to which library or information center director reports:
President, Warren Baker
Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?:
Not an TKN member
Do you provide access to your information collection to the general public (either on-site or on-line, with or without a fee)?:
Yes
Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required):
No restrictions for on-site use. Off-site users can use interlibrary loan.
Provide a description of your information collection:
Moderate university collection supporting bachelor's and master's degrees in Civil Engineering and City & Regional Planning with specialization in transportation.
What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?:
Good range of transportation journals, federal and state documents, and a good collection of TRB reports
# Professional Staff:
13
# Support Staff :
25
Special notes or comments about your library or information center:
Largest collection of transportation resources within 200 miles
Contact Information
Name of Primary Contact:
Wayne Montgomery
Address:
Robert E. Kennedy Library , Cal Poly University
City:
San Luis Obispo
State:
CA
Zip:
93407
Country:
USA
Mailing Address (if different):
Main phone:
805-756-2057
Fax Number:
8057562346
Main email:
wmontgom@calpoly.edu
Website:
lib.calpoly.edu
Do you provide online training courses?:
Do you provide onsite training courses?:
Do you maintain a knowledge base of lessons learned or best practices?:
Do you maintain a directory of experts or provide referrals to experts as part of your services?:
Are any of your training materials catalogued into OCLC?:
If you are affiliated with a library, please provide its name:
What types of data sets do you provide?:
What export formats do you offer?:
What types of metadata do you provide to help users locate or interpret data sets?:
Organization Type:Academic/Research Institution
Detailed Collection Information:
Please estimate the number of items in your information collection:
Books/monographs:
700,000
Journal, magazine and newspaper titles (print or digital, current or discontinued):
35,000
Printed technical reports, plans, manuals, standards:
100,000
Digital documents (e.g. PDF's or e-books):
25,000
Microfiche/microfilm items:
600,000
Photographs or image files:
800
Videotapes and CDs:
3,000
Other items (e.g. schedules, maps, drawings, etc.):
2,000
Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?:
Yes
Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?:
Yes
Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.:
Academic Search Elite, ASCE Research Library, Compendex, Expanded Academic ASAP, Papers First, Science Direct, Web of Science
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Library Services and Affiliations
In what year was the library first established?:
1903
What days and hours are library services provided?:
Monday through Sunday during school terms
If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:
OCLC Code (if applicable):
cps
What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?:
80
With which OCLC Groups is your library affiliated?:
Please list names of other library consortia or networks to which your library belongs:
LINK+
Do you offer interlibrary loans?:
Yes
Do you lend through OCLC?:
Yes
What is your lending policy (briefly describe or provide a link)?:
What fees do you charge for lending?:
What fees do you charge for supplying photocopies?:
What fees do you charge for research or other services?:
Library Resources and Facilities
What is your library’s approximate annual budget – excluding staffing and facilities costs?:
Above $100,000.00
What is your library’s primary funding source?:
State of California
Does your library have access to conference/meeting space?:
No
Do you offer use of computers with internet access to your users?:
Yes
Do you have access to digitization and OCR hardware/software?:
Yes
What specialized software do you have access to? (e.g. web publishing, desktop publishing, multimedia):
CAD, mathematical processing, statistical processing, and standard Microsoft Office suite
Special Collections
Please list any special collections that you maintain
Catalogs: Please list any online catalogs that you maintain:
Catalog:
Catalog Name:
PolyCat
Catalog Type:
Bibliographic Index
Name of software used for catalog (enter “none”, ‘home grown”, or name of commercial package):
(III) Innovative Interfaces
Is your catalog accessible outside of your organization?:
Yes
Please provide a link to your catalog:
http://poetry.lib.calpoly.edu/
Staff person name :
Wayne Montgomery
Staff person title:
Engineering Librarian
Staff person phone:
805-756-2057
Staff person email:
wmontgom@calpoly.edu
Full or Part Time:
Full Time
Expertise:
Reference
Collection Development
Taxonomy/Thesaurus/Ontology
Languages:
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