California Polytechnic State University

Robert E. Kennedy Library

Academic Library · United States

Katherine O'Clair, Associate Dean for Academic Services
Phone: 805-756-2690
Email: koclair@calpoly.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Robert E. Kennedy Library provides digital services to assist and advise the campus community with the creation, open access publication, sharing, and preservation of research, scholarship, and creative activities.

• Publishing activities began: 2008
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
• Individual people: 1
• Students: Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Charitable contributions, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Journals

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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Policies

Library Diversity Statement: https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-and-contact/vision-values/

Other Policies:
Institutional Repository Collection Development Policy