Library Information

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)

Library Details
    General Information
  • Library Hours Per Week: 110
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 30,635
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    Electronic Services
  • Documents are Digitized by Staff
  • Reference Services Available by Email and/or Web
  • Technology Available to Assist with Disabilities (TDD, Specially Equipped Work Stations,...)
  • Electronic Theses and Dissertations Produced by Students
 
Staff Information
Total Staff60
Number of Full-Time Librarians13
All Other Paid Staff34
Student Assistants12
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year18,655
Held at the End of the Year832,213
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year29
Held at the End of the Year2,887
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year8,549
Held at the End of the Year2,122,655
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year2,030
Held at the End of the Year7,609
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year8
Held at the End of the Year820
 
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided5,484
Returnable2,230
Non-Returnable3,254
 
Loans Received9,847
Returnable2,095
Non-Returnable7,752
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation144,032
Reserve Circulation27,390
Reference Transactions (Per Week)149
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations467
Total Attendance at All Presentations14,691
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$2,792,941
Librarians and Professional Staff$1,014,732
Other Paid Staff$1,604,096
Student Assistants$174,113
Employee Fringe Benefits$1,001,194
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$2,563,598
Books and Materials$259,518
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)$3,580
Audio Visual (AV)$2,919
Serial Subscriptions$588,402
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$325,864
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$26,147
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$29,180
Computer Hardware and Software$79,790
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$103,129
Other Expenditures for Information Resources$941,752
Other Operating Expenditures$203,317
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006