California Polytechnic State University DigitalCommons@CalPoly Library Publications and Administrative Reports Robert E. Kennedy Library 10-2014 Kennedy Library Update, October 2014 Robert E. Kennedy Library California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/lib_admin Recommended Citation October 1, 2014. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Robert E. Kennedy Library at DigitalCommons@CalPoly. It has been accepted for inclusion in Library Publications and Administrative Reports by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@CalPoly. For more information, please contact mwyngard@calpoly.edu. Kennedy Library Update October 2014 Ithaka survey results inform how we can best serve faculty OPEN ACCESS WEEK OCT. 20–26 2014 Greetings Cal Poly faculty, staff, and friends. It has been great to meet so many new faculty in the last few weeks. Each month we’ll send you brief news and highlights about the people, services, events, and resources in your library that can enrich your students’ learning, save you time, and support your research and creative work. This month, we share what we learned from you in last year’s Ithaka survey of Cal Poly faculty. Please let us know anything we didn’t ask, that you think is important - we want to know! Reply to lib-exec@calpoly.edu and let us know your ideas, questions, or feedback. Anna Gold The results of the Ithaka faculty survey are now available. The results give us a wealth of useful data to help us support faculty and students. For example, you confirmed that Special Collections & Archives is in increasing demand, with 70% of faculty rating digitized and born digital primary sources as highly important for their teaching and research. We also knowAccess we need Week to continue useability the Open is aexamining global the event for of the ebooks we buy, and work with our colleagues in Information Services academic to learn to help faculty withand data research management.community Thank you for taking the time to about potential benefits of Open Access. complete thethe survey. Read the results. TAKE THE OPEN CHALLENGE. Access is the free,Open immediate, online TakeOpen the Open Challenge! Celebrate Access Week, Oct. 20-26 access to the scholarly research Open Access means openresults access to of information. It is the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the and the right to use and re-use those results right to use and re-use those results. Open Access Week, a global as you need. event, is an opportunity to learn about the benefits of openly shared knowledge. Please join us for a series of presentations and discussions hosted by members of the Cal Poly community. We’ll discuss such topics as open data, teaching and learning with Wikipedia, and Creative Commons licensing. We hope to see you there! View our calendar. Introducing the Faculty Tech Guide With Cal Poly welcoming so many new faculty this year, Information Services produced a quick start guide to help with computing support, instructional technology, and library services at Cal Poly. Created by a team of staff and faculty from Kennedy Library, ITS, and the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, it was delivered to every faculty member. Access it online via Information Services’ Faculty Resources. Store and share your scholarship with DigitalCommons@CalPoly DigitalCommons@CalPoly, a free service, is a permanent online collection of Cal Poly faculty publications, presentations and other scholarly materials. You can use DigitalCommons@CalPoly to store your work digitally, share your ideas via full-text indexing, and measure your impact through usage statistics delivered monthly to your inbox. Find out more: digitalcommons.calpoly.edu Improvements to website, maps, signage Informed by faculty and student feedback, our website features a simplified search function, streamlined home page and more intuitive navigation. We’ve also updated our online and onsite maps and wayfinding to help you find what you need more quickly. Signage is brighter and bolder and each floor is now color-coded. The palette reflects the recommendations of architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch, and the new master plan for Kennedy Library. University Librarian Kennedy Library Feedback? Questions? We look forward to hearing from you. Please reply to: lib-exec@calpoly.edu