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Cal Poly Pomona

Library Facts & Statistics

About the Library & Library Addition Project

Project Architect: Carrier Johnson, San Diego, CA
CM at Risk and Contractor: Rudolph & Sletten, Inc., Irvine, CA
FFE Administrator & Coordinator: The Neiman Group, Los Angeles, CA

Construction Start Date: February 21, 2006
Project Completion Date: January 11, 2008

Original Library Square Footage: 100,922 GSF
Library Addition Square Footage: 91,092 GSF

Inside the Library

  • 24 additional group study rooms – 8 furnished with A/V equipment such as PolyVision CopyCams, 2 furnished with ceiling mounted projectors.
  • 5 Group Listening Rooms
  • 24 hour computer lab with 78 workstations
  • 47 person Events room
  • New and additional open and compact shelving
  • Wireless access throughout the building
  • Starbucks café featuring wireless accessibility with indoor and outdoor seating
  • 160 computers with a variety of software

Featured Areas

  • 53 workstation Productivity Center
  • 36 workstation Learning Commons
  • A two (2) story Grand Reading Room

Service Desks

Classrooms & Library Information Literacy Labs

Collection Statistics

COLLECTIONS - Holdings

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Volumes

760,350

748,154

722,573

757,460

Current Serials - Subscriptions

4,795

4,603

3,845

3,411

Electronic Subscriptions

3,768

4,148

19,122

5,034

Microform Units

1,578,262

1,483,461

1,485,350

1,423,615

Manuscripts and Archives (linear feet)

1,217

1,281

1,404

1,422

Cartographic Materials

13,020

13,026

1,099

1,113

Graphic Materials - Units

76

76

20

17

Sound Recordings - Units

4,685

4,751

4,767

2,790

Film & Video Materials - Units

5,744

6,062

6,513

7,219

Computer Files - Units

145

163

265

298