Oct. 26, 2009
Cal Poly Kennedy Library
Contact Cynthia Perrine, Science Café Coordinator, 805 756‐7549
Science Café at Kennedy Library Asks: “Is it Still a Book?”
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Cal Poly's Kennedy Library asks "What is a Book?" as it presents the first in its 2009 Science Cafe learning series Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the library's second floor lounge (next to Julan's Espresso) on campus.
Cozy up to a Kindle and explore beautiful, bound books as students and presenters participate in dialogue and discussion about, “What is a Book?” Presenters include Cal Poly Graphic Communication Professors Lorraine Donegan, Brian Lawler, and Ken Macro as well as Cuesta College Fine Arts Professor David Prochaska.
The event is free and open to the public. It's an informal discussion on everything bookish, plus refreshments. Details Available on the Cal Poly Digital Commons Web.
For this event, the Science Café is joining with Reading In Public (www.readinginpublic.com) and declaring "Day of the Book" at Cal Poly. Look for the reading chair to appear around campus, and stop for a while to listen to a book read aloud, even from a Kindle.
By the start of the Science Café, at 4:30 p.m., the chair will be up at the 2nd floor Café Lounge for all to see. Also included in the Oct. 27 event is "Library" another Reading in Public project, which has just launched in San Luis Obispo.
This re‐purposed newspaper rack, labeled "Library" is now billed as an "informal traveling book and culture exchange," where you can borrow a book or art piece or contribute a book or art piece. Read more about these projects and see photos from their recent events at www.readinginpublic.com.