| San José Public Library | |
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| Location | San Jose, California, United States |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1872 |
| Branches | 23 |
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| Size | 2,101,721 |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 10.49 million items |
| Population served | 1,000,536 |
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| Budget | $37 million |
| Director | Jill Bourne, City Librarian |
| Website | www |
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TheSan José Public Library (Spanish:Biblioteca Pública de San José)[2] is the public library system ofSan Jose, California, made up of 23 branch libraries spread across the city.
Its central library,Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, is also the main library of theSan Jose State University. Built in 2003, King Library is the first joint use library in the United States shared by a major university as its only library and a large city as its main library. It has more than 1.6 million items. The building has nine floors that result in more than 475,000 square feet (44,100 m2) of space with a capacity for 2 million volumes.[3]
The city has 23 neighborhood branches including the Biblioteca Latinoamericana which specializes inSpanish language materials.[4] TheEast San Jose Carnegie Branch Library, aCarnegie library opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library inSanta Clara County still operating as a public library and is listed in theNational Register of Historic Places. As the result of abond measure passed in November 2000, a number of brand new or completely reconstructed branches have been completed and opened.
The San Jose system (along with the university system) were jointly named as "Library of the Year" byLibrary Journal in 2004.[5]
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