The San José Public Library () is the public library system of San Jose, California, made up of 25 branch libraries spread across the city.

Organization

Its central library, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, is also the main library of San 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 of space with a capacity for 2 million volumes.

The city has 23 neighborhood branches including the Biblioteca Latinoamericana which specializes in Spanish language materials. The East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library, a Carnegie library opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. As the result of a bond 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) was jointly named as "Library of the Year" by Library Journal in 2004.

Branches

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
  • Almaden
  • Alviso
  • Bascom
  • Berryessa
  • Biblioteca Latinoamericana
  • Calabazas
  • Cambrian
  • Dr. Roberto Cruz – Alum Rock
  • East S.J. Carnegie
  • Edenvale
  • Educational Park
  • Evergreen
  • Hillview
  • Joyce Ellington
  • Mt. Pleasant
  • Pearl Avenue
  • Rose Garden
  • Santa Teresa
  • Seven Trees
  • Tully Community
  • Village Square
  • Vineland
  • Willow Glen
  • West Valley

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File:Dr. Robert Cruz Alum Rock Branch (51143654619) (cropped).jpg|Alum Rock Branch

File:2008-0817-SJSU-MLKlib.jpg|Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

File:Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch (51143652824).jpg|Biblioteca Latinoamericana

FIle:Village Square Branch Library (51143103353).jpg|Evergreen Village Square Branch

File:Bascom Branch Library (51143978440).jpg|Bascom Branch

File:Berryessa Branch Library (51142878231).jpg|Berryessa Branch

File:Joyce Ellington Branch (51143986705).jpg|Joyce Ellington Branch

File:Cambrian Branch (51142880281) (cropped).jpg|Cambrian Branch

File:Willow Glen Library exterior. (2732997844).jpg|Willow Glen Branch

File:Seven Trees Branch (51142887736).jpg|Seven Trees

File:Vineland Branch Library (51143663094).jpg|Vineland Branch

File:Santa Teresa Branch (51143101923).jpg|Santa Teresa Branch

File:Rose Garden Branch (51142886321).jpg|Rose Garden Branch

File:East San Jose Carnegie Branch (51143984430).jpg|East San José Carnegie Branch

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See also

  • Santa Clara County Library District

References