- This article is about the library in San Jose, California. For others, see Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (disambiguation).
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is a 136 foot (41 m)[1] tall public library in downtown San Jose, California, which opened in August 2003 and had its grand opening on August 16, 2003.[2] As of 2007, it is the largest library building in the western United States built in a single construction project, with over 475,000 square feet (44,000 m²) of space on eight floors and approximately 1.6 million volumes. The King Library is the main library for both San José State University and the San José Public Library system; on its tenth anniversary in 2013 it was still the largest joint university-municipal library in the United States.[2]
Special collections within the library include the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, a California History Room, the SJSU Special Collections & Archive, and a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Collection.
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References
- ^ "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ a b Rosen, Carol (September 4, 2013). "San Jose's Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library celebrates its 10th anniversary". San Jose Mercury News.
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Further reading
- Birch, Eugénie L.; Stover, Jonathon. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San José, California (PDF). Livingston Case Studies in Urban Development. Philadelphia: Penn Institute for Urban Research, Pennsylvania State University.
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