San José Public Library - MLK Main Joint Library Traditional Cache

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beckerbuns: Some visitors were concerned about the foliage, and when I visited this time I was concerned too, so I retrieved the cache. I'll reuse it somewhere else. Thank you to all who visited. :)

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Hidden : 8/16/2003
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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This is the final cache in the San José Public Library series. Congratulations are in order if you have managed to find all of the caches! THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES (BUT IT IS CLOSE). SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION.


Please make an attempt to visit this cache on grand opening day, Saturday, August 16. It will be busy, but the visit will be worth it, with plenty of food and family activities. While you're there, please come visit my coworkers and me at the City of San José Call Center booth, and meet our special out-of-town caching visitor, NurseDave.

The collaboration for the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is unique in the United States. It reflects the best of cooperative efforts between a major city and a major university - a collaboration supported by Silicon Valley's innovators and leaders. The new King Library is part of a larger movement to revitalize downtown San José, to give it civic focus and attract new business. It is also part of the greater effort to extend the vast resources located in the city's center to its outlying regions.

Never before have a major city and a metropolitan university combined forces to create and co-manage a learning center that will be shared by students and the community. A powerful partnership. An innovative approach. A role model for the world. The new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library befits the culture and reputation of Silicon Valley - a culture that thrives on innovation.

San José Public Library enriches lives by fostering lifelong learning and ensuring that every member of the community has access to a vast array of ideas and information. With branch libraries throughout the city (and six new branches planned), the library can provide its many users - San José State students, alumni and the community at large-with convenient access to information near their homes and businesses. The opening of the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library means even better access to more information for everyone - 1.3 million volumes with room and resources for growth!

Facts about the new joint library:

Relevant Links Location
  • Located on the southeast corner of Fourth St. and San Fernando St.
  • Entrances from San Fernando St. and Tower Quad
Size
  • 475,000+ square feet
  • Eight floors plus a mezzanine and lower level
Communities served
  • 30,000 students, faculty and staff
  • 918,800 residents of San José
  • 5,400 daily visitors to the previous SJSU library
  • 1,700 daily visitors to the previous City of San José main library
Collections
  • 1.3 million volumes
  • 2 million volume capacity
  • Materials in 58 language
  • Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
  • Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
  • California History Room
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection
  • Africana Resource Center
  • Asian-American Resource Center
  • Chicano Resource Center
  • University Special Collections
Access
  • Collections and services available to everyone
  • Materials available from libraries throughout the world
  • Materials delivery to local library branches
  • Remote access reference services via phone or online
  • Single online system for San José State University and San José Public Libraries
  • Patron education and training to maximize access to information
Special Features
  • Grand Reading Room
  • Center for Literacy
  • Browsing Library
  • Children's Exploration Room
  • Children's Storytelling Area
  • Children's Electronic Discovery Area
  • Education Resource Center
  • Adaptive Technology Center
  • Teen Center
  • Seven-story atrium with skylight
  • Library café
  • Public art collection
  • Forty-two group study rooms
  • Two music listening rooms
  • Eight special program and lecture rooms
  • Four computer labs
  • High-speed internet hookups on every floor
Seating
  • 3,600 seats (more than double the previous libraries' combined seats)
Transportation and Parking
  • Public transit
  • Parking garage conveniently located (parking free after 6 p.m. and on weekends and holidays)
Architects
  • Executive Architct - Carrier Johnson, San Diego, CA
  • Design Associate Architect - Gunnar Birkerts Architects, Bloomfield, MI
  • Local Associate Architect - Anderson Brulé Architcts, San José, CA
Financing
  • Total cost of library project - $177.5 million
  • City contribution - $70 million
  • State contribution - $86 million
  • University contribution - $5 million
  • Private funding needs - $16.5 million
To find the cache, go to the posted coordinates and take the time to look at the new library. Then glance around you and look for a small redwood grove. The redwood tree you see is older than even the first school to occupy this campus, the Normal School for Girls. The cache is located near this tree.

The cache is a regular-sized ammo box filled with various City and County goodies, including book- and library-related items. You are under no obligation to trade similar items, but it would keep the cache within theme.

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