San Jose Public Library
The San José Public Library (Spanish: Biblioteca Pública de San José)[2] is the public library system of San Jose, California, made up of 23 branch libraries spread across the city.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 in Spanish language materials.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) were jointly named as "Library of the Year" by Library Journal in 2004.