Technology will give staff an easy, less expensive way to deliver these services. More work needs to be done now to build relationships between the library and the schools and school systems in San Jos . By 2020, close relationships between classroom teachers and the library staff will have been forged and strengthened, particularly in areas of the City where school libraries are inadequate. The library and information needs of school children are real and the library must develop active partnerships with the schools in order to ensure that children are well and appropriately served. Back to Contents 3.
Many people think of a library as a building, or a house of books.
The San Jos Public Library has many facilities, branches in the neighborhoods and the Martin Luther King Main Library. Libraries are, of course, much more than the buildings, but buildings are necessary parts of library service. Even with aggressive technology development, the Library will remain an important physical place in the community. The City has in place a minimum standard of 10,000 square feet of library space for each 36,000 population, excluding the Main Library. In 1997, that standard is far from being met.