Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library or the King Library) is an 8-story public library and university library, located in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. As of 2018, 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 a collaboration between the City of San José and San José State University: it is the main library for both San José State University and the San José Public Library system. In 2004 it was honored as Library of the Year by Library Journal and Thomson Gale, for its collaborative combination of the two functions as well as for the building. On its tenth anniversary in 2013 it was still the largest joint university-municipal library in the United States.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Campus entrance to the library
37.33545°N 121.88496°W / 37.33545; -121.88496
Location150 E. San Fernando Street
San Jose, California, United States
TypePublic
Established2003
Collection
Size1.6 million volumes
Access and use
Population servedCity of San Jose
San Jose State University
Other information
Websitehttps://www.sjlibrary.org/

The library building can accommodate over 2000 visitors.

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