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Reports on the joint-use library venture between the San Jose Public Library in San Jose, California and San Jose State University. Location in the heart of Silicon Valley; How the venture began; Concern over the merger of services and collections; Differences and similarities between the two libraries.

Reports that the innovative SCICON circulation control system for library automation is fully operational at the San Jose Public Library in California as of February 1981. Amount of the contract made with Systems Control Inc.; Features of SCICON; Response time of SCICON in check-out mode; Benefits of SCICON to San Jose Public Library; Technique chosen by San Jose automation planners for loading of the data base.

The article looks at four new or remolded libraries that designed their libraries in a way that breaks down the barriers that keep patrons from fully understanding and using the resources of their libraries. The article explores the design of the Toledo Public Library's Maumee Branch children's area in Toledo, Ohio, Singapore's National Library, the Omaha Public Library's Washington Branch in Omaha, Nebraska, and San Jose Public Library's Seventrees Branch in San Jose, California.

Discusses efforts of libraries in the U.S. to cope with the effects of budget cuts. Possibility that the Denver Public Library in Colorado will close branches, initiate one-day-a-week closings, or one-week-a-year closings; Decision of the library board of the Fairfax County Public Library in Virginia to reduce materials spending rather than cut hours of operation; Preparation of the County of Los Angeles Public Library in California to shut 15 of its 84 branches; Plans of the San Diego Public Library in California to reduce hours at most branches; Efforts of the San Jose Public Library, the Oakland Public Library, and the Berkeley Public Library, all in California, to mitigate budget cuts; Plans of the Portland Public Library in Maine and the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Ohio to handle budget cuts.

Discusses how San Jose Public Library of San Jose, California, used a poll to plan its crucial benefit assessment district campaign. Drawbacks of running a swift campaign; Results of the poll.

The article reports that the city council of San José, California has voted against installing Internet filters in the San José Public Library to control the exposure of minors to Internet content. The author comments that decision was motivated by cost issues due to the economic recession. The council approved a policy which would require Internet users in libraries to follow library regulations regarding Internet use.

This article is focused on Sarah Houghton-Jan, Digital Futures Manager at the San José Public Library in San José, California. Houghton-Jan is invested in introducing web 2.0 tools and open source technologies to libraries in consideration of budget constraints. It is noted that Houghton-Jan also serves on the Top Technology Trends committee of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA).

Features Lorena Mata, librarian II at the Martin Luther King Jr. section of the San Jose Public Library (SJPL) in California. Educational attainment; Job responsibilities of Mata at the SJPL; Career history at the SJPL.

Reports on the loss of records of 16 days of operation from the San Jose Public Library's upgraded computer by mistake of a staff member.

Says that San Jose Public Library (SJPL) will hold four in-service training days on new technology and patron needs. Training dates; Comment by City Librarian Jim Fish; Topics being covered.

Focuses on an online circulation system, called SCI COM system, launched by the San Jose Public Library in California. Capabilities of the circulation system; Unusual feature of the system; Adoption of the SCI COM system on the main library and 14 branches of the San Jose Public Library.

Reports that the Cable Television Outreach Project (CATVO) of California's San Jose Public Library has announced the availability of the first in a series of young adult in-service training videotapes aimed at upgrading the professional skills of librarians working with young adults.

Reports on a telethon organized by the San Jose Public Library in San Jose, California, to raise public donations for television programming by the library.

The article reports on an experimental facility in San Jose, California which combines a public library and recreational community center. The Almaden Library and Community Center opened on May 13, 2006 and is five times larger than the two institutions it replaces. The $26 million, 65,000 square foot building features a regulation size gymnasium, thirty-six computers, a dance and aerobics studio, and a preschool. The facility will be co-managed by the San Jose Public Library and the City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services.

Announces the launching of eBranch, the Web site of the San Jose Public Library in California. Services being offered by the site; Why the library enhanced the site; Service improvements planned for 2001.

Reports on the Cable Television Outreach Project of California's San Jose Public Library's announcement of the availability of the first in a series of young adult in-service training videotapes aimed at upgrading the professional skills of librarians.

Presents brief information on news and events at libraries in the United States for October 1998. Gates Library Foundation announcing the distribution of applications for a new round of State Partnership Grants; Municipalities in California signing on to San Mateo County's city-county library system; San Jose, California and San Jose State University holding a joint public forum to discuss a possible library to be shared by the city and university; Other information.

States that the reason behind illness plaguing staff members of a San Jose (Calif.) Public Library branch remains unknown. Symptoms experienced by some employees at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana branch; The initial outbreak.

Presents a photograph of a Mylar rendition of children's literature fictitious character Babar which was sent into the skies along a December 1996 Holiday Parade route in San Jose, California as a result of the efforts of San Jose Public Library supporters and staff.