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1、Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library: a New Model of Library Collaboration马丁路德金图书馆：图书馆合作的新模式AbstractDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, California, is a joint public and academic library of San Jose Public Library and San Jose State University Library (SJSU). The Library started to serve
2、 both the residents of the City of San Jose, and the students and faculty at SJSU in 2003. Since then, the Library has been providing high quality services to the city and campus communities. With its unique partnership and contributions to both public and academic communities, the Library has recei
3、ved a number of awards and recognitions. This presentation will review the initiative of the joint library project, the design and planning process, and the construction of the new library building. It will also report the management and operation of the joint library, the library services for the p
4、ublic and academic communities, and discuss problems and solutions. The presenters will share their learning experiences and make suggestions for future library collaborationsIntroductionHave you ever thought about library-wide collaboration when your library is in urgent need of expansion, but lack
5、s adequate funding? You may think about collaborating with a library of the same type, but have you thought about collaborating with a library of different kind? If you are at an academic library, have you ever thought of working with a public library, and even integrating the two types of libraries
6、 into one? Isnt this idea a little bit crazy? In fact, this crazy idea has become a true model Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, a public/academic library in San Jose, California, which is the only co-managed city-academic library in the United States.Initiating the Joint LibrarySan Jose State Un
7、iversity (SJSU) is a four-year comprehensive university with a student population of 30,000. Its Clark Library was built in 1980. With the expansion of its collections and services, the university desperately needed a new library building by late 1990. The city of San Jose is the 11th largest city i
8、n the US, with a population of approximately 1 million. The San Jose Public Library (SJPL) serves the entire city with its ethnically diverse communities. With its ever-increasing diverse population, SJPL is also in desperate need of a new main library building. However, with a limited pool of capit
9、al project budgets, neither the city nor the university had the funding to construct separate new libraries to hold expanding collections, provide technology upgrades, and guarantee good services for their growing user communities. The idea of a joint public/academic library came from brainstorming
10、how the City and the University might work together more effectively. City and University leaders identified a mutual problem main libraries that were about five blocks apart, which were both too small and technologically inadequate. In 1997, the major of San Jose and the president of SJSU announced
11、 that the city and the university would pull together the funds and collaborate to build what became the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, which would serve as the main library for the city and the only library for the university. Following a public announcement, the city and the university held
12、a series of forums to discuss the proposal. Discussions ranged from whether the project should be undertaken, where to build, its architectural design, to how it would be operated. Members from the general community really valued local branch libraries and felt that a new main library would take so
13、many resources that the 18 branch libraries would lose out. University members were concerned that members of the general public would check out all of the academic books needed for research and course assignments. Despite initial controversy, the final agreement was reached to build a new joint pub
14、lic/academic library on the SJSU campus in downtown San Jose. The Planning ProcessThe Operating Agreement was executed in December 1998. It defines the construction parameters, design and legal requirements, funding contributions, and the roles of each partner and the ownership, management, maintena
15、nce and operation of the joint library. The Operating Agreement also specified that the joint library was to be co-managed by the Dean of SJSU library and the Director of the SJPL. The SJPL Director and the SJSU Dean have described the joint library as a marriage rather than a merger. In a merger, g
16、enerally at the end of the process the merged organization assumes one new identity. In a marriage the two partners contribute to a stronger whole by bringing different strengths and talents, but yet retain their individual identities. After the Operating Agreement was signed, many years of community input and planning were required. Four different entities were involved in the construction the City of San Jose, the San Jose Redevelopment Agency, Sa
