A Look Inside San Jose’ s new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

A look inside San Jose’ s new downtown library.

Several stories reporting on San Jose’ s new downtown library, a partnership between San Jose State University and the city. This One looks at how how the city, SJSU made peace to become library partners.

A Letter From The Editor tells readers the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library stands as a symbol of learning for all its residents.

Shared goals, shared building calls the project a gleaming new building for the first cooperatively run library in the nation that combines the resources of a major metropolis and its university. Another Says you can’t judge a book by its cover. The eight-story structure rises from a harsh white plaza like a monument to civic pretension. The large, enclosed foyer is more of the same, a cold space that seems to be clearing its throat self-importantly. But push ahead: The story inside is much better.