1. December 19, 2003 Chang-hua, Taiwan

2. Resource Sharing and Collaboration: the San Jose Joint Libraryby
Yuhfen Diana Wu
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
U.S.A.

3. Background Why a Joint Library
Lack of shelving spaces; materials were housed in 5 different locations
Old infrastructure
Lack of funding

4. Seven Major Committees
Policies and Procedures
User Services
On-line System and Technology
Organization Design and Development
Collection Management
Facilities
PR/External Affairs

5. The California State University System

6. San Jose City Library System

7. SJSU & SJPL Library SJSU SJPL 925,000 residents
30,000 students, faculty and staff
3,500 daily visits
SJPL
925,000 residents
1,800 daily to the main library
14 branches

8. The Joint Library Location Budget Size
Located at the Northwest corner of the university
Two entrances
Budget
177 millions
Size
475,000 square feet
11 acres of floor space

9. One-Stop Services Merged reference desk Merged technical services
Merged On-line catalog
200 databases

11. Collections: 12,000+ eJournals 1200 journals in 58 languages
Beethoven Research Center
Steinbeck Resource Center
California Room
Special Collections

12. 34 Art Pieces

13. Challenges Technology Copyright for databases
Quality Control and Assessment
Budget and staffing
Policies – personnel, etc.

14. VIRTUAL REALITY
King Library