October 30, 1998
Should a College and a City Share a Single Library?
Plan at San Jose State would save money, but professors fear they would get short shrift
The main library at San Jose State University greets visitors with a shadowy entrance flanked by unadorned concrete walls. Black-and-white signs point the way to a digital card catalogue and World-Wide Web access. Patrons, most in their 20s, gaze at computer screens or bend heads over books. It is quiet enough to hear a man's pants rustle as he walks to the elevator.
About six blocks away, a neon-pink "Open" sign glows in a window of the city's public library. Inside, whispered
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