Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton-Jan

The San Jose Public Library‘s main location, the King Library, is counting down to our 100 millionth checked-out item!  Can you believe it?  That many check-outs since August, 2003.  Wow!

We have our very own live web cam & contest to guess when the 100 millionth check-out will occur.  The web cam is aimed at an art installation created by Mel Chin that sits above our our check-out desk that shows the live count of circulation.  It’s been there since the opening.

There is a contest for staff (I’m going to win, just watch!) and another contest for SJPL customers.  The contest ends April 30th, and we expect the turnover will happen sometime soon after that.