>> TEEN: I like the San Jose libraries and this building because it's pretty, and because
I like mangas.
And I can't get really get them at my school library.
>> WOMAN: I think that the library is gorgeous and spacious.
I love the sunlight coming in and the thrill of all new books.
It's quite special.
>> INTERVIEWER: Thank you!
>> INTERVIEWER: Why do you love the San Jose Public Library?
>> WOMAN: I like to read.
It's my favorite pastime, so actually I'm in libraries quite a bit.
I started coming to this particular location... in '97.
And I've since then had a child... in '09...
And when he was very little, I used to come to the library anywhere from one time a week
to three times a week.
Some people laugh at that, but I still enjoy going to the library, getting books and learning
about different things, reading about different topics.
>> INTERVIEWER: Why do you like the San Jose Public Library?
>> MAN: I love books.
I love that everyone comes together here and has a great time.
There's so much materials.
I like being able to go somewhere and get videos, computer access.
I like hanging around people.
It's a great place to be.
I live nearby and the fact we've got a brand-new library that's so close, I've been waiting
a long time.
It's a great place.
I love libraries!
They're awesome!
>> INTERVIEWER: Thank you!
>> WOMAN: I love all the new books, and I love the light coming in.
And I love the places to sit and read.
I love the library.
>> INTERVIEWER: Thank you.
>> GIRL: What I like about the library is the fiction.
It's got so many windows.
It's so light and open, and the selection of books is awesome.
I mean, in the old library, comic books were just like -- what are them?
What are comics?
So this is just so cool.
That's why I like the library.
>> TEEN: I like the library because I like reading new books a lot.
You guys have a real unique design for it.
Seeing the level of area it was last time.
>> GIRL: I like the library because it's good for reading, and you'll learn a lot.
>> INTERVIEWER: Anything you'd like to say?
>> WOMAN: Me?
>> INTERVIEWER: About the library?
>> WOMAN: This is a very wonderful library than I've been in so far.
It's huge, it's big, and would be great for the kids to come and read lots and lots of
books.
Thank you.
>> INTERVIEWER: You're welcome.
>> WOMAN: She's got a sore throat.
I'll talk.
I like it because it's close to our house.
It's really big, much bigger than before.
Has a lot of books, a lot of videos.
And I'm really glad that the kids can come here and take some books.
Thanks.
>> INTERVIEWER: How do you like the new library?
>> WOMAN: Come here!
You can interview with me because she's like really amazed.
Okay, so what do we like about the library?
What do we like about the library?
That it's big and light and lots of brand new books.
Huge selection.
No, honey, it's just you and I. I signed the waiver for you.
[laughs] Um, honey?
You don't know?
They had all the books you wanted.
This is our first time here in a long, long time, so...
>> GIRL: They didn't have...
>> WOMAN: Okay, well, it's checked out probably.
>> INTERVIEWER: Okay, thank you.
>> INTERVIEWER: Why do you like the San Jose Public Library?
>> MAN: I love to read books.
>> INTERVIEWER: Anything else?
>> MAN: No.
You gotta pretty good selection here, so...
Good place to come.
>> INTERVIEWER: Okay.
>> INTERVIEWER: Why do you like the San Jose Public Library?
>> MAN: This is a beautiful library.
We've been coming here since 1983, and I was very happy and very pleased to, uh, both to
pay for the libraries and it helped in a two-fold way.
We got a new branch library, and my wife -- er, my daughter now works for the city of San
Jose as a librarian.
So it is money well spent.
My name is Earl Ricotti.
>> GIRL: There's lots of books.
>> Anything else?
>> Show them the drawing!
>> Did you get your picture done?
>> GIRL: I got my picture done.
>> Really cute.
Looks just like you!
>> Okay, thank you.
>> INTERVIEWER: Explain to us what you love about this library.
>> WOMAN: I love the windows.
I love the books.
I love that there's a little more parking.
[laughs] And we really missed having the Santa Teresa Library, and I'm glad it's back.
>> INTERVIEWER: Thank you.
>> WOMAN: You're welcome.
>> CHILD: Yeah!
>> INTERVIEWER: What is it that you enjoy about the library?
>> WOMAN: What do you like in the library?
>> CHILD: Just spin around the wheel!
>> INTERVIEW: Spin around the wheel.
>> WOMAN: What else do you like in the library?
You were just playing...
>> INTERVIEWER: Hmm?
>> WOMAN: Reading books!
>> INTERVIEWER: Reading.
>> INTERVIEWER: What do you like about the library?
>> WOMAN: What do I like?
I like this particular one.
I love books.
I love the way it's set up right now.
I like all the different books they have.
Good collection.
A variety -- it's definitely there.
Love the reading area right there.
The way they set it up for the kids to sit on the ground, and the parents can sit down
comfortably as well.
>> INTERVIEWER: Thank you, and thank you very much.
>> WOMAN: Say thank you.
Want to say thank you?
>> CHILD: Thank you.
>> WOMAN: She just got done reading a book...
>> INTERVIEWER: So what do you like about this library?
>> GIRL: I like different books, but most of all, I like the Magic Tree House.
>> INTERVIEWER: Cool!
>> GIRL: I like that one because it has all kinds of chapters.
It has all kinds of numbers and I already have them, but some are returned to another
library.
And I got new ones from another library that my mom liked.
She calls it the East...
Library, but I saw Magic Tree Houses there and I like how it always be nice here.
>> INTERVIEWER: Good.
Thank you.
>> INTERVIEWER: So why do you love San Jose Library?
>> GIRL: It has a very lot of books, and...
>> INTERVIEWER: Cool.
>> INTERVIEWER: Go.
>> DAVID: Is there a question?
[laughs]
>> INTERVIEWER: So, David, we understand you've lived in this area for a while and you were
here when the old Santa Teresa opened.
>> DAVID: Yeah, I used to live here.
I moved downtown about five years ago, but I grew up in this area since I was, like,
three.
I moved out when I was twenty-eight.
I remember when there was no library in this area.
Just period.
You had to go to Downtown to go to the library, and I remember the first day opening, hearing
about it, this new library nearby.
I lived about a mile from here, so I came here, and it was a bit after the ceremony.
The ribbon was on the ground already, and now I'm here for the new opening.
Wow.
>> INTERVIEWER: What do you think?
>> DAVID: I'm just...
I'm really tripping out on this.
The ceiling's not as high as it was, but it's definitely a lot newer.
Is it bigger?
>> INTERVIEWER: Yeah.
Yes.
Bigger.
>> DAVID: It is bigger.
I guess I was smaller so it seemed...
I guess it equals out, but there's a lot here.
You couldn't see the streets here.
There was no open windows originally, and it wasn't this much white, I don't think.
But anyways... yeah.
>> INTERVIEWER: Hey, thanks for sharing your experience.
>> DAVID: No problem.