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National Library Rankings

SJCPL has been consistently ranked among the TOP TEN public libraries (serving populations of 100,000 to 250,000) in the United States for the past 8 years! Ranked 6th in 2006 Ranked 4th in 2005 Ranked 4th in 2004 Ranked 5th in 2003 Ranked 4th in 2002 Ranked 5th in 2000 Ranked 2nd in 1999 Ranked 6th in 1998 First public library in the United States to have its own web server and publish its web pages on the Internet (March 14, 1994); the second worldwide. The Helsinki City Library (Finland) was the 1st public library to do so. Ranked 8th by Places Rated for the number of new books added yearly per 1,000 residents - 1993