{"id":574,"date":"2014-07-13T12:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=574"},"modified":"2014-07-13T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T19:12:07","slug":"sunnyvale-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=574","title":{"rendered":"Sunnyvale Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month Jerry took me someplace I never thought he would: the Sunnyvale Public Library. OK\u2026it wasn\u2019t completely out of the ordinary. While I\u2019d like to believe he was indulging me in my love of libraries the real reason we were there was to attend an Atari event.<\/p>\n

\"Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit a peripheral interest in video games. They are the source of my livelihood after all. Not only that but Atari was one of the first \u201chigh tech\u201d companies in area, before it was even called the Silicon Valley. That\u2019s history! Give me some history and a library and I\u2019m happy.<\/p>\n

\"Atari<\/a><\/p>\n

We arrived at the event just in time to hear Dan \u201cFather of the Trak-Ball\u201d Kramer. Jerry and Dan knew each other when they both worked at Atari and have been friends ever since. Dan\u2019s talk about his days at Atari and how he developed the Trak-Ball was well received by the crowd.<\/p>\n

\"Trak<\/a><\/p>\n

We had a few hours before the second and main speaker, Al Alcorn, so after a trip to Fry\u2019s Electronics (surprise, surprise) we returned to the library so Jerry could catch up with his old work friends and I could finally explore the library<\/p>\n

The Sunnyvale Public Library is in a large, expansive building with plenty of space. This is important since book collections are always expanding and they have a lot of collections. In addition to a big DVD section they also have a lot of foreign language collections including Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. They even have a special section devoted to trademarks and patents. (A nod to high tech industry no doubt and near and dear to my IP heart.)<\/p>\n

\"Patent<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sunnyvale library also has plenty of room to settle down to read or work which is what I like to do at libraries. There are comfortable chairs placed about and plenty of tables to sit at. There\u2019s even a fireplace to sit by. I finally settled in the quiet area for some precious reading time.<\/p>\n

\"Chair\"<\/a>  \"Fireplace\"<\/a>  \"Quiet<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard that the Silicon Valley has a lot of very nice public libraries due to contributions from the local high tech companies. The Sunnyvale Public Library is one of them. I\u2019m looking forward to visiting more libraries in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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