About Joel D. Valdez Main Library - History
- Built in 1989; opened in May 1990
- Renamed the Joel D. Valdez Main Library on February 27, 2003. Read more about Joel D. Valdez
- 96,000 square feet over three public floors and one administrative level
- Open 61 hours per week
- 950 magazine and newspaper subscriptions
- Annual Circulation: about 430,000
- Annual Information Transactions: over 270,000
- Visitors Per Year: about 700,000