What excites you most about establishing the new Irvine Public Library and what impact do you hope it will have for the Irvine community? We’re incredibly excited to meet and connect with the community. Through our Pop-up Library events, we’ve already had the pleasure of meeting families from all over who stopped by to get a library card. The support has been truly heartwarming, and we’ve loved every interaction. We are also excited to be able to collaborate with Irvine organizations. Meeting the community where they are means we reach more people who might not know all the library has to offer. To work with places like Pretend City Children's Museum, Irvine Unified School District, and other Irvine staples is going to be so much fun! To be able to serve the community through outreach and outside organizations is such a vital part of our job. Our team comes from various library systems, united by a shared mission to build something meaningful for this community. It’s an inspiring time to dream big and explore all the possibilities ahead. What is the long-term vision for how Irvine’s libraries will grow over the next five to 10 years? We hope the Irvine Public Library becomes a vibrant heart of the community, one that grows with the City, reflects its values, and serves as a hub of learning, connection, and inspiration for decades to come. We plan to expand library services, including adding facilities, to meet the growing needs of the Irvine community. We want the library to be the first place people think of for finding services and resources, but also entertainment. We are also looking to promote innovation and creativity through various learning environments that will inspire the next generation of creators, entrepreneurs, and problem solvers.
Our librarians shared some of their favorite books. How many of these have you read? Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty Dare to Lead by Brene Brown The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
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