By Ian Thompson | DAILY REPUBLIC | June 12, 2008
Ryan Merkel, with Mike Brown Electric of Cotati, Calif., installs a light at the new library in Suisun City Thursday. The library is scheduled to open on June 25. Photo by Brad Zweerink
SUISUN CITY - Most of the shelves are full in the city's new library, but books are still coming out of the boxes and the information desk is still to be installed.
Librarians are hard at work getting their new home ready for opening day June 25.
'We are very excited to be coming to this building,' supervising librarian Peggy Svoboda said.
Patrons have already been peering through the windows to get a look at the new library, which is located at 601 Pintail Drive. Some have even walked in to ask if the library is open and if they could check out a book.
When Suisun City firefighters inspected the building earlier this week, several said they plan to frequent the library because it is a short walk from the fire station.
The Suisun Branch Library closed its doors at its leased space on Sunset Avenue May 17. Two days later, the librarians started packing books in boxes with color-coded labels so they would know how to sort them once the books reached their new home.
Library, city and Fairfield-Suisun School District officials will attend the opening ceremony June 25. A color guard will be on hand, and a Vallejo magician will perform bilingual magic show.
The new facility is about 10,000 square feet, double the size of the one on Sunset Avenue. It is the product of a first-time collaboration between the Solano County Library, city, county and school district.
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