Suisun City unveils new library today

Suisun City unveils new library today
Article Launched: 06/25/2008

A ribbon-cutting event will mark the opening of the new Suisun City Library at 1 today.

Remarks from local and state officials, a Cub Scout color guard and refreshments will round out the ceremony.

Germar the Magician will be on hand for a bilingual magic show at 2 p.m.

Since 1992, the Suisun City Library occupied a 5,400 square foot leased space in a commercial building. The new Suisun City Library, at 601 Pintail Drive, almost doubles the size of the old library and provides enhanced access to computers, computer training and meeting spaces.

The building is the result of a partnership between Solano County Library, the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Suisun City and the city's Redevelopment District.

The library was built on city land donated to the school district, with the county, school district and redevelopment agency providing the capital from different funding sources to build the facility. The school district owns the building and Solano County Library will continue to operate the library.

Built adjacent to Suisun Elementary School, the library serves as both a public and school library. In addition to doubling the square footage of the former space, the new library features a study room, community meeting room and a 15-seat computer center. The meeting room will host library programs as well as serve as an "in-library" classroom by day and community meeting room at night. The library's collection of books, movie DVDs, recorded books and other materials combine the breadth of the public library's collection with materials that are specially chosen for Suisun Elementary School students as well as other students in the city.

The library is the first joint-use library in Solano County, operating as a public library and school library in the same building.