Mission Viejo Library

Mission Viejo Library
100 Civic Center
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

 

 

^Pathway next to the entrance

 

 

^Heritage Room

- Very large :)
- Located in a beautiful neighborhood
-Many, many magazines: one whole wall covered with them plus 3 racks with 2 sides and 3 shelves each with magazines
-Different language books: Farsi, Hindi, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.
-Lots of beautiful paintings on the walls by residents of the city
-Lots of comfy chairs
-Lots of study room
-Separate kids room
-Separate tiny tots room
-Heritage room with display of antiques from the city’s past
-Beautiful view from the windows

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Buena Park Library

Buena Park Library District
7150 La Palma Avenue
Buena Park, CA 90620

 

 

 

 

 

 

^ “Books in Urdu are available in this library”

It seemed to me as a large-sized library.

-The library was pretty loud upstairs, even though there was a huge sign that said something along the lines of “Quiet Study Area”.
-There are a good number of computers. They need to be reserved  for 50/60 minute increments. That makes it fair for everyone, so they can get a chance to use them as well.
-Wireless did not work for my computer because I could not get connection and was unable to do any of my work.
- There were young volunteers throughout the library, as well as middle school child volunteers. An 11 year old was explaining to me about reserving a computer. Very cute:)
-Lots of DVDs, but not brand new
-Separate children's room, medium sized
-Different language books: Urdu, Gujarati, Hindi, Telugu, Korean, Spanish, etc.
-I went to get my passport made as well and the lady at the front desk was very sweet.

Fullerton Libraries

FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES: MAIN BRANCH
353 W. Commonwealth Ave.,
Fullerton, CA 92832

 

 

The library was nice and quiet, as well as very spacious:)

- Lots of magazine racks- about 4-5 (2 sided) with 3 shelves each
- Reader for visually impaired
- Very large children's area downstairs
- Free library card for non-Fullerton residents
- Lots of DVDs (brand new releases as well as older ones), but the rent is $1 for one day for brand new  and old ones can be checked out for a week
- Separate area for laptop users

 

FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES: HUNT BRANCH
201 S. Basque Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92833

 

^ Patio area to sit and read

^ Pooch Park outside of the library

- It was a scary neighborhood for me and the library itself was really loud because there were elementary school kids participating in story time. I don’t know if this is how it is on most days.
- Dirty bathrooms
- Medium sized
- Nice patio area to read/study and relax at the same time
 

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La Habra Library

 

OC Public Libraries: La Habra Branch

La Habra Library
221 East La Habra Blvd.
La Habra, CA. 90631

The neighborhood kind of scared me a little. The streets were very narrow while driving (no protected left turns—I hate unprotected left turns!!)

The library was medium-sized. There was a separate teen’s section, where they had nice comfy chairs.

The magazines area had lots of material, but the magazines looked worn out. Magazines in Spanish were also available.

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Warming up to the challenge

I have already been to a couple of the libraries here in Orange County. This is just the warm-up phase. I will be visiting many more to come. Stay tuned!!

For those that do not know what this is about, please click ‘OC Library Challenge!!’.

Enjoy the pictures.

OC PUBLIC LIBRARIES: CYPRESS BRANCH

Cypress Library
5331 Orange Avenue
Cypress, CA 90630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mini park across from the library^

 

View from the front^

 

Library entrance^

The Cypress library was in a very nice location. I loved the neighborhood.

They had a tennis court behind the library as well.

Inside, the library was medium-sized and had a nice collection of magazines.

 

OC PUBLIC LIBRARIES: LA PALMA BRANCH

La Palma Branch Library
7842 Walker St.
La Palma, CA. 90623

Front View^

La Palma library was a little smaller than the Cypress one and it was located in a decent neighborhood.

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