LA Public Library’s Van Nuys branch reopens following $1.9 million renovation

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The Los Angeles Public Library’s Van Nuys subdivision reopened connected Thursday, Oct. 7, aft closing for a $1.9 cardinal renovation that modernized its interior and upgraded the library’s technology.

  • People stitchery for the reopening of the redesigned Van Nuys Branch Library connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Kathy Schreiner, right, of the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council, celebrates Van Nuys Branch Library employees astatine the reopening of the room connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • LA City Council President Nury Martinez acknowledgment room employees for helping retired during the pandemic astatine the reopening of the redesigned Van Nuys Branch Library connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • LA City Council President Nury Martinez celebrates the reopening of the redesigned Van Nuys Branch Library with officials connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Sheehan Halter, 33, of Van Nuys, walks done the recently redesigned Van Nuys Branch Library connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • LA City Council President Nury Martinez and City Librarian John Szabo observe the reopening of the redesigned Van Nuys Branch Library connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • The Van Nuys Branch Library reopens connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • The Van Nuys Branch Library reopens connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • The Van Nuys Branch Library reopens connected Thursday, October 7, 2021. The library, founded successful 1911, received a $1.9 cardinal renovation of the existent 1964 gathering successful the Van Nuys Civic Center. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

“Today’s expansive reopening of the Van Nuys Library is different measurement toward returning to normalcy for our community,” said L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez, who represents the area.

“This $1.9 cardinal betterment gives our students entree to a brand-new, state-of-the-art room that not lone bridges the integer divide, but opens the doorway to endless opportunities for our community.”

The library, located astatine 6250 Sylmar Ave., is unfastened from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. connected Mondays and Wednesdays, noon to 8 p.m. connected Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. connected Fridays and Saturdays. The subdivision is closed connected Sundays.

The room archetypal opened astatine its existent determination successful May 1964, but the LAPL has served the Van Nuys country since 1911.

“We are thrilled to invited the assemblage backmost to their section branch, offering patrons a caller and enhanced room experience,” said John F. Szabo, metropolis librarian. “The redesigned abstraction and expanded resources volition further fortify the assemblage connection.”

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