{"id":"irvine-public-library-cardholder-benefits","name":"Irvine Public Library Cardholder Benefits","provider":"Irvine Public Library","entitlement_type":"library-access","entitlement_type_label":"Library access","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"Eligibility for a public or specialized library card, collection, lending network, or accessible library service.","domain":"libraries","archetype":"access-program","agent_instruction":"Check residence, work, school, property, age, disability, card type, good-standing, lending, reservation, and service-area rules."},"summary":"Irvine Public Library cardholders can use a city-specific mix of digital and physical benefits. Current highlights include physical and digital borrowing, Library of Things, online resources, public computers and Wi-Fi, computer-use cards, classes and community programs, free Library of Things loans including sewing machines, hiking and new-driver kits, telescopes, role-playing and ghost-hunting kits, ukuleles, and electric guitars, free cardholder study-room reservations for up to two hours per day under current age and booking rules, educator cards with expanded Library of Things limits and extended 60-day checkout on selected materials.","benefit":{"description":"No-additional-cost access to physical and digital borrowing, Library of Things, online resources, public computers and Wi-Fi, computer-use cards, classes and community programs, free Library of Things loans including sewing machines, hiking and new-driver kits, telescopes, role-playing and ghost-hunting kits, ukuleles, and electric guitars, free cardholder study-room reservations for up to two hours per day under current age and booking rules, educator cards with expanded Library of Things limits and extended 60-day checkout on selected materials.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible Irvine Public Library cardholder"],"requirements":"California residents can receive a free standard card with current identity and residence verification; people age 13 or older can request a computer-use card for immediate public-computer access. Specific licensed resources, passes, loan limits, age rules, availability, and in-person verification vary.","activation":"Apply for or verify a library card, then use the card number and PIN online or check out physical benefits through a branch.","cost_basis":"no-additional-cost","cost_basis_label":"Included with a qualifying relationship","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"included","definition":"The benefit adds no separate charge, but the user must already have an eligible card, account, insurance plan, library card, membership, employment, or similar relationship that may itself cost money.","agent_instruction":"Say included or no additional cost, not universally free, and name the qualifying relationship.","variation_patterns":null,"does_not_mean":null},"fees":"No card fee for eligible residents; nonresident, replacement, printing, damage, or lost-item charges may apply.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Irvine, California"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://cityofirvine.org/irvine-public-library/irvine-public-library-cards","source_url":"https://cityofirvine.org/irvine-public-library/irvine-public-library-cards","source":{"primary_url":"https://cityofirvine.org/irvine-public-library/irvine-public-library-cards","evidence":[{"source":"Irvine Public Library","url":"https://cityofirvine.org/irvine-public-library/irvine-public-library-cards","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"Irvine Public Library","url":"https://cityofirvine.gov/irvine-public-library/library-things","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"Irvine Public Library","url":"https://cityofirvine.gov/irvine-public-library/study-rooms-more","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"local","family":"libraries","jurisdiction":"Irvine, California","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/irvine-public-library-cardholder-benefits","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}}