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Fairfax County Public Library
The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system comprising 8 regional libraries, 14 community libraries and the Access Services Library Branch, which removes barriers to library services for people with disabilities. FCPL is headquartered in Suite 324 of The Fairfax County Government Center in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR) has ranked the system among the top 10 libraries in the United States (for its size of 500,000+ residents) five times in the past 10 years.
According to the library's timeline, the Fairfax County Library was established in 1939.
In 1939, the Board of Supervisors allocated $250 in initial funds for a library program. With the help of federal funds from the Works Progress Administration, the county acquired a 1-ton Chevrolet Suburban. This “truck-turned-bookmobile” held 800 books, and stopped at different advertised locations each week, loaning books and picking returned items at stores, schools, and private homes.
A lifeline of information access during that time, the bookmobile was featured in the Oscar-winning 1945 documentary The Library of Congress which opens on a scene of residents rushing to meet the vehicle: “To an upland village in the state of Virginia, the first Tuesday in every month there comes a truckload of books. The traveling library has many friends among these remote farming people. The free book service provides them with a much needed link to the world beyond their hills.”
In 1950, the bookmobile garage building was expanded as it continued to serve as the central library. More than 10 years would pass before the county opened its first purpose-built building, originally called Headquarters Library, a 37,800-square-foot facility designed in the “colonial spirit” by Virginia architect J. Russell Bailey.
As of May 2015[update], there are 23 library branches—8 regional branches, 14 community branches, and one which assists people with disabilities. The library also oversees the county's Archives and Records Management Branch. The library's service area spans both the county and Fairfax City and several local jurisdictions through reciprocity agreements serving nearly half a million registered users.
The library system is the largest in Virginia in terms of population served (over one million people between Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax).
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Fairfax County Public Library
The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system comprising 8 regional libraries, 14 community libraries and the Access Services Library Branch, which removes barriers to library services for people with disabilities. FCPL is headquartered in Suite 324 of The Fairfax County Government Center in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR) has ranked the system among the top 10 libraries in the United States (for its size of 500,000+ residents) five times in the past 10 years.
According to the library's timeline, the Fairfax County Library was established in 1939.
In 1939, the Board of Supervisors allocated $250 in initial funds for a library program. With the help of federal funds from the Works Progress Administration, the county acquired a 1-ton Chevrolet Suburban. This “truck-turned-bookmobile” held 800 books, and stopped at different advertised locations each week, loaning books and picking returned items at stores, schools, and private homes.
A lifeline of information access during that time, the bookmobile was featured in the Oscar-winning 1945 documentary The Library of Congress which opens on a scene of residents rushing to meet the vehicle: “To an upland village in the state of Virginia, the first Tuesday in every month there comes a truckload of books. The traveling library has many friends among these remote farming people. The free book service provides them with a much needed link to the world beyond their hills.”
In 1950, the bookmobile garage building was expanded as it continued to serve as the central library. More than 10 years would pass before the county opened its first purpose-built building, originally called Headquarters Library, a 37,800-square-foot facility designed in the “colonial spirit” by Virginia architect J. Russell Bailey.
As of May 2015[update], there are 23 library branches—8 regional branches, 14 community branches, and one which assists people with disabilities. The library also oversees the county's Archives and Records Management Branch. The library's service area spans both the county and Fairfax City and several local jurisdictions through reciprocity agreements serving nearly half a million registered users.
The library system is the largest in Virginia in terms of population served (over one million people between Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax).
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