A quarter-acre garden featuring 10 newly planted trees, pollinators and native plants is set to open this weekend at the Fairfax library. The $400,000 garden more than doubles the library’s useable ...

Margaret Miles, branch manager of the Fairfax Library, welcomes all to participate in the library’s first plant and seed swap since the pandemic. It will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the ...

The Fairfax Library Foundation hosted A Library Jubilee! Soiree in the Stacks on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Woodrow Wilson Library in Falls Church. This year, the Foundation raised $197,038 through the ...

Libraries exist with public funds, but private contributions allow libraries to flourish. Much of the supplementary support for the Fairfax County Public Library comes from the Fairfax Library ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — Attention Readers! The Fairfax Library Foundation will be hosting two free events as part of its highly acclaimed Children's Summer Reading Festival. This is the second year the ...

There was a Russian defector that wrote a book about his journey to the United States, and a local archivist found his book at a thrift store, spurring an investigation that led to the Virginia Room ...

Fairfax County Public Library is on track to notch just over 10 million loans in 2022, and is once again among a handful of libraries nationwide with more than 2 million digital checkouts. Among those ...

Public libraries across the region are experiencing a dramatic surge in use, partly as a result of the economic downturn -- libraries are free, after all -- but at the same time, they are under ...

It takes a chart to understand the operating hours for the Fairfax County Public Library system. A graphic on the county’s website indicates that the eight regional branches are open from 10:00 a.m.

Librarian Nancy Klein says she didn't realize how ironic her situation was until she found herself standing at a podium at the Fairfax County Government Center last month to accept an award for ...