Library on the Go
Explore the exciting ways the library brings its services to you! Discover below how we actively engage with and support our community.
Lobby Stops
The Lobby Stops service by CRRL visits more than a dozen assisted living facilities and senior apartments, including those in the Lake Anna area. At these residential facilities, CRRL staff bring browsing materials and requested items directly to customers, customizing our selections and services to meet the needs of these special audiences.
To receive items at Lobby Stops, select "Lobby Stop" as your holds pickup location.
From Library on the Go Specalist, Jenny McGee
Jenny finds a warm welcome wherever the van pulls up. "At each stop, I bring the computer, all my equipment, a table, and several carts full of not only browsing materials, but specific customer requests. The fact that I can do all the customers' reference work excites them the most, but is closely followed by the eclectic (and constantly changing) browsing collection. Since the majority of my lobby stops take place at senior apartments and assisted living facilities, the customers really love not having to brave the elements to come browse library materials."
Judging from the response, this service that takes the library on the road is a vehicle for success.
Contact Jenny at adult.outreach@crrl.org, opens a new window or 540-372-1144, ext. 7463.
Lobby Stops Schedule
Mill Park Terrace
2216 Caroline St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 371-4430
10:00-11:30am
Gardens of Stafford
2195 Mountain View Rd
Stafford, VA 22556
(540) 657-1002
2:00-3:45pm
Chancellor Village
12100 Chancellor's Village Lane Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 786-5000
10:00-11:30am
Meadows at Salem Run
5711 Castlebridge Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 786-1733
5711: 1:00-2:30pm
5713: 2:45-4:00pm
Keswick Senior Apartments
8700 Keswick Drive
Spotsylvania, VA 22551
(540) 805-5376
10:00-11:30am
Madonna House
2600 Cowan Boulevard
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 371-8212
1:00-2:30pm
Evergreens at Smith Run
2700 Cowan Boulevard
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 374-1544
3:00-4:00pm
Asbury Manor
10235 Brittany Commons Boulevard
Spotsylvania, VA 22553
(540) 710-1905
2:00-3:30pm
Charter Senior Living
20 Heartfields Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
(540) 373-8800
1:00-2:30pm
Harmony at Falls Run
60 Brimley Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
(540) 479-3788
3:00-4:00pm
Heights at Jackson Village
4811 Wildroot Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 372-4400
10:00-11:30am
Alexander Heights
2704 Salem Church Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(855) 690-1898
1:00-2:30pm
King's Crest
11500 King's Crest Court
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 891-9278
3:00-4:00pm
Paramount Senior Living at Fredericksburg
3500 Meekins Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 785-3600
10:00-11:30am
Spring Arbor
5308 River Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
(540) 369-3849
1:00-2:30pm
Jubilation
1301 Ashford Circle
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(833) 288-0410
3:00-4:00pm
Enoch George Manor
10231 Brittany Commons Boulevard
Spotsylvania, VA 22553
(540) 710-9989
2:00-3:30pm
Satellite Locations
To accommodate those who are in rural areas of our service area, we have two satellite locations open once a week in Spotsylvania County. They provide various services, such as checking out books, providing Internet access, and more.
Belmont
Mondays, 4:00-7:00 pm
Belmont Community Center
7124 Belmont Road, Mineral, Virginia
In partnership with the Belmont Club of Women and the Belmont Ruritan Club. To receive items at Belmont, select "Belmont Satellite Location" as your holds pickup location.
About Belmont Satellite Location
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Main entrance can be accessed by a winding ramp up to the main entrance, located next to the front stairs. The ramp is curb accessible.
CRRL provides and is committed to providing customers with equal access to library collections and services; programming and events; and facilities and branches. CRRL also tries - when possible - to acquire resources and technologies that are in keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, opens a new window and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, opens a new window, and attempts to provide reasonable accommodations to customers with disabilities upon request.
Partlow
Tuesdays, 4:00-7:00 pm
Partlow Ruritan Club
3229 Partlow Road, Partlow, Virginia
In partnership with the Partlow Ruritan Club. To receive items at Partlow, select "Partlow Satellite Location" as your holds pickup location.
About Partlow Satellite Location
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Main entrance can be accessed by a winding ramp up to the main entrance, located next to the front stairs. The ramp is curb accessible.
CRRL provides and is committed to providing customers with equal access to library collections and services; programming and events; and facilities and branches. CRRL also tries - when possible - to acquire resources and technologies that are in keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, opens a new window and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, opens a new window, and attempts to provide reasonable accommodations to customers with disabilities upon request.
Community Outreach
Throughout the year, CRRL staff bring library information and resources to thousands of local residents by attending festivals, expos, and community events.
Contact our Director of Community Engagement, Raya Nickerson, community.manager@crrl.org, 540-372-1144 ext. 7016, if you are hosting an event you would like the library to attend.
Grow a Reader Outreach: For Educators, Parents, & Caregivers
Grow a Reader Outreach is designed to serve preschoolers and the adults who care for and teach them. This program currently visits 18 preschools, 26 childcare facilities, and the Head Start programs in Fredericksburg, Stafford County, and Spotsylvania County.
For each facility, we book two storytimes per year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Our goals are to encourage children, teachers, and parents to use the library, model read-aloud techniques for teachers and caregivers, and overall, have fun!
Program participants also receive a box of children's books and a theme bag delivered to them every two weeks. These are browsing collections of books for the teachers to read to the children and for the children to use themselves. Every bag includes a puppet, books, a DVD, a CD, fingerplay instructions, and teacher resources centered on one theme, such as Outer Space, Families, Fish, Foxes, Dragons, Colors, Shapes, and Growing Things.
The Grow a Reader Outreach program also offers literacy-based workshops worth two hours of credit twice yearly. These free workshops are held at the library and are open to any adults who work with preschool children.
If you are interested in CRRL's Grow a Reader Outreach Program, please email youth.outreach@crrl.org, opens a new window.
Programming Van
The Youth Services Programming Vehicle brings essential library services into the community. We work with local school divisions and community organizations to identify neighborhoods that can benefit the most. This service has regularly scheduled stops offering literacy and STEM-focused programs for after-school homework clubs at these locations:
- Stafford Junction
- Heritage Park Apartments
- Hazel Hill Apartments
The Youth Services Programming Vehicle is made possible through the generous support of the Duff McDuff Green, Jr. Fund of the Community Foundation and a gift from Midge Vittoria.