2020 Annual Report

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Awards

  • 2020 Best of Stafford: Porter Branch
  • 2020 MWH Medallion and VA Economic Developers Association Awards: IdeaSpace, for producing PPE for area first responders
  • 2020 Donna G. Cote Librarian of the Year Award: Craig Graziano, Fredericksburg Branch Manager
  • 2020 George Mason Award: Simon Watts, MakerLab Specialist, IdeaSpace
  • Fredericksburg Parent's Family Favorites: Best Tutoring Service and Best Indoor Activity Awards

Partnerships

  • U.S. Census Bureau
  • Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority and The Community Foundation for IdeaSpace
  • PPE Sponsors: North Stafford, Stafford, Fredericksburg, and Rappahannock Rotary Clubs; Dr. Sam Smart; Matern Staffing; and International Auto Specialist. Special thanks to Nathan Sekinger, Gayle Middle School Librarian, and Meaghan Sekinger for consultation and supplies.

Library Services

  • Branch Services: Curbside Pickup, Library Express, increased eCollections
  • Fredericksburg Branch renovation
  • Library Cards continued to be issued
  • Live Online Tutoring powered by Tutor.com
  • Talking Books for the Blind and Vision Impaired
  • Virtual Programs: Music on the Steps, Grow a Reader Specials, Writers Conference

Grants

  • U.S. Census mini-grant for promotion of the 2020 Census
  • Community Foundation Community Relief Fund for hotspots
  • Wegmans for Summer Reading prizes
  • Duff McDuff Green, Jr. of the Community Foundation for IdeaSpace

Innovation

  • IdeaSpace: Making+Media
  • PPE Production
  • Circulating Chromebooks and Wifi Hotspots
  • Youth Services Programming Van