Annual Report FY25

July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
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Highlights

  • Branches Mark Milestone Anniversaries of Public Service: Salem Church Branch in Spotsylvania County turned 30, and Cooper Branch in Westmoreland County turned 25.
  • Library Board Voted to Extend Evening Hours at Spotsylvania Branches
  • Summer and Winter Reading Challenges     
    • Adult Winter Reading Challenge: January 1-March 31, 2025: 622 participants
    • Summer Reading Challenge: May 15-August 15, 2025: 2,420 participants; 2,939,569 minutes read by youth; and 3,886 total lunches served to children and teens.
  • Privacy Pods for Public Use
  • New Leadership: Rebecca Purdy, Executive Director, and Adriana Puckett, Deputy Executive Director

Awards

  • Innovative Service Delivery Award from the Virginia Public Library Directors Association     
  • Public Library Innovator Award from the Virginia Library Association     
    • Recipients: Craig Graziano, Erin Creighton, Kristi Lisech, and Josie Wold from the Fredericksburg Branch for organizing and coordinating outreach to connect vulnerable populations with local services
  • Fredericksburg Parent & Family's 2025 Family Favorites     
    • First-place winner in three categories:
      • Activities & Lessons
        • Tutoring
      • Family Fun
        • Indoor Activity
        • Free Things to Do

Grants

  • The Community Foundation's Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation Fund

By the Numbers: How the Community Utilized the Library in FY25

 
Circulation: Materials Checked Out
 
  • Total: 1,674,069
  • Print Circulation: 935,966
  • eCollection (eBooks, eAudio, etc.): 683,322 (8.6% increase)

Meeting and Study Rooms: Spaces for Collaboration and Connection

  • Meeting Rooms total: 21
  • Total sessions by non-library groups: 4,389 (9.69% increase)
  • Total Attendees: 65,105 (10.82% increase)
  • Study Rooms & Privacy Pods total: 21
  • Total sessions by non-library groups: 21,483 (8.64% increase)
  • Total Attendees: 35,689 (10.66% increase)

Library Access Online and in Branches

  • 640,019 mobile app sessions (12.2% increase)
  • 1,674,670 website sessions (4.7% decrease)
  • 300,000+ database sessions
  • 369,323 public computer sessions (8.5% increase)
  • 1,099,975 visits to library buildings
  • 266,159 registered cardholders (4.78% increase)
  • 12,995 new accounts registered
  • 433 new library cards for kindergarteners
  • 13,871 volunteer hours
  • 64,522 total program and events attendees (3.74% increase)

To see even more highlights from 2025, visit our Best of page!