Tutor.com at the library!

The expanded Tutor.com program, inclusive of resume assistance and test preparation for high school equivalency and U.S. Citizenship examinations, are introduced on Comcast Local Edition by Lydia Patrick, Manager FCPL Internet Services. This popular service, available in English and Spanish, is free to all Fairfax County Public Library cardholders and sponsored in full by private contributions made to the Fairfax Library Foundation.

Libraries Cut Back . . .

"Budget cutbacks and changing technology force libraries to scale down." Read the article from the Mount Vernon Gazette.

Matt Lauer on Libraries . . .

Similar to the others highlighted in this Today Show segment, the Fairfax County Public Library system is experiencing increased traffic from individuals utilizing free services. "We hope (libraries) get more money", stated Matt Lauer, "because boy, they're an important part of our lives!"

Library Cuts Across Counties

As Fairfax County prepares for a 15 percent cut in library funding, branch staff plans early closings for the upcoming year. Other neighboring counties are affected by budget cuts as well.
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Read more about cutbacks amid increasingly digital environment

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Library Facing 15% Cut

Library representatives present at March 30th Budget Hearing, asking Board of Supervisors to hold at 15% and reminds Fairfax County residents, “We’re everywhere you are.”

Watch a portion of the budget hearings.

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Got Homework?

Free online tutoring service, Live Homework Help®, is at risk for termination in the near future. Only private funding will allow this popular service to continue.

For more information, or to contribute, call the Foundation at 703-324-8300; e-mail info@FairfaxLibraryFoundation.org. Please sponsor this valuable free service today!

Don’t Miss National Library Week!

As part of National Library Week (April 12-18), the Fairfax County Public Library goes to Tysons Corner Center shopping mall on April 14 for a special Read-a-thon in the children’s play area.

The Read-a-thon is cosponsored by the Fairfax Library Foundation, Tysons Corner Center and Barnes & Noble.