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No more late fees at Fredericksburg-area libraries; Fines disproportionately affect poor, ‘people of color,’ says director

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The Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch at 1201 Caroline Street.

Late fees at public libraries in the Fredericksburg region are a thing of the past.

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Library to consider new systemwide strategic plan at today’s meeting at Howell Branch

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Central Rappahannock Regional Library Howell Branch in Stafford County.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library has published its Director’s written report for September 1, 2022 – November 30, 2022, which is part of the consent agenda for the Library Board’s December 12 meeting.

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Stafford’s Porter library branch turns 30

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Elected leaders and Central Rappahannock Libary officials gathered at Porter Branch Library in North Stafford to celebrate its 30th birthday.

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Deputy director elected to Virginia Library Association Executive Committee | Central Rappahannock Regional Library

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Central Rappahannock Regional Library’s Deputy Director Rebecca Purdy has been elected to a 2-year term as Secretary on the Virginia Library Association Executive Committee.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library’s Deputy Director Rebecca Purdy has been elected to a 2-year term as Secretary on the Virginia Library Association Executive Committee.

Rebecca Purdy has worked at CRRL in several Youth Services roles, including Youth Services Coordinator, since receiving her Master’s of Science in Library and Information Science from The Catholic University of America in 1995, and becoming the library’s Deputy Director in 2016.

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Fredericksburg-area library trustees appoint new leadership

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The organization that oversees the operation of public libraries in the Fredericksburg region selected new leadership.

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Fredericksburg library branch reopens after air conditioning failure

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The Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch at 1201 Caroline Street.

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Central Rappahannock Regional Library developing new 5-year plan

By Rick Horner
Central Rappahannock Regional Library Porter Branch sits at 2001 Parkway Boulevard in North Stafford.

The Central Rappahannock Regional Library System is currently conducting surveys and focus groups that will be used to inform its latest five-year strategic plan.

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Trustees push for security, education after unwanted sex title appeared on child’s library app 

By Uriah Kiser
Adriana Puckett, of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, demonstrates the system's iPad app.

The Fredericksburg regional library says it will do more to educate parents on how to safely search its catalog of books, e-books, audiobooks, and videos in the of a complaint filed by a Stafford County mother.

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IdeaSpace expands operating hours

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Central Rappahannock Regional Library’s IdeaSpace: Making+Media is expanding its hours starting Tuesday, July 5

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Library staff get workouts as system returns to curbside-only service

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Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch Manager Craig Graziano gets a workout delivering books to patrons patiently waiting in their cars. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Libraries in Stafford County and Fredericksburg reverted to curbside-only service this week.

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