Libraries open for express services on July 13

Thomas Jefferson Library on Arlington Boulevard.

All Fairfax County libraries are opening for limited, express services beginning on Monday, July 13. 

Library visits are limited to 30 minutes. Visitors can browse the shelves, use a computer, and pick up holds. 

To support social distancing, each branch will have a capacity limit, and there are plexiglass shields at customer service desks and floor stickers. Every other public computer has been disabled, and some furniture has been removed. 

Returned library materials will continue to be quarantined for 72 hours. Meeting rooms will not be available. 

Express services are offered Monday and Tuesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 

For those not comfortable coming inside the library, contactless curbside pickup will continue to be offered Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Normal circulation procedures will resume on Aug. 1. At that point, library materials will be due after their normal circulation period, fines will be assessed, and holds will begin expiring again if not picked up.