First Impressions

Like I mentioned earlier, Fairfax Library serves a joint purpose of being both a public and school library. Their is a respective librarian for each section but the library as a whole serves the community and the students of Bellows Free Academy.

During school hours the door to the community library entrance (pictured above) is locked and I needed to enter through the school entrance.

This is the secondary library entrance for community members, I had to be buzzed in through this entrance in order to enter the library at large. Although this door can be used by students they also have their own unlocked entrance accessible from inside the school.

Upon approaching the main reference desk I was greeted by Emily DiGiulio with whom I had had previous email exchanges with. Emily is the librarian of the community portion of Fairfax Library.

Emily guided me to a table at which to sit that allowed me full view of the entirety of the library, in particular facing the main technology available and ones that are most often in use - the computers.