Pohick Regional Library

This is my local library. Their hours are convenient; they are open most weekday evenings and on weekends. The staff is usually helpful and will take time to help find books and references. They have online services to renew books and search for books on desired topics from home. Books that are not available because they are checked out or available at other branches. Many of their reference resources can also be accessed from home.

I love this place! Maybe because I am a book worm… maybe because my kids can’t talk… it is ALMOST walking distance from my house… they have free wifi… but don’t use it… PICK UP A BOOK… but they do have an app to get e-​books.
I just love the smell of libraries, the people are wonderful, and it has great resources for the books they do not have on site. I have missed the book sales but they seem to have them each season. They have great programs for the kids as well, although we never participated in them.
To me, the most important thing, it is just worth being able to go and sit, peacefully and read and see other kids reading, and not in Barnes and Noble where they sugar people up, but in a positive learning environment! Bravo!!!

I love Pohick Regional Library. Seriously, I’ve considered this place to be my second home… Plus I have my 14 digit Library card number memorized. Yeah, boi!
The programs for children, teens, and adults are informative and entertaining (Saw Blue Jay Walking here!).
I also love their books sales. I am lucky and have come across great finds such as an autographed copy of «Angela’s Ashes» and first edition of «‘Tis», British copy of «Harry Potter and the Half-​Blood Prince» and an Italian edition of «Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets»
The library is open seven days a week which I find helpful. It’s very well-​organized and very clean. Their materials are also kept in great condition.
The library, is in part, supported by «The Friends of Pohick Regional Library» and in addition to running the book sales mentioned above, the group also have members on site from time to time to give gardening advise and tips. The group have done a great job with the beautiful flowers surrounding the library. There are also benches outside and in the small garden led by the path.
I commend the librarians. They help readers by showing you HOW to find what you need and how to locate the item.

Besides being a «hard to get to» location and having some pretty awful parking, the library itself it quite nice. It appears to have a good collection of new release fiction, however, I was disappointed by the DVD /​video section. All-​in-​all, one of the better county libraries in Fairfax

The best thing about this library is it is close to my house, and very light and airy.
HOWEVER, they don’t have a huge collection (though you can order books for pick up at that branch) and the parking is a nightmare. Since it is on Rt. 1, I recommend NOT going during rush hour or you will wait at the light for a couple hours.
The staff is super nice and they have great programs.

Decent collection, horrible parking. Get there early on a Saturday.

Definitely the best library in the county. Not only is it a regional library offering a long reach to get you books that may not be on its actual shelves, but also the great programs they put on for kids, teens, and adults. They’ve done battle of the bands, they have the summer reading program, movie nights, local high school art shows and a volunteer fair in september for high school kids who need credit hours!
In a nation where many libraries are open only a few days a week for a few hours at a time, where you can only find worn copies of irrelevant books and out of touch magazines, the fairfax county library system is and Pohick library in particular is the best because it does balance the varied needs of all it’s diverse clients and does so with little thanks. Never is a book so far out of circulation that it cannot be located and brought to whatever location is most convenient for the patron.