Central Rappahannock To Offer Library Research By Telephone

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Central Rappahannock Regional Library will begin offering expanded customer service by telephone starting Wednesday. Library staff will answer research questions, including providing reading recommendations, and answer questions about services such as curbside pickup, return of items, and downloading eBooks and eAudios.

CRRL has not reopened its library branches for in-person service due to the coronavirus crisis. Other library systems in Virginia, including Fairfax and Loudoun counties, have reopened their libraries for in-person service and are continuing to provide curbside service.

Through the phone service, CRRL patrons will have access to research information from the CRRL's law library and the library's Virginiana collection of genealogical records and local history.

The phone service will be available during curbside pickup hours:

• Wednesdays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Thursdays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The library can be reached at 540-372-1144 or 804-472-3820. Patrons can also contact the library through email or chat at librarypoint.org/ask.

The CRRL has 10 branches and serves as the library system for the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford and Westmoreland and the city of Fredericksburg.