Digital Access I visited the National Air and Space museum library at the Udvar-Hazy Museum in Chantilly, VA. This is part of the Smithsonian Institute. The website indicates that access is available to researchers by appointment only. I called and explained our project and was able to get a last minute appointment due to a…

Academic Library visit Space and Physical Access The Fenwick Library is located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. It is a 5 story building in the heart of campus. Access as a visitor was difficult. Parking instructions on the website were confusing and no options were close to the library. I parked in…

Digital Access The public library I chose to visit, Chantilly Regional Library, is a branch of the Fairfax County Public Library system. This library serves the public in a suburban area of Fairfax county, Virginia. The website is https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/chantilly-regional. On the website I could easily find the hours, the location and the ‘contact us’ information….

Space, Physical Access and People The school library I chose to visit is the Brookfield Elementary School library. Brookfield is a Title 1 school in Fairfax county, located in the heart of a neighborhood of older single family homes with a median selling price of about $580,000 (Neighborhoods.com, n.d.). The school also serves about 800…