Lorton Library

I have been to many libraries and never seen such a noisy one. Children's section is like a playground. While there is a playground right outside, parents chose to run around and play with their kids in the library instead. It is not just the little kids; it is the older kids like 10 and older who sit by the computers and talk to each other loud across the library. Same with adults. They talk to each other as if they are in a shopping mall. There is a 'silent room'. It is basically a 'cellphone booth' for teens. The librarians are nice and professional. But they need to maintain order and quiter environment in the library. I worked in a library, and I know this is possible.

Great library. It’s small but the space works. Due to its size, you’re likely to be sitting closely to others who just hang out and/or don’t show proper library etiquette. One lady came in, sat right next to me wearing strong perfume. Couldn’t stand it so I left. The next day, another lady sat next to me with nasal runny nose issues. I left again. Very distracting both times. If you have work to do that requires intense focus, book one of the meeting rooms if possible.

This is a nice and quiet local library. It recently tore down and they rebuilt another one. I think it's about the same size as it was before but I'm not sure.

Everything looks new and modern though and there was an addition of the local exercise area attached to the building as well. All in all a very nice library for our smallish community. There's also a nice playground with new equipment for both small children and adults.

Plus libraries are just awesome and I love going to mine.

Went to vote with family. Afterwards wanted to look around the library. Entered the area where a small gym was not knowing you had to sign into the area to look around, although my spouse had entered earlier. Was confronted by the female desk clerk in a not very friendly manner with eyes rolling although I expressed that it wasn't that big of a deal and I understood what she was saying. We just left (wife and daughter) and I without any further conversations as it didn't seem worth the trouble the way the desk clerk reacted to me.

The children's area is great, my son enjoys the little toy bins you can borrow from the front desk as well as the little scavenger hunts and drawing prompts that they have set up for the kids and the playground outside is an added bonus. The quiet computer area is great for getting some work done when you need to block out outside distractions. The only thing I would change about the library is the selection of books. I know its on the smaller side compared to other Fairfax libraries but they don't seem to carry most of the books that I've requested that other branches carry.

I love this library. There are so many things to do. Story time for kids and other activities for adults.

Recently renovated with an outdoor playground and field for kids and a children's place inside the library. It's also in the same building as the Lorton Community Center.

We stopped into the newly opened Lorton Library today. It was a bit smaller than I expected, but it was nicely laid out. Everything was fresh and bright with lots of windows on the library side.

There was an assortment of seating options throughout the library, particularly in the kids area. The young kids area is open to the rest of the library, but somewhat separated by a large open doorway. They thoughtfully put a family bathroom right next to the kids books, in addition to the traditional bathrooms right near the entrance to the library. The traditional women's bathroom had three stalls with a toddler safety seat in the larger handicap stall. The door to enter the bathroom has a handicap accessible button to automatically swing the door open.

They've decorated the children's area with a fun tree that has seats around the base. There are also windows with wide frames that kids can sit on to view the cars going by. As a parent of young kids, I appreciated the lack of computers with games as some other libraries have done. There were computers near to the kids area, but they were off to the side and not as enticing as the books. Additionally, they created a teen room complete with a door to quiet any noise they might make, books, large screen tvs, and couches.

They were still working on some construction aspects in the foyer area when we visited, and at this time we have not checked out the community center side of the building.

Outdoors they have both a playground and an adjacent workout area that adults could use (or kids could possibly climb around on). They also thoughtfully included several picnic tables with attached awnings between the two. One of the tables included a shorter bench to be accessible by a wheelchair user.