Henrico County is opening its new Fairfield Area Library Sunday, and it dispels any notion that public libraries are losing relevance in a digital age.
The 45 thousand square foot Fairfield library is digital and books and a lot more.
"We use the term community hub," said Library Director Barbara Weedman. "We will have more than 100 plus computers and tablets, a full digital media lab. We will also have a creation classroom where you can do hands-on life-skill learning and we will even have a one-button recording studio that makes it easy to record say a family interview that you would like to preserve or to practice for a job interview."
That kind of activity draws about a thousand people a day at other Henrico libraries. The newest opens Sunday, in the Laburnum Corridor, which has seen a county-inspired building renaissance in recent years.