National Library Week
National Library Week is an annual celebration recognized by the City of Fairfax through a mayoral proclamation.
On April 8, 2025, Mayor Catherine S. Reed presented a proclamation acknowledging April 6–12, 2025 as National Library Week under the theme "Drawn to the Library," presented to Library Board of Trustee Vice Chair Suzanne Levy and Library Director Eric Carzon. On April 14, 2026, Mayor Reed again presented a proclamation, this time acknowledging April 19–25, 2026 as National Library Week under the theme "Find Your Joy," presented to Suzanne Levy (now identified as Chairman of the Library Board of Trustees in her second year), Library Director Eric Carzon, and Fairfax City Branch Manager Alana Quarles.
Both proclamations emphasize libraries' roles in community enrichment, free access to resources, intellectual freedom, and lifelong learning. The matter is ceremonial and recurs annually.
What members have said
- Mayor Catherine S. Reed
Mayor Reed presented both proclamations. In 2025, she proclaimed April 6–12 as National Library Week under the theme 'Drawn to the Library,' encouraging the community to visit the library and 'celebrate all the ways that the library draws us together as a community.' In 2026, she proclaimed April 19–25 as National Library Week under the theme 'Find Your Joy,' encouraging the community to visit the library and 'celebrate all the ways that the library helps our community find joy.'
Levy, representing the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees, spoke at the 2026 ceremony, noting she was in her second year as chairman of the board and would be turning the role over to someone else in July 2026. She noted her prior career at the Fairfax City Regional Library and introduced library staff present at the event.
Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.
Discussion time
councilcommissionMinutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting, Apr 8, 2025 onward.
History
Filled dots are actions on this topic; open dots are mentions.
- Apr 8, 2025City Council · item 3aProclamation: National Library Week, April 6–12, 2025
Proclamation acknowledging April 6–12, 2025 as National Library Week in the City of Fairfax was presented.
- Apr 14, 2026City Council · item 3aProclamation acknowledging April 19–25, 2026 as National Library Week
Mayor Read presented a proclamation acknowledging April 19–25, 2026 as National Library Week to Suzanne Levy (Library Board of Trustee Vice Chair), Alana Quarles (Fairfax City Branch Manager), and Eric Carzon (Library Director).