Libraries
About - Columbia Pike
816 South Walter Reed Drive
Arlington, VA 22204
(703) 228-5710
(703) 228-5559 (FAX)
Wi-Fi
CyberCenter
Branch Manager: Jason Rodgers
Hours
Monday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Tuesday & Wednesday: 1:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Directions
The library is next to the Career Center, across the driveway from the Fenwick Clinic, and diagonally across the parking lot from Patrick Henry Elementary School.
From Washington, D.C.
From I-395S take Exit 8, Washington Blvd. Rt. 27, stay to the right. Exit onto Columbia Pike, Rt. 244 W. Turn right onto Walter Reed Drive. Library is one block on your left.
From Memorial Bridge, exit onto Rt. 50W. Move into the left lane. After you cross Washington Blvd., turn left at light onto S. Fillmore Street. Past light at S. 7th Street, library is on your right.
From Alexandria
Rt. 1 North to left on South Glebe Rd. Turn right on Walter Reed Drive to library on left.
From Fairfax
Rt. 66 East to exit 71 Fairfax Drive. Turn right onto Glebe Road. After you cross Rt. 50, turn left onto S. 7th Road (at light). Turn right onto Walter Reed Drive to library on right-hand side.
From Maryland
Rt. 495 West across Cabin John Bridge. Exit #12 to 66 East to Exit 71 Fairfax Drive. Turn right on Glebe Road. After you cross Rt. 50, turn left on S. 7th Road (at light). Right onto Walter Reed Drive to library on right- hand side.
Metrorail and Metrobus
Metrobus: S. Walter Reed Dr. is served by 10B Metrobus. Nearby Columbia Pike is served by the No. 16 Metrobuses.
Materials 61,000
Building Size 22,000 square feet; opened 1975
History
The Columbia Pike Library was founded in 1930 by charter members of the Women's Club of Arlington. In 1936, it became a part of the Arlington Government. Over the years, the library has moved several times to accommodate expanding collections and services.
Currently, the library shares its site with the Arlington Career Center. Prior to that, the Arlington Library, as it was called when it was founded, had several homes including a refurbished garage, the old Columbia School and rented storefronts.
Special Collections
Columbia Pike branch has a comprehensive College & Career section that covers a variety of job, career and academic information since this branch also supports the programs at the Arlington County Career Center.
The branch also specifically provides services to LEP by providing reading areas, periodicals and audiovisual materials in several languages; ESL materials and tours of the library.
The library also provides access to the Internet and to Informe, Consulta, and Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en línea -- databases that provides access to periodicals, encyclopedias, and reference books in Spanish.
