The Library Board consists of 15 members appointed by the Governor for five-year terms.  The Library Board is a policy board. It determines the scope of the Library's collection, establishes policy concerning what books are to be kept, housed, or exhibited by the state library, promotes education in the area of history and library and archival science in the commonwealth and enters into agreements with institutions and organizations with similar purposes.

Mark Emblidge, Chair
Richmond

Ernestine Middleton, Vice Chair
Virginia Beach

Carolyn S. Berkowitz
Burke

The Hon. Jon Bowerbank
Rosedale

Kristin Cabral
McLean

Mark Emblidge
Richmond

Patricia Thomas Evans
Fairfax

Robert Chambliss Light Jr.
Lynchburg

Su Yong Min
Arlington

Christopher G. Oprison
Lovettsville

Emily O'Quinn
Bristol

Marcy Sims
Virginia Beach

M. David Skiles
Centreville

Kathryn Watkins
Midlothian

Carole M. Weinstein
Richmond