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.

The Hon. Clifton A. Woodrum III,  Chair
Roanoke

The. Hon.Meyera E. Oberndorf, Vice Chair
Virginia Beach

Cynthia V. Bailey
Richmond

The Hon. Jon Bowerbank
Rosedale

Peter E. Broadbent, Jr., Esquire
Richmond

John S. DiYorio
Wytheville

Mark E. Emblidge
Richmond

Patricia Thomas Evans
Fairfax

Valerie Jean Mayo
Colonial Beach

Ernestine Middleton
Virginia Beach

David Poyer
Franktown

Mark D. Romer
Richmond

Charles W. Sydnor, Jr.
Glade Spring