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

The Hon. Jon Bowerbank
Rosedale

Peter E. Broadbent Jr., Esquire
Richmond

John S. DiYorio
Wytheville

Patricia Thomas Evans
Fairfax

Robert Chambliss Light Jr.
Lynchburg

Valerie Jean Mayo
Colonial Beach

Ernestine Middleton
Virginia Beach

Su Yong Min
Arlington

Emily O'Quinn
Bristol

Mark D. Romer
Richmond

Kathryn Watkins
Midlothian

Carole M. Weinstein
Richmond