Tickets on Sale for 2016 LVA Literary Awards Celebration

Join us for one of the best literary parties of the year! On October 15, 2016, the Library of Virginia’s annual Literary Awards Celebration will feature a stellar lineup, with Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Nikki Giovanni, and the presentation of the very first Honorary Patron of Letters Degree to Carole Weinstein. Winners in the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry award categories will be...

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Celebrate Archives Month in Virginia: Art in the Archives

The Virginia Caucus of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference and the Library of Virginia invite you to celebrate Archives Month in Virginia during the month of October. This year’s theme is Art in the Archives. Archives Month is a nationwide commemoration of the value of archives and of the dedicated professionals who care for our shared history and make it accessible to all...

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Author of Hidden Figures to Speak at LVA on October 25

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, will be at the Library for a “Books on Broad” talk on Tuesday, October 25 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Hidden Figures tells the story of the pioneering black women at NASA who did the calculations that...

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Friends of the Virginia State Archives Establish Book Donation Program for the Library

The Friends of the Virginia State Archives have created a book donation program for the Library of Virginia’s genealogical collections. Library budget cuts sustained over the past 15 years have made acquiring genealogical materials from states other than Virginia a lower priority for purchasing. Our librarians, archivists, and researchers, however, understand that families range far and wide...

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Show Your Love for Your Library Wherever You Go!

The Virginia Library Association and the Virginia Association of School Librarians have been working to create a “Love Your Library” license plate. Virginia law requires 450 pre-paid applications in order for the Virginia General Assembly to approve a new plate. The next General Assembly session convenes in January. If orders reach 450 prior to that time, all applicants will receive alerts and...

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Workshop on How to Value Maps Scheduled for November 5

Most of us have maps, either in drawers, in our attics, or even framed on walls. Have you ever wondered what your maps are worth? Join guest speaker Eliane Dotson as she shares secrets of the trade on how to value maps. Learn what key factors affect the value of a map and how to estimate how much a map is worth...

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American Libraries 2016 Design Showcase Features Virginia Libraries

Several Virginia libraries received recognition in the 2016 Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries. Fenwick Library at George Mason University in Fairfax was recognized for its renovation and expansion project that focuses on a new research commons and includes sustainable energy strategies. The renovation at the Earl Swem Library at the College of...

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Governor Announces Library Board Appointments

Governor Terry McAuliffe has appointed L. Preston Bryant Jr., of Richmond, to the Library Board. Bryant is senior vice president of McGuireWoods Consulting. He previously served as secretary of natural resources in the cabinet of former Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine, where he oversaw the Commonwealth’s environmental, recreational, wildlife, and historic resources agencies. Prior to his...

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October 14, 2016

Dimestore: A Writer's Life

October 14, 2016

Art Meets Literature: An Undying Love Affair

October 15, 2016

LIBRARY CLOSED

October 15, 2016

Literary Luncheon

October 15, 2016

Literary Awards Celebration

October 19, 2016

Three Elections That Remade Virginia

October 25, 2016

Books on Broad featuring Margot Shetterly

November 3, 2016

Behind the Scenes at the Library: Conservation Tours

November 5, 2016

Map Workshop: How to Value Maps

November 11, 2016

CLOSED

November 12, 2016

CLOSED

Through March 2, 2017

First Freedom: Virginia's Statute for Religious Freedom

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