Library closed on Saturday, July 19, 2025
The Library will be closed on Saturday, July 19, 2025, for building maintenance.
The Library will be closed on Saturday, July 19, 2025, for building maintenance.
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 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 Code of Virginia grants the Library Board the authority to award an honorary Patron of Letters degree to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the realm of history, or library or archival science. The Library of Virginia's Patron of Letters degree is the agency's highest honor, awarded each year at the Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration.
Malfourd Trumbo, Chair
Williamsburg
Elizabeth Fowler, Vice Chair
Williamsburg
Peter E. Broadbent Jr.
Richmond
C. Paul Brockwell Jr.
Richmond
L. Preston Bryant Jr.
Richmond
Dr. Robert L. Canida II
Lynchburg
Chelle Davis
Virginia Beach
Suzette Denslow
Richmond
Carol Finerty
Alexandria
Samuel Hayes
Glen Allen
Barbara Vines Little
Orange
Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy
Palmyra
Dr. Mary S. Prentice
Lynchburg
Lana Real
Aylett
Blythe Ann Scott
Norfolk
The Code of Virginia grants the Library Board the authority to award an honorary Patron of Letters degree to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the realm of history, or library or archival science. All nominations will be kept confidential and held on file for future consideration.
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