For a public library, summer is possibly the busiest time of year. It’s when some version of a summer reading program is offered. Aimed at…
Guest ContributorApril 14, 2025
The Alexandria Library Local History/Special Collections branch has a national reputation concerning Virginia history. Researchers not only use this collection when conducting genealogy and Civil…
Guest ContributorJanuary 24, 2025
Since 1966, the motto of the Lynchburg Public Library has been “a library for all citizens.” It’s one thing to repeat it for nearly 60…
Guest ContributorNovember 12, 2024
When I was assigned the task of starting a "Learning Circle" at my library, Prince William Public Libraries (PWPL), I was unsure what it entailed.…
Guest ContributorOctober 14, 2024
Do you want to go camping or hiking in the Shenandoah Valley? Maybe you have never camped before or want to get your family outside…
Guest ContributorSeptember 9, 2024
What began as an outreach opportunity between the Chesterfield County Public Library (CCPL) and the Chesterfield Juvenile Detention Home (CJDH) has evolved into a year-round…
Guest ContributorAugust 12, 2024
Roughly 20% of the population is neurodivergent, meaning that over 6,000 individuals in Halifax County, Virginia, have a neurodivergent condition. These children and adults had…
Guest ContributorJuly 8, 2024
Now celebrated as a federal holiday, Juneteenth marks the date of June 19, 1865, when the Union Army arrived in Galveston and announced that the…
Guest ContributorJune 19, 2024
If we had to guess, you probably have boxes or drawers full of outdated media. Don’t worry, we do too! And we have a solution…
Guest ContributorJune 10, 2024
Katie Drash Mapes, history graduate student at VCU and museum educator with Preservation Virginia, shares what she discovered about William Caswell, a free Black man,…
Guest ContributorMay 20, 2024
The Sphere in Las Vegas is a virtual reality building seating 18,000 viewers, and as the lights dim to darkness, these viewers become fully enveloped…
Guest ContributorMay 13, 2024
Melanie McCabe is the author of three books of poetry: The Night Divers (a finalist for the most recent Library of Virginia Literary Awards), What…
Guest ContributorApril 26, 2024
Laura Bylenok is the author of three books, including Living Room, winner of the Backwaters Prize in Poetry; Warp, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize;…
Guest ContributorApril 19, 2024
Gregory Orr is the author of thirteen collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Selected Books of the Beloved. He is also the…
Guest ContributorApril 12, 2024
