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
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
If we had to guess, you probably have boxes or drawers full of outdated media.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
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
Last year, during the swarm of programming that is summer reading, the Pulaski County Library System held a series of programs in collaboration with Claytor…
Guest ContributorApril 8, 2024
On a bone-chilling Wednesday evening in February, the Century Room on the lower level of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Gordon Avenue branch is set up…
Guest ContributorMarch 11, 2024
In the way back yonder year of 2020, the Fairfax County Public Library’s (FCPL) Board of Trustees accomplished something nearly unprecedented. In the County’s advertised…
Guest ContributorFebruary 12, 2024
It can be a challenge to find new books, and so we often look to friends, colleagues, bestseller lists, and other sources for ideas when…
Barry TrottJanuary 31, 2024
Public libraries offer many services to their communities. One of the more unique services available to some patrons via their library is U.S. passport application…
Guest ContributorJanuary 8, 2024
At Massanutten Regional Library (MRL), one of the principal ways we serve refugees and immigrants is through accepting I-94 forms, and/or foreign driver’s licenses as…
Guest ContributorDecember 11, 2023
"A Human Library?" I first became aware of this concept while preparing for an interview with Bina Venkataraman about her book, The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking…
Guest ContributorNovember 13, 2023
This is a condensed excerpt is from a longer article, "From Berkeley to Beloved: Race and Sexuality in the History of Book Censorship in Virginia”,…
Guest ContributorOctober 6, 2023
In an increasingly digital world, it can sometimes be a challenge to find a place in a new community to connect with people and find…
Barry TrottSeptember 11, 2023
2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Library of Virginia as well as the second year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives…
Ashley CraigAugust 16, 2023
