Editor's Note: As a participant in the inaugural year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives Internship Program last year, Zillia Dollinger worked in…
Zillia DollingerJuly 12, 2023
For this month’s blog post, I asked Callie Freed, Local Records Archivist, to reflect on her experience indexing and reviewing our “Free Negro Registers” collection…
Callie FreedMarch 29, 2023
Shortly after the end of the Civil War, which had a devastating impact on the commonwealth’s records, the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia)…
Library of VirginiaMarch 3, 2023
A staff member recently asked me when VTLS, the Library’s first Integrated Library System with an online catalog for the public, was installed. While searching…
Ginny DunnJanuary 16, 2023
Hello! I’m Jenna (she/her) and I’m currently working as a doctoral extern on the State Records team at the Library of Virginia. During my externship,…
Jenna GabrielDecember 7, 2022
This blog entry is part of a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in reading more like…
Vince BrooksNovember 21, 2022
It started with an email. Four days before the inauguration of Governor-elect Ralph Northam on 13 January 2018, Jae K. Davenport, deputy counsel to outgoing…
Roger ChristmanNovember 9, 2022
When Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) archivists from the Library of Virginia travel to circuit court clerks’ offices to examine items as potential candidates…
Library of VirginiaNovember 2, 2022
Happy Archives Month! The month of October is a special time for archivists across the state as we celebrate archival material and the archival profession.…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 5, 2022
This blog entry is part of a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in reading more like…
Vince BrooksSeptember 19, 2022
Summer 2022 marked the first cohort of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives Internship Program. With great excitement and anticipation, we welcomed six…
Sonya ColemanAugust 22, 2022
This is a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes entries…
Vince BrooksAugust 15, 2022
This blog entry is part of a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in reading more like…
Vince BrooksJuly 18, 2022
This is the first blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince BrooksJune 20, 2022
