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About Us
VISION
The Library of Virginia will inspire learning, ignite imagination, create possibilities, encourage understanding, and engage Virginia's past to empower its future.
MISSION
As the Commonwealth's library and archives, the Library of Virginia is a trusted educational institution. We acquire, preserve, and promote access to unique collections of Virginia's history and culture and advance the development of library and records management services statewide.
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The Library of Virginia, the Commonwealth’s state library and archives, is the state’s oldest institution dedicated to preserving and providing access to Virginia’s history, government and culture. Our online offerings attract nearly 4 million website visits per year, and our resources, exhibitions and events bring in nearly 100,000 visitors each year. The Library’s collections, containing more than 130 million items, document and illustrate the lives of both famous Virginians and ordinary citizens.
The Library supplies research and reference assistance to state officials, provides consulting services to state and local government agencies and to Virginia's public libraries, administers numerous federal, state and local grant programs, provides educational programs and resources on Virginia history and culture for students and teachers, and offers the public a wide array of exhibitions, lectures, author talks and other programs.
In addition to the main Library building, the Library manages the State Records Center in Henrico County, where inactive, non-permanent records of state agencies and local governments are housed.
