The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and community
are top priorities at the Library of
Virginia. To help contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the
Library is closed to the public through
the end of April 2020. Please check our website at lva.virginia.gov
regularly for the most up-to-date
information on our operating status. We are monitoring the developing
situation closely and following
directives from the Office of the Governor and guidelines from the Virginia
Department of Health and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Library has suspended all public events, workshops, programs, and tours
through April 30, 2020.
We hope to reschedule as many events as possible, so please check our News
and Events calendar
later this spring at lva.virginia.gov/news/ and follow us on social media.
Library users who have books or other materials checked out are asked not
to return them until the Library
reopens. Loan periods will be extended and no fines will accrue while the
Library is closed.
Library staff members are working during this public health emergency from
Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM–
5:00 PM, and will respond to your questions and research inquiries. For
Library Reference assistance, call
804.692.3777 or email [log in to unmask] For Archives Reference
assistance, call 804.692.3888 or
email [log in to unmask] For general inquiries, call 804.692.3535
or go
to lva.virginia.gov/about/contact to find a staff directory. As many staff
are teleworking at present, please
leave a voice message and a staff member will get back to you promptly.
While our building is closed, researchers are encouraged to use our
numerous online resources. Links to our
most frequently used online collections can be found at
https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en
.
Resources for students and teachers can be found at
edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/ and
https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en
.
For an online version of our current exhibition, We Demand: Women’s
Suffrage in Virginia, see
edu.lva.virginia.gov/wedemand/.
Services to state agencies through the State Records Center on Charles City
Road are continuing as normal.
The research room at the State Records Center, however, is closed to the
general public until further notice.
Virginia public libraries needing assistance can continue to call upon our
staff in the Library Development and
Networking Division. Library of Virginia resources for library
professionals and trustees can be found at
lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/LDND/ and vpl.virginia.gov/.
Thank you for your continued patience as we navigate this unprecedented
situation together.
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