Summer Internships

Available for Students from Diverse Backgrounds

As part of its commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, access, and inclusion, the Library of Virginia encourages diversity in the future workforce within libraries and archives. We are pleased to offer several paid internship opportunities this summer to college-level students from diverse backgrounds who are currently underrepresented in the library field. Internships in the areas of public history, manuscripts, visual studies, digital collections, information security, and fundraising will run from June 6 to August 12, 2022. The deadline to apply is April 20. This program was made possible through generous support from donors to the Library of Virginia Foundation.

On display April 27–June 30, 2022, in the Petersburg Public Library at 201 W. Washington Street, the exhibition will also be part of the Petersburg Garden Tour on April 26, the day before it opens to the public.

Matters of Scale Exhibition at Petersburg Public Library Explores Southern Gardens

The Petersburg Garden Club, Petersburg Public Library, and the Library of Virginia present the exhibition Matters of Scale: Charles F. Gillette in Petersburg, which celebrates the work of the renowned landscape architect. From the 1920s through the 1960s, Gillette’s name was synonymous with the best landscape design in the upper South. Although he is most remembered for his private estate work, Gillette’s Petersburg designs serve as a microcosm of his broader career. This program was made possible through generous support from donors to the Library of Virginia Foundation.

The Library’s Carole Weinstein Author Series Continues with Kristen Green

Please join us for a talk at the Library by New York Times best-selling author and journalist Kristen Green on Thursday, April 14 at 6:00 PM. Her latest book, The Devil's Half Acre, explores the inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated Richmond’s infamous slave jail. Green draws on years of research to tell the extraordinary and little-known story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who blazed a path of liberation for thousands.

Our Library Development and Networking Division invites you to visit your local public library to find information about autism. As many as one in every 59 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder, a complex developmental disability that affects the normal functioning of the brain.