Librarian of Virginia Dr.
Sandra G. Treadway
to Retire in
2023
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Sandra Gioia Treadway announced her intent to retire by the end of the calendar
year after a distinguished 45-year career with the agency. A renowned historian,
Treadway has served as Librarian of Virginia for the past 16 years and was deputy
librarian for 11 years prior to that. She joined the Library in 1978 as an
associate editor of publications and went on to serve in various positions before
being named the State Librarian in 2007.
During her tenure, the Library achieved significant growth in the digitization and
accessibility of its records, opening new windows to the past for diverse
audiences through projects like Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative
and Making History with LVA, our volunteer transcription program. The Library also
expanded onsite public programming to attract new audiences and strengthened
outreach to communities statewide with this year’s launch of the LVA On the Go
mobile programming vehicle.
The Library of Virginia Board has embarked on a national search for the tenth Librarian of Virginia.
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Virginia Literary Awards
Finalists Announced
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The Library has announced finalists for the 2023 Virginia Literary Awards. The awards
are presented to outstanding Virginia authors in the areas of fiction, nonfiction
and poetry. (The nonfiction category includes any author whose book is on a
Virginia subject.)
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The fiction finalists are Bill Glose, All the Ruined Men:
Stories; Bruce Holsinger, The Displacements; and
Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead. The nonfiction
finalists are Margaret Edds, What the Eyes Can't
See; Jonathan M. Katz,
Gangsters of Capitalism; and Beth
Macy, Raising Lazarus. The poetry finalists are Laura
Bylenok, Living Room; Melanie McCabe, The
Night Divers; and Gregory Orr, Selected Books of the
Beloved.
The winners will be announced at the Virginia Literary Awards Celebration
on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, hosted by award-winning author Adriana Trigiani. Join
us for an awards ceremony, dinner and a silent auction to raise support for the
Library’s preservation, education and research initiatives. The Virginia Literary
Awards are presented by Dominion Energy and supported by Carole and Marcus
Weinstein.
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B.K. Fulton Discusses The
Blueprint: Lessons for Living Your Best Life on Aug. 22
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Join us on Aug. 22 at 5:30 p.m. for a
free talk by acclaimed filmmaker, author and entrepreneur B.K. Fulton on his new
book, The Blueprint: Lessons for Living Your Best Life, a
groundbreaking work that serves as inspiration, motivation and a roadmap to
success in both the personal and professional spheres. Fulton shares the secret
sauce behind his impressive accomplishments, which include producing 20 films,
publishing 16 books, creating two number one Broadway shows, launching a popular
magazine and establishing a thriving cable network, among other notable media
investments. A book signing will follow the talk. Registration is
required.
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Clockwise from upper left: Caleb Mayo, Elena Cario,
Raine Maloughney, Joy Wazuka,
Alfonso Zavala Jr., Sophia Ciatti and Kiana
Price.
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Summer Interns Help to
Transform the Future
of Libraries and
Archives
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This summer the Library welcomed the 2023 cohort of interns in the Transforming
the Future of Libraries and Archives program! Seven college-level paid
interns joined us to work alongside Library staff members on projects throughout
the Library. We hope that their experiences will inspire serious
consideration of careers in libraries, archives or museums.
Our 2023 interns are: Elena Cario, Virginia Newspaper Program intern, Christopher
Newport University; Sophia Ciatti, public history intern, Hollins University;
Raine Maloughney, Visual Studies Collection intern, University of Virginia’s
College at Wise; Caleb Mayo, information security intern, Old Dominion University;
Kiana Price, Virginia Untold project intern, Virginia Tech; Joy Wazuka,
fundraising and development intern, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Alfonso
Zavala Jr., library development intern, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University.
The Transforming the Future of Libraries and Archives Internship program
is supported by the Moses D. Nunnally Jr. Charitable Trust B, EBSCO, the Universal
Leaf Foundation and generous donations from individuals made to the Library of
Virginia Foundation. If you would like to support Library of Virginia educational
initiatives like this, please contact Elaine McFadden at 804.692.3592.
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LVA On the Go Visits Nelson
Memorial Library in August
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The Library of Virginia continues its statewide tour in August with LVA On the Go!
As part of our yearlong 200th anniversary celebration, our custom-built vehicle is
bringing some of the Library’s vast resources, staff expertise and programming to
every corner of the commonwealth. A stop at Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s
Nelson Memorial Library on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. will engage visitors with local history, family history,
educational materials, children’s activities and more.
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StoryCorp’s One Small Step Visits the
Library this Fall
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StoryCorps’ One Small Step, a national effort to bring our country
together one conversation at a time, is currently focusing on Richmond and will
record conversations at the Library of Virginia Oct. 2–6,
2023.
The program, which pairs strangers with opposing political views to get to know
each other as people, is looking for individuals in the Richmond metro area who
would like to participate in 50-minute conversations about their lives.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The Library’s Second
Building Opened in 1940
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In 1940 the Library of Virginia moved into its second building, an art deco-style
structure along Broad Street and Capitol Square shared with the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals.
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To complete the move, 40 staff members, along with Works Projects Administration
workers, carried 350,000 volumes and between 2 and 3 million documents through the
tunnel under Capitol Square to the new location. The reading rooms opened to the
public on Dec. 24. Located just north of the Executive Mansion, the structure was
renamed the Patrick Henry Building in 2005 and now houses executive branch
offices.
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