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Make Plans to Attend the Virginia
Literary Awards
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Save the date for Virginia’s biggest night honoring its authors and their
stories!
The Library presents the 27th Annual Virginia Literary
Awards Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 21, 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 conservation, education and community
outreach initiatives. The Virginia Literary Awards are presented by Dominion
Energy.
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Summer Interns Assist with Projects and
Explore Careers in
Libraries & Archives
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The Library of Virginia welcomes the 2024 cohort of summer interns in the
Transforming the Future of Libraries and Archives program! Six college-level paid
interns have joined us to work alongside staff members on projects throughout the
Library. We hope that their experiences will inspire serious consideration of
careers in libraries, archives or museums.
Our 2024 interns are (shown left to right above): Maitri Pathak, Digital
Initiatives & Web Presence intern, Virginia Tech; Nora Birchett, public history,
programming and exhibitions intern, William & Mary; Josie Saunders, information
security intern, Virginia Tech; Brooke Patten, Visual Studies Collection intern,
Christopher Newport University; Shawn Williams, Private Papers Collection intern,
Virginia Commonwealth University; and Kade McGrail, Virginia Untold: The African
American Narrative project intern, Virginia Commonwealth University.
The internship program is supported by EBSCO, the Universal Leaf Foundation, the
Michelle and David Baldacci Vision Fund, the Lynn Rainville and Baron Schwartz
Transformation Fund and generous donations from individuals made to the Library of
Virginia Foundation. If you would like to support this educational program or
others like it, please contact Elaine
McFadden at 804.692.3592.
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June 13 Book Talk Features
Award-Winning History Work
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Join us for a free talk this Thursday, June 13 at noon with
historians Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant on their book “Of Age: Boy
Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era,” the first comprehensive study
of how Americans responded to the unauthorized enlistment of minors in the Civil
War. The book received the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for the finest
scholarly work on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier or the American
Civil War era. A book signing will follow the talk.
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Library Celebrates the Publication
of “Justice for Ourselves” on June 20
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Help us celebrate the launch of a new book from Library of Virginia historians
with a free reception, author talk and book signing on Thursday, June 20,
from 6 to 8 p.m. “Justice for Ourselves: Black Virginians Claim Their
Freedom After Slavery” sheds light on Black Virginians who defined and realized
their freedom after slavery.
Authors John G. Deal, Marianne E. Julienne and Brent Tarter will be joined in a
conversation with U.S. Representative Jennifer McClellan, the first Black woman to
represent Virginia in Congress, who wrote the book’s foreword, and National Park
Service supervisory park ranger Ajena Cason Rogers, who contributed the afterword.
Rogers is a descendant of James A. Fields, one of the early Black legislators
whose stories are featured.
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Author Talk Examines
Anglo-Indigenous Relations in the 17th-Century Chesapeake
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Don’t miss a free lunchtime talk on
Thursday, June 27 that complements the Library’s current
exhibition, “Indigenous Perspectives” (open through Aug. 17, 2024). Historian
Jessica L. Taylor, Ph.D., will discuss her book, “Plain Paths and Dividing Lines:
Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake.”
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The work follows the
Native peoples and the newcomers who crossed emerging boundaries surrounding
Indigenous towns and developing English plantations in the 17th-century Chesapeake
Bay. A book signing will follow the talk.
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Engage With Civic Season:
Juneteenth to the 4th of July
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In partnership with Made by Us, a
coalition of history museums and civic education organizations, the Library of
Virginia will host Civic Season, an initiative to inspire and empower young (and
older) Virginians to become more active citizens. From Juneteenth (June 19)
through July 4th, we encourage you to explore a series of civic
challenges on thought-provoking topics from the Library’s resources and the
Made by Us website.
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Virtual Workshop Examines Use
of AI in Historical Research
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Artificial intelligence has the
potential to automate elements of the research process, but it also poses serious
challenges for researchers concerned about accuracy, privacy and information
ethics.
Join us on Friday, July 12 at noon for Using AI & ChatGPT in
History Research, a free virtual workshop that presents the advantages and
limitations of the technology powering today's AI and offers guidance for making
informed choices about using AI in historical research.
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Library Supports Summer Reading
Programs
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Summer reading programs serve as valuable outreach tools for libraries, offering
children, teens and adults opportunities to retain and enhance their reading
skills and participate in informational and entertaining programming. The Library
of Virginia supports public libraries’ summer learning and reading programs with
federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum of Library Services through the
Library Services and Technology Act. This summer’s theme is “Adventure Begins
at Your Library.” Public libraries receive printed materials, access to a
comprehensive programming manual and an online tracking program.
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2024 Anne & Ryland Brown Teacher Institute
Focuses on Indigenous
History
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Teachers, don’t miss this free professional learning opportunity! Join Library of
Virginia staff members and guest speakers at this year’s two-day Anne & Ryland
Brown Teacher Institute, which will focus on research and projects related to
Virginia’s Indigenous history in support of the Library’s current exhibition,
“Indigenous Perspectives.” The institute offers tools, resources and content to
aid educators in teaching this history in the classroom.
Institute sessions will be held in four locations: Salem (Region 6), July 22–23;
Leesburg (Region 4), July 25–26; Clarksville (Region 8), July 29–30; and Richmond
(Region 1), Aug. 1–2. The 2024 Brown Teacher Institute is supported by the Anne &
Ryland Brown Teacher Enrichment Fund, Virginia Humanities and the Taubman Museum
of Art.
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Shown (left to right) with the Library's three Virginia
Public Relations Awards are communications & marketing specialist Cindy Marks,
communications manager Ann Henderson, director of marketing & communications
Angela Flagg, senior graphic designer Amy Winegardner and graphic designer
Christine Brooks.
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Library Receives Awards for
200th Anniversary Communications Campaign
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The Library of Virginia has been
honored with three Virginia Public Relations Awards for last year’s 200th
anniversary communications campaign, including the Best-in-Show Commonwealth Award
and Awards of Excellence for Government Communications and Integrated
Communications.
The awards were presented by the Public
Relations Society of America’s Richmond chapter during its 77th annual awards
luncheon at The Westwood Club in Richmond on May 30. The awards program recognizes
the most creative and effective communications campaigns and tactics happening
across Virginia.
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Help Us Improve the Library of
Virginia’s Website
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The Library is working to enhance its website, and your input could help shape the
new design and user experience. We’d love to learn how you interact with the site
and what we can improve. Your insights matter. You can help by taking part in a
5-to-10-minute survey.
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