i]ZbV\Vo^cZd[i]Z]Z broadSIDE FALL 2009 Archives Month in Virginia, page 2 INSIDE STORY broadSIDE THE i]ZbV\Vo^cZd[i]Z LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA Challenging Times Continue FALL 2009 I]ZZXdcdbnVcYi]ZA^WgVgnd[K^g\^c^V[Vb^an A>7G6G>6CD;K>G<>C>6 HVcYgV<#IgZVYlVn f you are a regular reader of Broadside, you know that A>7G6GN7D6G98=6>G Ithe Library of Virginia is a state agency—but it is also ?d]cH#9^Ndg^d so much more. It is a family. Not a conventional family connected by bloodlines, perhaps, but a family nonetheless, :9>IDG>6A7D6G9 bound together by our shared passion for the remarkable ?Vc^XZB#=Vi]XdX` collections housed within our walls. Any day you visit you will 6cc:#=ZcYZghdc <gZ\\9#@^bWVaa see staff members throughout the agency working together BVgn7Zi]BX>ci^gZ to find new ways to preserve and make accessible the books, HjonHoVhoEVabZg documents, newspapers, photographs, and maps as well as the church, business, and genealogical records entrusted to :9>IDG our care. Every day we share our passion with visitors and 6cc:#=ZcYZghdc researchers who flock to us—in person and through our Web 8DEN:9>IDG site—in their quest to learn more about Virginia and its rich 400-year history. :b^an?#HVabdc Like all families today, the Library has experienced the stresses of the current <G6E=>89:H><C:G economic climate. Successive waves of budget reductions—including the most recent one 6bn8#L^cZ\VgYcZg this September—have compelled us to tighten our belts more than any other time since the 1930s. The state funding that we worked so hard to acquire for our conservation, E=DID<G6E=N E^ZggZ8djgid^h preservation, and micrographics programs is nearly all gone. We have drastically reduced our journal subscriptions and have put on hold the purchase of most books and 8DCIG>7JIDGH manuscripts, including new works of Virginia history and genealogy. We have closed the 7VgWVgV8#7Vihdc Virginia Shop to investigate more-effective business models for its operation. We have also EV^\ZHiZkZch7jX]W^cYZg lost several dedicated staff members and have many unfilled positions because we simply I]dbVh:#8VbYZc cannot cover the salary costs. ?^b<gZkZ The Library’s situation is not unique. Every family, business, government agency, 9dcVaYL#<jciZg IVbZ`V7#=dWWh and not-for-profit organization is facing the same reality. We will adjust and regroup, and, @Vi]n?dgYVc with luck, will emerge from this challenging time stronger, more focused, and even better 7ZihnG#Bdhh prepared to meet the future. ?Zcc^[Zg9Vk^hBX9V^Y Service to the public is our foremost priority, and we have tried to minimize the impact 9VaZA#CZ^\]Wdgh of our budget situation on our users. Still, we have had to make some changes, and we 8Vi]Zg^cZ<#DWg^dc thank you in advance for your patience and understanding if you encounter a waiting period 6jijbcH^behdc for materials or if it takes longer for someone to return your e-mail or phone call. 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Brian Daugherity, a historian and collateral instructor and assistant to the chair of the history department at Virginia ARCHIVES MONTH EVENTS Commonwealth University, will speak at the Museum of the Confederacy at noon. All events are free. Through October 31, 2009 Tuesday, October 27 | 11:00 AM–3:00 PM EXHIBITION Virginia History and Archives Fair Thursday, October 29 | Noon–1:00 PM To Choose Our Better History Place: Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond BOOK TALK & SIGNING Place: Library of Virginia Come learn more about archives and special I Am Murdered: George Wythe, The items in this exhibition represent collections at the Library of Virginia, Roanoke Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That individuals and groups and the causes they College, the Valentine Richmond History Shocked a New Nation have taken up—fighting for woman’s rights, Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Place: Library of Virginia working to assist the poor, combating a the Virginia Historical Society, the Virginia American cultural historian Bruce Chadwick corrupt city council, and providing relief to Museum of Fine Arts, and more, as well as will discuss his book I Am Murdered: George those in need during difficult times.