Openers - The Space Between

Abstract

I recently found myself wondering what Virginia Libraries is really all about (once you make it past the marbled covers). Clearly the journal focuses on libraries, and its geographical center is the Commonwealth of Virginia. So it makes sense that the articles explore various aspects of libraries and librarianship as they relate to the public, special, school, research, and academic libraries within the boundaries of the Old Dominion. Sometimes referred to as “The Mother of Presidents,” our state lays claim to some of the country’s most important history — from the Jamestown settlement, to the Battle of Bull Run, to the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom — and this heritage is handsomely represented in our libraries.