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Library of Virginia secures $350,000 NEH grant to expand archival shelving
Summary
State Archivist Greg Crawford told the board the Library received a $350,000 NEH grant to replace cantilever bookshelves with archival shelving on the fourth floor, nearly doubling storage capacity and improving preservation outcomes.
State Archivist Greg Crawford reported to the Library Board that the Library secured a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the 4th Floor Storage Project. The funding will replace cantilever shelving with archival shelving intended to nearly double storage capacity and improve long‑term preservation for government records and special collections.
Crawford also described ongoing digitization efforts under the Virginia Untold project, which continues to index Free Black registers statewide to expand access. The board received the update as part of the Archival, Collections and Records Management Services Committee report; no motion changing collections policy was recorded at this meeting.
