A Year Unlike Any Other: A Letter to VLA’s Membership

In this President’s letter to the Virginia Library Association membership, the author reflects on a challenging year. We saw libraries across Virginia close in the spring as we tried to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. COVID-19 has changed a lot about how we deliver services in libraries, but it has not changed our mission or our desire to serve our communities. And while many of VLA’s events, including the 2020 Annual Conference, had to be cancelled, VLA continued to move new initiatives and projects forward, including changes to the structure of the Lifetime Membership award, new affiliation with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, approval of a new VLA logo, and the awarding of the 2020 VLA Presidential Citation. The author closes with an invitation to VLA members to the 2021 VLA Annual Conference in October.