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{{Infobox library
| image = MeyeraOberndorfLibraryLong.jpg
| image = MeyeraOberndorfLibraryLong.jpg
| caption = Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
| caption = Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
| library_name = Virginia Beach Public Library System
| library_name = Virginia Beach Public Library System
| library_logo =
| library_logo =
| location = [[Virginia Beach]], [[Virginia]]
| location = [[Virginia Beach]], [[Virginia]]
| established = 1930
| established = 1930
| num_branches = 13
| num_branches = 11
| collection_size = > 1,000,000 items
| collection_size = > 1 million items
| pop_served =
| pop_served =
| budget =
| budget =
| director = Marcy Sims
| director = Kimberly Knight
| num_employees =
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| website = http://www.vbgov.com/libraries
| website = https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov
}}
}}
'''Virginia Beach Public Library''' (VBPL), located in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]], provides free access to accurate and current information and materials to all individuals, and promotes reading as a critical life skill. The library supports the educational and leisure needs of Virginia Beach citizens with a system of area libraries, a [[bookmobile]], a [[virtual library]], the Wahab Public Law Library, the Municipal Reference Library, and the Special Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped. The collection contains more than 1,000,000 print and non-print items.
'''Virginia Beach Public Library''' (VBPL), located in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]] is a comprehensive library system serving Virginia Beach, an [[independent city (United States)|independent city]] with a population of 450,000 in the [[Hampton Roads]] metropolitan area of [[Virginia]]. The library supports the educational and leisure needs of citizens with a system of area libraries, a [[bookmobile]], a [[virtual library]], the Wahab Public Law Library, the Municipal Reference Library, and the Library and Resource Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI). The collection contains more than 1 million print and non-print items.


== Branches ==
== Branches ==
VBPL has 13 locations including a youth library, a law library, a virtual library and a Bookmobile. The different library buildings range in size from the large {{convert|90000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Central Library on busy Virginia Beach Boulevard to the much smaller Pungo-Blackwater Library attached to Creeds Elementary School on Princess Anne Road. Library locations included: Central Library, Bayside Special Service Library, Great Neck Area Library, Kempsville Area Library, Oceanfront Area Library, Princess Anne Area Library, Pungo-Blackwater Library, South Rosemont Youth Library, Windsor Woods Area Library. On December 10, 2008, just before [[Meyera E. Oberndorf]]'s 21-year run as city mayor ended, the city council unanimously voted to rename the city's Central Library the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library.<ref name="meyera"/>
VBPL has 11 locations including a joint-use library with a community college, a law library, and a bookmobile for early literacy outreach. The different library buildings range in size from the large {{convert|90000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Central Library on busy Virginia Beach Boulevard to the much smaller Pungo-Blackwater Library attached to Creeds Elementary School on Princess Anne Road. Library locations included: Central Library, Bayside Special Service Library, Great Neck Area Library, Kempsville Area Library, Oceanfront Area Library, Princess Anne Area Library, Pungo-Blackwater Library, TCC/City Joint-Use Library, Windsor Woods Area Library. On December 10, 2008, just before [[Meyera E. Oberndorf]]'s 21-year run as city mayor ended, the city council unanimously voted to rename the city's Central Library the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library.<ref name="meyera"/>

== Reference and Information Services ==
VBPL offers citizens multiple ways to ask the library for assistance: telephone, in person, email and instant message (IM). Telephone, in person and email assistance are available during normal library hours:
* Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
* Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
* Saturdays 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
* Sundays 1 - 5 p.m. (1st Sunday after Labor Day - May)

Ask VBPL, the library's virtual reference via IM is available during the following hours:
* Monday - Thursday 3 - 7 p.m.
* Saturdays 1 – 5 p.m.

Anyone can ask the library a question via IM without having their own personal IM account. Customers need to type a question in the Ask VBPL box on the [http://www.vbgov.com/askvbpl Ask the Library web page].

== Library Governance and Support ==
The library is governed by a 13-member Advisory Board which is appointed by City Council and includes city, school and teen members. In addition to the funding provided by the city and the state, the library is supported by the Friends of the Virginia Beach Public Library. The Friends provide approximately $100,000 of annual funding for library programs. The Virginia Beach Public Library Foundation, with assets of over $1 million, also supports the Library by funding large initiatives such as Ready to Learn and the International Language Collection.

== Special Collections ==
===Grants Collection===
The Grants Collection of print and electronic resources providing access to essential information related to grantsmanship, educational and research funding, as well as literature on proposal-writing, fundraising, nonprofit management, and philanthropy. Part of the Grants Collection is a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center, an independent national service organization in New York. Due to licensing restrictions, this cooperating collection is available only at the Virginia Beach Central Library. In addition, the Grants Resource Center includes other materials in both print and electronic format on scholarships, fellowships, grants, and other funding opportunities for individuals and nonprofit organizations from private, corporate, and federal funding agencies.

===International Language Collection===
The International Language Collection includes books, spoken recordings, and DVDs in the following languages: Spanish, Tagalog, French, German, Russian, Japanese and Latin. These materials are available at the Central, Bayside, Great Neck, Kempsville, Oceanfront, Princess Anne, and Pungo Blackwater Libraries.

== Mission ==
The mission of the Virginia Beach Public Libraries provide diverse opportunities for learning and gathering that promote personal fulfillment, self-reliance and a sense of community, provide free and convenient access to accurate and current information and materials, and promote reading as a critical life skill and enjoyable activity for the entire Virginia Beach community.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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|date=December 10, 2008
|publisher=City of Virginia Beach
|publisher=City of Virginia Beach
|accessdate=September 18, 2010}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commonscat|Virginia Beach Public Library System}}
{{Commons category|Virginia Beach Public Library System}}
*[http://www.vbgov.com/libraries Virginia Beach Public Library]
*[https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/ Virginia Beach Public Library]
*[http://vbplcat.vbgov.com/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/X/X/X/60/1180/X Online Catalog]
*[https://vbpl.ent.sirsi.net/ Online Catalog]
*[https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/books-more/digital-library/research Online Reference Sources]
*[http://www.vbgov.com/vgn.aspx?vgnextchannel=4b315bdd8cd5c010VgnVCM1000006310640aRCRD&vgnextparchannel=0b81fd67f3ad9010VgnVCM100000870b640aRCRD Online Reference Sources]
*[https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/programs-events Library Programs]
*[http://www.vbgov.com/vgn.aspx?vgnextchannel=d25c5bdd8cd5c010VgnVCM1000006310640aRCRD&vgnextparchannel=0b81fd67f3ad9010VgnVCM100000870b640aRCRD Library Programs]
*[https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/visit/location-hours Library Hours and Directions]
*[http://www.vbgov.com/askvbpl Ask VBPL]
*[https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/research-learn/edgar-t-brown-local-history-archive Local History]
*[http://www.vbgov.com/vgn.aspx?vgnextoid=17adb2c08804c010VgnVCM1000006310640aRCRD&vgnextchannel=7232fd67f3ad9010VgnVCM100000870b640aRCRD&vgnextparchannel=0b81fd67f3ad9010VgnVCM100000870b640aRCRD Library Hours and Directions]
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*[https://virginiabeach.gov/ City of Virginia Beach]
*[http://www.vbgov.com/history Local History - Building The Community Through the Past]

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*[http://www.vbgov.com/ City of Virginia Beach]
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Latest revision as of 17:00, 16 April 2024

Virginia Beach Public Library System
Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
LocationVirginia Beach, Virginia
Established1930
Branches11
Collection
Size> 1 million items
Other information
DirectorKimberly Knight
Websitehttps://libraries.virginiabeach.gov

Virginia Beach Public Library (VBPL), located in Virginia Beach, Virginia is a comprehensive library system serving Virginia Beach, an independent city with a population of 450,000 in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. The library supports the educational and leisure needs of citizens with a system of area libraries, a bookmobile, a virtual library, the Wahab Public Law Library, the Municipal Reference Library, and the Library and Resource Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI). The collection contains more than 1 million print and non-print items.

Branches

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VBPL has 11 locations including a joint-use library with a community college, a law library, and a bookmobile for early literacy outreach. The different library buildings range in size from the large 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) Central Library on busy Virginia Beach Boulevard to the much smaller Pungo-Blackwater Library attached to Creeds Elementary School on Princess Anne Road. Library locations included: Central Library, Bayside Special Service Library, Great Neck Area Library, Kempsville Area Library, Oceanfront Area Library, Princess Anne Area Library, Pungo-Blackwater Library, TCC/City Joint-Use Library, Windsor Woods Area Library. On December 10, 2008, just before Meyera E. Oberndorf's 21-year run as city mayor ended, the city council unanimously voted to rename the city's Central Library the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library.[1]

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  1. ^ "Central Library Renamed for Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf". City of Virginia Beach. December 10, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
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