May 2026

With Final Exercises in the past, we put together a Q&A with a few graduating Library student workers about their plans for the future, their favorite part of working at the Library, and more.

Sue Donovan was on the team of conservators who opened the 134-year-old commemorative box that had been buried beneath the Lee statue. Jordan analyzed the contents inside for clues about the lives of Black Richmonders in the 1890s. Both had much to say about what they found.

Three librarians recommend everything from Akira Kurosawa’s thriller “Rashomon” to “Crying in H Mart,” a memoir by indie-pop singer Michelle Zauner.