Our Library System
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library System is one of 16 regional library systems in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its headquarters is the Eastern Shore Regional Library in Parksley. The Northampton Free Library in Nassawadox is a branch of the system. Our public library system also provides staff, services and materials to the affiliated Chincoteague Island Library and services and materials to the affiliated Cape Charles Memorial Library. Accomack and Northampton Counties provide operating budgets to the Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library System based on population.
While the Chincoteague Island Library and the Cape Charles Memorial Library are affiliated with the Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library System, they are separate organizations with their own budgets and governance. They have agreements, as part of the Eastern Shore Public Library System for technical services (cataloging, sharing online databases), sharing items and benefitting from visits by young adult and children's librarians working out of the Regional Library. The ESV Regional Library van circulates books and other materials. A part-time librarian from the Regional Library also works at Chincoteague.
A Board of Trustees is the governing body of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library System. Appointed by the Supervisors of Accomack (six trustees) and Northampton Counties (three trustees), the Trustees set policy, oversee Library finances and make the decisions about the Regional Library and Northampton Free Library’s future, such as when and where to make capital improvements.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library System website is a great place to learn about the many services and activities offered by our library system. It also contains informative monthly system reports, a roster of Trustees and their meeting minutes. Visit them at https://espl.org
To keep up with everything that is happening at our libraries, you can subscribe to this newsletter at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/iVNf8LU.
The monthly calendar of events can be found at https://espl.org/events/.
Cape Charles Memorial Library - https://espl.org/cape-charles-memorial-library/
Chincoteagued Island Library - https://espl.org/chincoteague-island-library/