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JMRL serves the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. There are eight library locations, the Bookmobile, and a Digital Library that can be accessed from anywhere.

JMRL and Virginia Humanities are pleased to announce that Rachel Beanland’s Florence Adler Swims Forever, winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction, is the 2024 Same Page Community Read selection.  About Same Page Community Read: Each year, JMRL invites all book lovers to participate in the Same Page Community Read throughout […]
Dial 833-690-0646 to hear a story read in both English and Spanish.  The Library of Virginia offers a new story each Wednesday—a rotation of recent picture books, fairy tales and folk tales, books highlighting equity, diversity and inclusion, and classic picture books.  This program, available to listeners around the state 24/7, presents an analog opportunity for strengthening […]
Brown Baggers book club met Thursday, December 21 to celebrate the end of 2023 with a potluck. As is our December tradition, instead of discussing one book title, we shared lots of book suggestions for our upcoming reading season, which will kick off this June. After profiling almost 40 books, the group voted on their […]