Virginia Beach Public Library System
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.
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