Per the Commonwealth's Appropriation Act, Chapter 1042, Section 1-75, Item 259, Paragraphs B.1 and B.2, for the biennium ending 30 June 2004, the Library of Virginia annually receives $650,000 in General Fund monies to support fifteen full-time positions "to relieve the 54-year backlog in processing significant archival, special, and other historical collections."

The following report is submitted in compliance with the Budget's instructions that the Librarian of Virginia and the State Archivist shall report annually to the Governor and to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees on the Library's "progress to date in reducing its archival backlog."

This report is for the period 1 July 2003 through 30 June 2004, and details the agency's progress in processing the backlog of archival materials.