When Virginia Commonwealth University was created in 1968 its two libraries, James Branch Cabell and Tompkins-McCaw, collectively held less than 200,000 volumes. Over the next 25 years, the libraries developed a strong university library system and built a collection that hit the one-millionth volume mark in the spring of 1993. During the 1992-1993 academic year, University Library Services (forerunner of The VCU Libraries) celebrated this accomplishment with a series of programs and activities that stretched from November to April culminating with a two-day event held during National Library Week.
