Mr Davies said when completed the new library would have an "excellent collection of books, electronicresources", information technology, WiFI access and learning and meeting rooms.
Stites said Monticello's keepers don't want to get caught up in the political debates about gun control, but there is a lot of community interest in Jefferson's real and falsely attributed quotations, so Jefferson Library researchers provide resources based on searches through electronic and physical archives of Jefferson's writings.