BCGEU Members Reject Latest VIRL Proposal
March 4, 2022
Friday, March 4, 2022 – late yesterday, VIRL learned that members of the British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) Local …
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Offer extended to BCGEU, awaiting mediator response
March 3, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 03, 2022 – Early on Tuesday, March 1, Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) offered a …
Correction to BCGEU Local 702 strike notice
February 28, 2022
Correction to BCGEU Local 702 strike notice against Vancouver Island Regional Library Media Release We just received confirmation from the …
BCGEU Local 702 Strike Notice
February 28, 2022
BCGEU Local 702 strike notice against Vancouver Island Regional Library Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) and BC General Employees’ Union Local …
Sooke Giveaway
February 15, 2022
Win a VIP tour of the new Sooke branch (and a VIRL book bag for you and a friend) by …
Winter Issue of Sea & Cedar
February 15, 2022
Nanaimo, BC – After enjoying success with the launch of the inaugural issue in the summer, Vancouver Island Regional Library …
Give Us Your Best Meme Contest
February 14, 2022
How’s your meme game? You could win! We’ve gone fine free this year, but we also need to remind people …
New Sooke Library Set to Open
February 10, 2022
New Sooke library set to open before month’s end The wait is almost over for library lovers in Sooke and …
Fast Facts about Vancouver Island Regional Library
- Vancouver Island Regional Library is the fifth largest library system in British Columbia.
- Holdings at Vancouver Island Regional Library number almost one million and include books, magazines, CD’s and DVD’s. Card holders can borrow materials from any of our 39 locations.
- In 2012 there were 2.6 million visits to our branches and our customers borrowed 4.6 million items.
- Vancouver Island Regional Library opened its doors in 1936 as the Vancouver Island Union Library. We were the second regional library in North America.
- With 39 branch libraries across the island, Vancouver Island Regional Library serves over 430,000 people on Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and the Central Coast (Bella Coola)
