Construction begins on New Sooke Library
October 14, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE After months of planning, negotiations, refinements, and fine-tuning the design, construction on the striking new library on …
News and Stories
Stronger Than Ever
October 8, 2020
This October Library Month – We’re Celebrating Staff! October is Library Month, and this year we’re celebrating the staff who …
VIRL’s Port Clements branch opens for Sit Down Service
October 2, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver Island Regional Library’s (VIRL) Port Clements has opened for Sit Down service. Customers can now visit …
Cowichan library opens for Walkthrough service
September 22, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver Island Regional Library’s (VIRL) Cowichan branch has joined Nanaimo North, South Cowichan, and Nanaimo Harbourfront to …
Work to Begin Shortly on New Sooke library
September 22, 2020
The permits have been issued, the pre-planning is complete, the wait is finally over…construction is set to begin on a …
Vancouver Island Regional Library is Stronger Than Ever with 2021 Budget
September 19, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver Island Regional Library is Stronger Than Ever with 2021 Budget September 19, 2020, Nanaimo, BC – …
New Library Coming to Campbell River
September 16, 2020
A new library in downtown Campbell River is moving ahead. This month, Campbell River Council affirmed its support of the …
eSports At Your Library
September 14, 2020
Throughout the summer, racers from across VIRL’s 39 branches met online every Wednesday from 9 am to 11 am to …
The Lighthouse Keeper
September 14, 2020
Like a lighthouse, our Masset branch, with its unique cabin mystique sits like a beacon on the northern coast of …
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)
