VIRL’s Indigenous Voices Wins BCLA Award
June 12, 2019
Nanaimo, BC: Vancouver Island Regional Library’s Indigenous Voices program took home a prestigious Building Better Communities award at the 2019 …
News and Stories
Sooke Library Update
June 11, 2019
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, Sooke, BC: A new library for the community of Sooke continues to march towards construction. Revisions …
VIRL’s 2018 Annual Report Bridges Divides and Tells Our Story
June 5, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 5, 2019, Vancouver Island, BC: Vancouver Island Regional Library’s (VIRL) 2018 Annual Report, which was …
Sidney/North Saanich Library Grand Opening Celebrations
June 5, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 5, 2019, Sidney, BC – The entertainers are booked, the speeches are written, and VIRL …
The Art of Code-istry at Your Library
June 4, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 4, 2019, Campbell River, BC – By now, most of us have an idea of what …
BCLA Building Better Communities Award
May 15, 2019
BCLA Building Better Communities Award “Be authentic. If you don’t know, ASK. Avoid making broken promises.” -Melanie Barnum …
Reimagined Sidney/North Saanich Library Set to Reopen
May 13, 2019 | Sidney / North Saanich
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sidney, BC – The shelves are stocked, the paint is dry, the public computers are hooked up, …
Contract Awarded for New Sayward Library
April 8, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sayward, BC – The new Sayward library has taken an important step towards construction. On April 5, …
Scheduled Catalogue Maintenance
March 27, 2019
The library’s circulation system will undergo an upgrade on Wednesday, April 3rd. Customers may experience a service disruption between 6:00 …
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)
