Catalogue Scheduled Update Oct. 8 (Catalogue Unavailable)
October 1, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the VIRL catalogue will be undergoing upgrades on Tuesday, October 8 between 10pm and …
News and Stories
Comox Infrastructure Project
September 25, 2024
A Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD)-led Sewer Conveyance Project is currently taking place in the Comox Valley, involving the installation of …
Summer Reading Clubs Are Here (for All Ages)!
July 16, 2024
It’s Summer Reading Club season at Vancouver Island Regional Library Summer is here and that means summer reading clubs and challenges …
Unlimited audiobooks are here! And there are ZERO holds!
June 26, 2024
Introducing Blackstone Tired of waiting for your next great audiobook? The wait is over! Blackstone Unlimited offers 6,500 unlimited-use electronic …
Island Health Supports Washroom Sensors For Library
June 18, 2024
Simple, safe, effective: Island Health grant supports washroom sensor project for Vancouver Island libraries FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nanaimo, BC (June …
PhotoVoice Exhibit Celebrates Indigenous Youth
May 16, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nanaimo, BC — The Kw’umut Lelum Foundation and Vancouver Island Regional Library invites the public to experience …
Downtown Nanaimo Prepares for Filming
May 9, 2024
Downtown Nanaimo Prepares for Major Filming Production with Some Closures Between April 22 & May 31 Update: The Harbourfront library …
New Masset Library Breaks Ground
April 30, 2024
Community of Masset Breaks Ground at Site of New Masset Library and Haida Language Immersion Lab FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nanaimo, …
Angela Sterritt Joins VIRL for Live Author Talk
April 17, 2024
Library Hosts Award-Winning Investigative Journalist and National Bestselling Author in Free Event in Honour of MMIWG Award-winning investigative journalist 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)
