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 …
News and Stories
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 …
Top 10 Titles of 2023 Released
March 12, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Prince Harry and Jack Reacher Top the List Nanaimo, BC (January 4, 2024) – The results are in! …
Billing Time Period Moving from 120 Days to 60 Days
March 1, 2024
Just a reminder that beginning March 10, we’ll be reducing the billing period for all checked-out items to 60 days …
BC Seniors Advocate Coming to Cowichan
February 16, 2024
BC Office of the Seniors Advocate Presentation Coming to Cowichan CALLING ALL SENIORS! It’s not every day that the government …
Master Gardeners Are Back
January 19, 2024
Master Gardeners Are Back Sharing Knowledge This Season in 2024 In the dark wet days of winter, think ahead to …
Snow and Cold Weather Updates
January 19, 2024
All VIRL branches are open today (except for the Cortes Island branch). Note that some branches will be delayed in …
Library Collaborates with NLPS and UBC Press – Learning with Syeyutsus
January 8, 2024
Vancouver Island Regional Library Collaborates with Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools and UBC Press for Fourth Season of Learning with Syeyutsus …
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)
