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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)