First Voices Language Archive
September 17, 2018
Thousands of text entries in many diverse Aboriginal writing systems, enhanced with sounds, pictures, and videos. Access: Available to anyone anywhere
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Mango Languages
September 17, 2018
Language learning database designed to equip you with conversational abilities. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 45 different …
Road to IELTS: General Edition
September 17, 2018
Road to IELTS: General Edition is the official, online IELTS (International English Language Testing System) preparation and practice database prepared …
TumbleBookLibrary
August 13, 2018
An online collection of animated picture books, audiobooks, graphic novels, children’s classics, early reader chapter books, and National Geographic videos. …
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)
