CELA for Kids and Teens
January 29, 2026
CELA, The Centre For Equitable Library Access, offers a large selection of accessible materials for young people with print disabilities. …
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Blackstone Unlimited
February 2, 2024
Tired of waiting for your eAudiobook holds? Try Blackstone Unlimited! Blackstone Unlimited offers 6500 unlimited-use electronic audiobook titles for all …
Bibliothèque numérique de la Colombie-Britannique (Cantook Station)
October 17, 2022
Bibliothèque Numérique is a province-wide French eBook collection. This collection includes French Language eBooks and Audiobooks in a variety of …
Encyclopædia Universalis
September 4, 2020
An extensive collection of French-language reference resources. Encyclopedia Universalis provides a wealth of reliable Britannica information en français. Includes a …
Creativebug
May 11, 2020
Creativebug is an art and craft education resource. There are thousands of online video classes taught by leading instructors. Categories …
Knowledge Network
March 27, 2020
Knowledge Network, is a Canadian publicly funded educational cable television network serving the province of British Columbia. The station supports …
OverDrive and Libby for Teens
January 10, 2019
OverDrive is our main eBook and eAudiobook platform and we have a space just for teens! All you need to …
Points to the Past
November 7, 2018
Points to the Past is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million …
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
September 17, 2018
Historical and contemporary information about BC. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia is the definitive reference work on British Columbia. With …
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)
