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December 4, 2023

In celebration of the holiday season, all VIRL branches will be closed: Monday, December 25 Tuesday, December 26 Wednesday, December …

April 14, 2023

If you haven’t made the switch from the legacy OverDrive App to Libby, now is the time. The OverDrive app …

April 3, 2023

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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)

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