Think It-Make It with 3D Printing
October 17, 2020
3D Printing Service Now Available for all VIRL Branches At the Creativity Commons, there have been some great 3D prints …
News and Stories
eSports At Your Library
September 14, 2020
Throughout the summer, racers from across VIRL’s 39 branches met online every Wednesday from 9 am to 11 am to …
The Lighthouse Keeper
September 14, 2020
Like a lighthouse, our Masset branch, with its unique cabin mystique sits like a beacon on the northern coast of …
Crooked Hallelujah – Kelli Jo Ford
September 14, 2020
New in the VIRL Indigenous Collection Crooked Hallelujah, a novel by Kelli Jo Ford, July 2020 From the publisher, Grove …
Full-Circle Library Fan
September 14, 2020
In 2007, self-proclaimed book-nerd and voracious reader, Jenni Capps was convinced she had landed her dream job when she began …
Ancestry Library Edition NOW at home!
May 25, 2020
Our incredible IT Team has been hard at work and Ancestry Library Edition is NOW available for VIRL cardholders in …
Pandemic pro-tips from an avid reader
May 13, 2020
Looking back Sarah Fisk says she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t reading a stack of books! Last year …
VIRL’s Rodney Frick is a top pick
May 13, 2020
When it comes to customer dedication, VIRL’s Rodney Frick is a top pick With his home library topping the shelves …
See What’s Happening!
January 31, 2020
“Roll camera. Sound. Action!” A few weeks ago the Creativity Commons Branch was bustling with “action” as a Film Makers …
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)
