Her Vision for the Future
January 31, 2020
When Sharon Marshall gets an idea in her head, you can be sure she follows up quickly with a plan …
News and Stories
Straight as an Arrow
January 31, 2020
Sailboats and storms and short stories, Oh my! Joel Scott, who wrote Arrow’s Flight and Arrow’s Fall, two entertaining nautical …
Seeing is Believing
January 30, 2020
Our brand new year with an obvious nod to perfect vision directly inspired this months carousel. What does VISION mean …
Paper & Ink – A Library Fan
December 16, 2019
This beautiful tattoo was spotted on Instagram and we just had to learn the story behind it! We tracked …
Big Bike Bamboozle
December 16, 2019
“When she returned, her bike wasn’t there. Someone had taken it while she was out at the fair. The security …
Getting Warm & Fuzzy
December 12, 2019
When the weather outside turns to grey clouds, freezing rain and occasional drifts of snow, there’s nothing better than curling …
Well Here’s What Happened…
December 12, 2019
In 1982, we received a long letter of apology — a rousing tale of a group of families’ move from …
Fighting for Access
November 8, 2019
To discover more about how this embargo may affect a portion of our customers who are specifically reliant upon eBooks …
Librarians on the Radio
November 8, 2019
We chatted with Darby Love, one of the Librarians who is responsible for Librarians on the Radio, to find out …
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)
