Family Literacy Week Giveaway!
January 23, 2023
It’s Family Literacy Week! To celebrate, we have three children’s books to give to three lucky winners, including The Little …
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Community Reading Circle
January 13, 2023
We are excited to team up with Vancouver Island University and the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance to bring you the …
Most popular library books of 2022
January 5, 2023
The results are in! We’ve tallied up the titles you, our patrons, borrowed the most in 2022. We have the …
12 Days of Give Library
December 14, 2022
A library card is a great gift for anyone who loves to read books, watch movies, listen to music, learn …
10 wonderful winter crafts
November 30, 2022
Cozy up and craft this season with 10 wonderful winter crafts from Creativebug. We’ve pulled together fun craft ideas you …
Creative Writing Series
November 21, 2022
Calling all writers! We are partnering with Wordstorm Society of the Arts to present a creative writing series, beginning November …
Teen Drawing Contest Winners
November 16, 2022
Thank you to everyone who submitted art to our Teen Drawing Contest. We received dozens of entries from talented high …
Transform a book into art
November 8, 2022
How to make a book heart There are different methods of book folding and this one is called measure and …
Five amazing things you can get with your library card
October 19, 2022
When you walk into a branch, the first thing you’ll see are shelves full of books, but that’s not the …
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)
