News and Stories

December 13, 2023

Motion detection sensors (Brave sensors) have been installed in several VIRL (Vancouver Island Regional Library) branches, thanks to a $50,000 …

November 27, 2019

This Black Friday, we’re offering FREE library cards to everyone! With your library card, you’ll gain access to thousands of …

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)