CELA for Kids and Teens
January 29, 2026
CELA, The Centre For Equitable Library Access, offers a large selection of accessible materials for young people with print disabilities. …
News and Stories
Read Local BC Collection
April 30, 2025
Features over 450 titles published in BC. Access: VIRL resident cardholders from anywhere. Also available through other BC libraries
Libby (OverDrive)
December 11, 2023
The Libby App by OverDrive is the easiest way to access our OverDrive eBook, Audiobook, and Magazine Collection. Access in …
Bibliothèque numérique de la Colombie-Britannique (Cantook Station)
October 17, 2022
Bibliothèque Numérique is a province-wide French eBook collection. This collection includes French Language eBooks and Audiobooks in a variety of …
CELA
June 19, 2020
CELA is the Centre for Equitable Library Access, which provides access to a collection of over 700,000 books, magazines, newspapers …
NNELS
June 18, 2020
NNELS is the National Network for Equitable Library Service, an online public library of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks for people …
KnowBC
September 17, 2018
KnowBC is the online portal for Harbour Publishing, an independent publisher based on the Sunshine Coast that focuses on British …
TumbleBookLibrary
August 13, 2018
An online collection of animated picture books, audiobooks, graphic novels, children’s classics, early reader chapter books, and National Geographic videos. …
OverDrive and Libby
August 13, 2018
OverDrive is our main eBook and eAudiobook platform. It also includes over 4000 magazines. All you need to get started …
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)
