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Summer Reading Club is Underway!
Keep track of your reading and earn great prizes this summer with our “Strange ... But True” Kids’ Summer Reading Club. Drop by your local library, pick up your reading record, and start exploring the strange, magical, and mysterious. Check out our calendar to register for amazing yet strange programs.
Canada Day Closure
All branches of the Greater Victoria Public Library will be closed Sunday, July 1st and Monday, July 2nd for Canada Day. Regular library service will resume Tuesday, July 3rd.
GVPL célèbre la Fête nationale du Québec, le 24 juin!
Explorez quelques atouts de notre collection à saveur québécoise.
Celebrate Canada!
National Aboriginal Day on June 21st kick-starts 11 days of Celebrate Canada, followed by Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24th, Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27th and Canada Day on July 1st. Stay tuned for booklists and more!
Get GVPL on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch!
There's an app for that! The new GVPL Mobile app is available through the iTunes store! Search our catalogue, check your account, see which branch is nearest to you and more! Check out the new app here!
The Friends Booksale is Back!
It's the Friends of the Library Booksale this weekend! All proceeds support Library programs and services. To find out more about the Friends, visit their website.
Announcing our Search for Dinosaurs Contest
To help celebrate the Royal BC Museum’s Dinosaurs Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries exhibition we’re having a little Dino fun of our own! Grab a ballot and hunt for the dino pics hidden in the children’s department at any of our branches. Write down where you saw the pics and drop your ballot in the draw box for a chance to win! One entry per person. Closing date is July 13, 2012.
Happy Father's Day
Looking for a great book to relax with this weekend? GVPL staff have chosen some favourite books for dads.
Summer Programs at the Library!
Planning your summer events? GVPL's summer programs will be listed in our program calendar and open for registration beginning Friday, June 15. Summer programs fill up fast, so register soon. Beginning June 28, kids are invited to drop by their nearest library to pick up a copy of the 2012 Summer Reading Club reading record.
"Bike a Book" Day, Saturday, June 16th!
In celebration of the Victoria International Cycling Festival running June 1-24, GVPL is encouraging everyone with two wheels to visit the library by bicycle this Saturday. GVPL's avid cycling staff will also be cycling from branch to branch around all ten branches. Watch for us in your area, and in the meantime, check out this list of cycling-friendly books!
Did you know?
GVPL's shuttle drivers transport over 2,000,000 lbs. of library materials annually?
GVPL has the highest circulation and highest circulation per capita in Canada?
GVPL has the second highest number of borrowers for a library of its size in Canada?
GVPL has the third highest number of library materials in the country?
