Back Vancouver Public Library German Biblioteca Pública de Vancouver Spanish کتابخانه عمومی ونکوور Persian Bibliothèque publique de Vancouver French वैंकूवर पब्लिक लाइब्रेरी Hindi Վանկուվերի հանրային գրադարան Armenian バンクーバー公共図書館 Japanese 밴쿠버 공립 도서관 Korean Biblioteca Pública de Vancouver Portuguese Ванкуверская публичная библиотека Russian
| Vancouver Public Library | |
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| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Established | 1869 |
| Architect(s) | Moshe Safdie / DA Architects + Planners[6]: 262 |
| Branches | 22 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | business directories, phone books, maps, government publications, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history |
| Size | 2.6 million[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 9.5 million[2] |
| Population served | 631,486 (2016)[3] |
| Members | 427,975[4] |
| Other information | |
| Budget | $43,559,151 (2012)[5] |
| Employees | 1011 |
| Website | www |
Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2013, VPL had more than 6.9 million visits with patrons borrowing nearly 9.5 million items including: books, ebooks, CDs, DVDs, video games, newspapers and magazines. Across 22 locations and online, VPL serves nearly 428,000 active members[7] and is the third-largest public library system in Canada.
- ^ "Vancouver Public Library Annual Report 2013". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Vancouver Public Library Annual Report 2013". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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- ^ "Vancouver Public Library Annual Report 2013". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ 48.6 million (2017) http://www.vpl.ca/about/details/vpl_annual_report_2012 Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Public Library Annual Report 2012]
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