Celebrate the centennial
It’s time for a birthday bash at City Library! This year, 2024, marks 100 years of library service in the City of North Vancouver. Help us celebrate this milestone year with programming for all ages including a community cookbook to be published later this year.
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Through the years
- 1924 — A library card cost $1 for a yearlong membership
- 1949 — Building moves to East 2nd Street
- 1966 — Library cards become free
- 1984 — Catalogue is digitized
- 1993 — Sunday openings added
- 2008 — Current building opened
- 2020 — Fines eliminated
Listen and read online
As I Lay Dying
The Corrected Text
Book
Cup of Gold
A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, With Occasional Reference to History
Book
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Book
Once Upon A Time
The Last Christmas Story
Book
Back to Black
A Post-pandemic Playbook : Thirty Most Impactful Business Actions to Thrive in the New Normal
Book
Victoria Dreaming
Illustrated Stories in Rhyme
Book
Mayfair Games
A Comedy of Human Errors
Book
Golf for Beginners
Instruction on the Fundamentals of the Golf Swing
Book
On Foot in France
An Unforgettable Adventure on the Camino De Santiago
Book
Emotional Magnetism
How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in your Relationships
Book
Upcoming events
A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead.
— Caitlin Moran
