Community leaders invest in Digital Library
Francis Law and Priscilla Lam have inspired many in our community with their generosity to organizations making a difference in areas ranging from the arts to education to healthcare. Their most recent gift in support of VPL’s Digital Library expansion will help inspire others.
You can help expand VPL’s Digital Library
Your library has risen to the challenge of connecting people during the COVID-19 outbreak by greatly expanding digital collections – offering countless items to read, watch, and listen to.
Youth Digital Collections
The demand from young people for engaging materials that they can access from anywhere, at anytime continues increase dramatically.
Alligator Pie
Alligator Pie provides valuable early literacy support by Library staff to vulnerable children in daycare centres in the Downtown Eastside, Strathcona, and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods.
Man in the Moon
VPL’s Man in the Moon program provides opportunities for fathers and other male identifying caregivers to learn about how to best support early literacy and language development in their children through playing, singing, talking and reading together.
Mother Goose
Vancouver Public Library’s Mother Goose program is a targeted early literacy initiative for parents and caregivers who are facing challenges and require extra support.
Roots of Reading Expansion
The Roots of Reading is a fun and appealing collection of YouTube videos designed to support adults with their ability to share engaging songs, rhymes, and stories with young children.
Video Streaming for Kids
Kanopy Kids is a collection of movies and shows for children ages 2 and up, available for streaming to public libraries. Kanopy Kids features a collection of films and TV series...
Central Children’s Library Expansion
Fostering and encouraging a life-long love of learning and reading starts at a young age.