Facilities at the Central Library

The following is a list of facilities and features available at the Central Library:

The book drop for the Central Library is located on the Hamilton Street side of Library Square. It is situated at the base of a tall metallic funnel, near the loading entrance.
Open 24 hours a day. Books returned during open hours will be checked in the same day. Books returned after hours will be backdated to the last open day.

Bill Changing Machines are located on Levels 2, 4 and 5, and provide change in $1 and $2 coins.

The computers at the Central Library provide the following access:

Drinking fountains are available on Levels 2 - 6 and are located by the washrooms on the North side of the building.

Public lockers are located outside Special Collections on Level 7. They are for day use by VPL patrons and are cleared nightly.

These light-filled rooms for up to 6-8 people are some of the most beautiful in the building and are situated on the ends of the reading arcades. Glass walls surround and provide a 360 degree view of the city and the library interior. We also have an assortment of rental spaces.
Please note that there is a free first-come, first-served procedure for these rooms -- daily sign-up is at the Information desk.

Gallery Rooms 2-Hour Use Procedure

In order to allow access to all Vancouver Public Library patrons, the following fair use procedure applies to the Gallery Rooms:
Free use by any group, portion of a group or individual is limited to two (2) consecutive hours per day.
Free use by any group, portion of a group or individual is limited to one (1) use of one (1) Gallery Room per day.
Sign up will be done in person.
Sign up will be on the same day as use of room.
Users must be in the room by 15 minutes after sign up start time or booked time will be lost.
Room must be vacated at the end of two hours, regardless if anyone is waiting for the room.
Abuse of this policy may result in loss of library privileges.

Please note that special events (such as hockey games) will effect rates. Please contact EasyPark at 604-682-6744 (office) or 604-669-4183 for more information
Parking is available 5 am to midnight, 7 days a week at Library Square. The entrance to the parkade is on Hamilton Street near Robson.
The Daytime rate (Monday - Saturday 6am - 6pm) is $1.75 per half hour to a maximum of $10.50/day.
The Evening rate (Monday - Saturday 6pm - midnight) is a flat $7.50. (The hourly rate is charged if you enter before 6:00 p.m.)
The Sunday and holiday rate is a flat $7.50. On Sundays, library patrons can have their parking ticket validated at the Security Desk for a $2.50 refund if they park for less than 2 hours.
Payment can be made by cash, cheque, Visa, or MasterCard. A parking attendant is on duty from 6:30am Monday through Saturday, from 11:30 am Sunday.
Monthly parking is available for $120/month (unreserved) or $160/month (reserved).
The parkade is managed by EasyPark Vancouver, who can be contacted on 604-682-6744 (office) or 604-669-4183 (Library Square parkade).
2 hour meter parking is also available around Library Square. Meters are in effect 7 days per week, including holidays, from 9am to 8pm.

Photocopiers are located throughout the Central library. They are most visible in the red Copy Rooms located near the elevators on Levels 3 - 6.
There is a Bookmaster copier in Special Collections on Level 7, which protects the spines of special materials.
Network printers are available on every floor in the Central Library.
Coin operated printers are located on Levels 2 - 6, and are used to print from Internet, catalogue and CD-ROM stations.

$5, $10 and $20 (cost includes $1.00 refundable deposit) copy cards are available on Levels 2 and 7 (cash, credit or debit).
Copy cards have no expiry date. No refunds are given for unused amounts left on copy cards.
For the $1.00 deposit refund, please return used copy cards to the Information Desk on Level 7 or to the Service desk on Level 2.

Public telephones are available on Levels 2 - 6 on the reverse side of the elevators.

Public washrooms are available on every level except Level 7. They are located on the North side of the building and have handicapped-accessible stalls.
A single unit washroom large enough to accommodate a person in a wheelchair or on a gurney is available on Level 2. Please ask for the key at the main Information Desk.
Change tables for babies are located in the women's public washrooms Levels 2, 4 and 6. Change tables are also located in the public washrooms in the Children's Division on the Lower Level.