The library also collects materials in other languages. The collection also includes access to resources that may be borrowed from other library systems, as well as digital information. Because people are mobile, the Public Library InterLINK system enables local residents to access the collections of neighbouring library systems in the Lower Mainland. Uncatalogued paperback novels are an important part of this collection. Science Fiction and Mystery novels are shelved separately in most branches.
Fiction is filed alphabetically by the author's last name.
Adult Non-Fiction includes popular subjects such as cooking, gardening, and health material. Biographies are filed separately in all branches, usually at the end of the non-fiction sequence. Non-fiction is filed by subject using the dewey decimal system where books are assigned a subject number, then shelved numerically. English as a Second Language material is housed separately in each branch. Here you will find books, book and audio kits, and videos in such areas as grammar, pronunication, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and speaking and listening skills.