Welcome to Decoda Literacy Library

Literacy BC's library has become Decoda Literacy Library. We continue to offer you all of the resources and services you have come to expect.

Decoda Literacy Library is for literacy instructors, tutors, learners, researchers, community workers and anyone in British Columbia who has an interest in literacy. Our library contains over 4,000 books, audio-visuals and web links on adult and family literacy.

• Search the online catalogue to borrow books by mail
• Resource lists
• Reviews of literacy materials
• Sign up for resource updates
• "Read All About Lit", our library blog, filled with news and resource links
• Ask our literacy librarian
• About the Resource Centre

aboriginal literacy	literacy and health issues
adult literacy	literacy programming
clear language	prison literacy
community development	program development
computers and literacy	seniors literacy
English as a second language	tutoring
family literacy	workplace literacy & essential skills
learning disabilities	women's literacy

Anyone from British Columbia can borrow books - by mail - for free.

Make requests for materials or research assistance via phone (604-681-4199), fax (604-681-3006), email (library@decoda.ca), or through the online catalogue. We will mail you your books, along with instructions for mailing them back. To learn more about borrowing, go to About the Resource Centre.

Contact Us

For more information call 604-681-4199 or email library@decoda.ca.

Visit Us

We have moved! We are no longer on Terminal Avenue. Visit our new location at Suite 560, 510 Burrard St., Vancouver BC, just a block from Burrard Skytrain Station. If you would like to browse our library, please call 604-681-4199 or email us to make an appointment, to ensure someone is here to assist you.