Founded in 1967, the Western Manitoba Regional Library System provides public library service to the communities of the City of Brandon, the Towns of Carberry and Neepawa, the Village of Glenboro, and the Rural Municipalities of North Cypress, South Cypress and Langford, the town of Hartney and the Rural Municipality of Cameron. The Library is financially supported by a library tax levied by each of these communities and by operating grants from the provincial government of Manitoba. The day-to-day policies and operations of its four branch libraries are governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees composed of representatives from each area.
Books may be returned in the book drops at each library. Virden has an exterior metal book return box. McAuley has a return box in their entryway. Elkhorn has a return slot at the front of their building.Please do not return videos/ dvds in Virden's outside book box. They can be damaged by the cold, or by heavy books falling on them. A/V material should be returned to the main desk during regular library hours.
There are seven regional libraries in the province. A regional libraryrepresents a group of cities, towns, villagesand rural municipalitiesthat have joined together to deliver library services. Thesemunicipalities create a regional library, operated from a centrallocation.
The purpose of the Portage la Prairie Regional Library is to obtain, organize and make conveniently available to all residents of the community recreational, educational and informational materials in convenient form including books periodicals newspapers pamphlets and other print and non-print materials.