Library Services
If you are visiting Kelowna, please use our library to help answer your questions.
Library Catalogue : search for books, videos, CDs and more. If items are not on our shelf right now, you can request them by "adding to cart" and filling out a "Borrow" form. The library lends from the Cancer Info Centres to residents of BC and the Yukon.
Recommended Links : websites on cancer and health, compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency Librarians and BC Cancer Agency experts.
Types of Cancer : provides general information on treatment as well as:
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cause (Etiology)
- Prevention
- Diagnosis/ Screening/ Staging/ Grading/ Types
- Treatment
Also check the main BCCA Library page for more help and information.
Cancer Information Centre
The Cancer Info Centre (CIC) at Kelowna is a lending library for public use on the main floor. Patients, their families, and members of the community can find information about cancer. The CIC has books, pamphlets, videos, audio CDs and tapes, for various ages and languages.
Library service is available by mail.
Purple-vested volunteers help visitors to register, get a borrower’s card, and sign out items.
All items are due in four weeks.
Return items to the library drop box next to the Cancer Info Centre. Items can be mailed back to the Centre for the Southern Interior (address below).
Renewals:
Centre for the Southern Interior Library - Contact Information & Hours
Librarian:
Krista Clement
Phone: 250-712-3966 ext 68-6821
Toll-free 1-888-563-7773 (within British Columbia and Yukon only)
Email: kclement@bccancer.bc.ca
Hours:
The Cancer Info Centre is open weekdays 8:00am – 4:30pm,
closed on weekends and statutory holidays.
The Research Library is on the main floor and open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Please return library materials to:
399 Royal Avenue
Kelowna, BC
Canada, V1Y 5L3