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The series consists of correspondence, population estimates, briefing notes, press releases, presentation notes, budget estimates and student files created between 1950 and 2012 by the Library Services branch and its predecessors the Public Library Commission and the Library Development Commission. The series is divided into two subseries. The first subseries consists of Community Librarian training program (CLTP) records and the second subseries consists of records relating to grants and public library programming.

The first subseries (accession 96-6091) consists of student files for the Community Librarian training program. The CLTP was a distance education program that was open to public library staff, volunteers and board members. The program was discontinued in 2014. Student files typically include certificates of completion, grades, correspondence and related documentation. The subseries is arranged chronologically by year of enrollment and then alphabetically by student surname. In many cases, files were re-opened at a later date.

The second subseries (accessions 90-2812, 91-2611, 91-3650, 92-9822, 93-6954, and 96-1146) consists of files documenting the relationship between public libraries and the Library Services branch. Many files document discontinued programs, including Current Contents, Your Choice, Books-by-Mail, and Internet Access for Public Libraries. Records also relate to grant funding, the provincial audiobook program, the Writers in Libraries program, small library automation, union catalog development, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation mobile computing program, and the delivery of books to rural areas and remote school libraries. Records include statistics and formulas for grant calculation, as well as correspondence, press releases, program policies, and funding applications. The subseries also includes copies of the Ministry newsletter “BC Public Libraries in the News,” which featured articles on events, initiatives, and programming in public libraries across the province before publication ceased in 2001. The subseries consists of a number of files related to the National Film Board’s film “Journey from Zero,” which focused on the work of librarian Howard Overend as he traveled along the Alaska Highway to the Yukon border delivering books to remote school libraries. The film premiered in Dawson Creek in May 1962.

The series consists of editions of the newsletter "Library Developments," copies of the Library Act, and a variety of memoranda and circulars sent to the director of the Library Services branch from other government branches and divisions. Many of the files appear to have been kept as reference material by the Library Services branch and do not relate directly to the branch’s routine functions. The records outline general government policy concerning use of technology, emergency procedures, awards, training needs, retrieval of records in times of litigation, and the online publication of government employees’ email addresses. Very few of the memoranda were sent specifically to the Library Services branch and were usually addressed to all directors within the Ministry.

The series consists of correspondence, draft agreements, meeting minutes, financial statements, surveys, reports, manuals, and petitions related to library systems across the province. The records were created by the Library Services branch and its predecessors, the Public Libraries commission and the Library Development commission. While early records date to 1930, the series predominantly consists of records dating from 1956 to 2003.

The series consists of records documenting the Cariboo-Nicola-Thompson system, which was the province’s first integrated library system, as well as the Fraser Valley, Peace River-Liard, Kootenay, Greater Vancouver, and Okanagan systems. The series also consists of records relating to the founding of the InterLINK system in the early 1990s. The series documents both the formation and dissolution of regional systems, including a petition from the Surrey library to leave the regional system and establish its own municipal branch. Many files include financial statements and statistical reports from libraries, and some files include interfiled architectural plans. Correspondence covers a variety of topics, including the formation of regional systems, applications for grants, library programing, the migration of union catalogues, the delivery of library service to First Nations reserves, and patron concerns. The series includes information on meetings and workshops, as well as copies of annual surveys and reports. The series is covered by ORCS 21900-50.

The series consists of records documenting municipal library development across the province. The records date predominantly to between 1989 and 1999 and include constitutions, bylaws and agreements, financial statements, budgets, agendas, and minutes. In some cases, files also include annual reports. The series is arranged alphabetically within each accession by the name of the municipal library. The records of accession 92-9822 are heavily interfiled with files from GR-3470. Accession 92-9822 also includes correspondence relating to the provision of library services to the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. The series is covered by ORCS 21900-20

The series consists of records documenting the relationship between the province’s public library associations and the Library Services branch and its predecessors. Associations featured in the series include the Association of BC Public Library Directors, the British Columbia Library Trustees’ Association, Peace River Associated Libraries and a variety of associations within small municipal libraries. The series consists of financial statements, meeting minutes, trip reports, annual reports, correspondence, and letters of congratulation to long-serving library trustees. The records predominantly date from between 1983 to 1999.

The arrangement of the series maintains the creator's original order. Provincial and national library associations are arranged alphabetically, and local associations associated with municipal libraries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically by file year. The series is covered by ORCS 21900-30

This series contains correspondence, statistical returns, and reports of the Public Library Commission (PLC) and its successors, the Library Development Commission and the Library Services Branch. The series includes files of PLC pioneers Helen Gordon Stewart, H.N. Lidster, and C.K. Morison, plus records of PLC members at Provincial Library and Archives. The records also contain documents relating to regional libraries in Fraser Valley, Okanagan district, and Vancouver Island, along with correspondence pertaining to provincial library schools and associations.

The series consists of records documenting the relationship between the Library Services branch and library associations, including the British Columbia Library Association, the Provincial and Territorial Library Directors Council, the Electronic Library network, the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, and the Canadian Library Association. The series consists of final reports, correspondence, briefing notes, association publications, evaluations and questionnaires, meeting minutes, publicity material, and information on various library association initiatives between 1973 and 2006. The series also includes nominations to the BC Book Prize.