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The Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive is a department of VIVO Media Arts Centre, a non-profit, artist-run centre supporting media artists and independent producers. It was incorporated under the BC Society’s Act on July 23, 1973 as The Society Video Exchange Society (SVES). SVES’s public face was Video Inn, home of the Video Inn Library.

Video Inn has undergone two subsequent name changes: operating as Video In (1987-2007) and VIVO Media Arts Centre (2007-present). The library has been known as The Video Inn Library, The Video In Library, and The Video In Resource Centre. In 2007 it was renamed The Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive in honour of its greatest advocate and tireless volunteer, Crista Dahl.

Today, VIVO Media Arts Centre offers production and post-production equipment and facilities, comprehensive educational and contemporary media art exhibition programs, and an international distribution service for video artists, in addition to the Crista Dahl Media Library and Archive.

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Crista Dahl, "Mother of Tedium"
1974
Video Inn, 261 Powell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Original Video Inn sign outside 261 Powell Street
Circa 1973
Video Inn, 261 Powell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Video Inn Library 1981
1981
Video Inn, 261 Powell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive video stacks
2011
VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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VIVO Media Arts Centre: 1965 Main Street
2010
Video In, 1965 Main Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada