The W B and M H Chung Library was built in 1993 thanks to the generosity of its namesakes, Drs Wallace and Madeline Chung. The Library provides public access to information about maritime history, art, culture and technology.

The Library holds c.10,000 monographs, 550 pamphlets, 200 bound and unbound periodicals, c.125 manuscripts, and 75 meters or archival material. The collection is catalogued and classified according to the Library of Congress Classification system.

The primary focus of the collection is the maritime exploration and history of the Pacific Northwest, specifically Vancouver and coastal British Columbia. Other subjects include early Arctic and Antarctic exploration, Canadian naval history, naval architecture and the science of navigation.

Alongside the standard scholarly monographs, the Library has collected other types of publications and records including registers of shipping, the record of seamen shipped at the Port of Vancouver, ship's logs, maps and charts. The archival holdings relate to vessels, shipping companies and maritime personalities.