Bibliothèque Baie-D'Urfé Library
Baie-D'Urfé Library

Hours

Monday 2:30-5:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm
Tuesday 2:30-5:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am-12:00pm & 2:30-9:00pm
Thursday 2:30-5:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm
Friday 2:30-5:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm
Saturday 1:30-4:00pm
Sunday 1:30-4:00pm
Click here for a list of holiday closures.

Location

20551 ch. Lakeshore Baie-D'Urfé (Québec) H9X 1R3

The Library is located in the Whiteside Taylor Center, situated between the Fritz Farm Community Center and the Red Barn along Lakeshore Road in Baie-D'Urfé, Quebec.

About Us

The BDU Library is a recreational library carrying non-fiction and fiction books, magazines, DVDs, and CDs for both adults and children. We offer WiFi as well as a computer with internet access. The daily operations of the library are provided by volunteers from the community with staff focused on cataloging and other technical aspects of the library’s operation.

Keep in touch with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Library Programs

Library Services

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Children

TD Summer Reading Club

Register in the library starting June 16. Pick up the weekly TDSRC challenges in the library starting on July 2. Complete the challenges to win prizes!

Chess Club

On break until the fall.

Lego Club

Join us on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm for creative play and Lego building challenges. On break for the summer. See you in September!

Activities at the library

Arts Alive! Quebec - Author Visit and Musical Performance

Arts Alive! Quebec presents authors Leila Marshy, Marcela Huerta, and Carolyn Marie Souaid at the Fritz Farm Community Centre. Join us on August 15th at 7:00 for book readings, story sharing, and musical performances by Guillaume Jabbour.

Free event, no registration required. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is made possible by funding from The Canada Council for the Arts and the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018 Education, Immigration, Communities.

Quebec Writers Out Loud presents Claire Holden Rothman

Join us Thursday September 13 at 3:30pm for a visit with author Claire Holden Rothman. She will be reading from her new book Lear’s Shadow.

Quebec Writers Out Loud is public readings by English-Language Quebec Writers funded by Canada Council for the Arts and the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018 Education, Immigration, Communities.

Knit Night: Third Friday of the month from 7pm-9pm

July 20, August 17, September 15. Bring in your knitting projects, your questions, your expertise. All welcome.

Baie-D'Urfé Library Book Club

The Book Club meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 2:30pm. Registration is required. Please contact the library for more information

September 13 (exceptionally on the 2nd Thursday of the month) we will be discussing "The Heart Specialist" bu Claire Holden Rothman, followed by a reading by the author, from her new book, at 3:30pm

October 4 we will be discussing "Precious Cargo" by Craig Davidson.

Chess Club

On break for the summer.

NFB Film Club

Documentaries from the National Film Board of Canada

Screenings take place on the second Thursday of the month at 7pm

On break for the summer. See you September.

Click here to sign up for our monthly newsletter. You can also opt-in to receive additional messages about Adult English, Adult French, or Children's programming in the library.

Baie-D'Urfe Language Group (BULG)

BULG meets in the library for converstaional language learning. For more information visit their website.

Exhibitions

Artworks by Gloria Kerr will be on display in the Library this month.

Artists interested in diplaying work at our library, please contact us at biblio@baie-durfe.qc.ca


Library Services

Membership:

Library membership is free to all residents of Baie D'Urfé, and each member may borrow up to 9 items for 3 weeks. Non-Resident user fees are posted at the library.

Borrow from a wide range of Fiction and Nonfiction books, as well as Magazines, Music CD's, Talking Books and Videos/DVDs for both Adults and Junior members.

Library members can now renew loans and place reserves online!Click here for instructions to access your account online.

Fines:

Overdue adult books and all audiovisual materials are fined $0.20 per day per item with a maximum of $4.00. Overdue children's books are fined $0.10 per day per item with a maximum of $2.00.

Home Library Service

We offer a delivery service for Baie-D'Urfé residents who cannot come in to the library.Click here for more information.

Inter-Library-Loan

We participate in inter-library-loan service, which allows our users to access some books we do not have in our collections, by borrowing them from other public libraries in the province. For more information about this service, please see our policy, or call the library to speak with the librarian.

Computers:

We offer public access to one iPad, one computer, and a printer/scanner. We also offer free public WiFi.

Click here for instructions on how to connect to our WiFi. Click here for our terms of service.

Volunteers:

The Town of Baie-D'Urfé prides itself on its vast number of community volunteers, and the library is part of this volunteer network. The library welcomes all willing volunteers!

Click here for our annual report of activities and statistics for 2017.

The library is funded by

the town of Baie-D'Urfé

Baie-D'Urfé

and the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications Québec.

Québec

Their support is gratefully acknowledged.