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.

Our Fine-Free Policy

As of August 2021, our library is eliminating late fees for all of our borrowable materials, including books, audiobooks, and DVDs! We made the decision to make services more accessible by ensuring that there are no financial penalties for returning items a few days late, by forgiving all existing fines that have been created due to overdue items, and by resetting all cards that been blocked due to overdue fees.

Important highlights of our Fine-Free Policy:

• Items are still borrowable for a three week loan period with one possible renewal. Even though there are no late fees, we continue to ask our users to respect the borrowing period, as others may be waiting for these items.
• We will continue to send email notifications to remind users about items that are coming due or overdue.
• Items that are lost, damaged, or not returned after three months will result in a replacement fee in addition to a $10.00 processing fee. An exception is made for magazine issues, which will only result in a $10.00 processing fee per issue.
• Fees for items lost, damaged, or not returned cannot be waived by purchasing a replacement copy for the library.
• Please note that fines that have been created due to items that are lost, damaged, or not returned will be maintained. Accounts that have been blocked due to unpaid fees of this nature will remain blocked until payment of said fees.

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 2021.

Click here for our annual financial statements for 2021.