Bookshelf Chronicles: A selection of new books
A new venture: an occasional bulletin from your library with information about new arrivals and featured reading ideas. In each edition, selected new books will be highlighted with a brief synopsis and other new titles listed to give you an idea of what will be on the shelves when you next visit.
Click here for this month's edition of the Bookshelf Chronicles!
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Library Programs
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TD Summer Reading Club 2024
Please note that the TD Summer Reading Club has finished for the summer! Thank you to all participants and we hope you see you next summer!
This summer, the TD Summer Reading Club invites you to grab your astronaut suit & moon boots and hop aboard our spaceship as we blast off past satellites and asteroids, leaving the Milky Way behind us. Come register for the TD Summer Reading Club at Get Your Summer Read On Day! When you register for the club, you will receive a log book to keep track of your readings and discover fun activities.
Come to the library each week to discover the Summer Reading Club challenge of the Week. Complete the challenge to win fun prizes. Each week you complete the challenge you will get to pick a prize from the SRC basket and have your name entered in our grand prize draw.
Activities at the library
Fraud Protection for Seniors: Monday, December 16th at 7:00pm
If you want to understand fraud and learn how to protect yourself from becoming a victim, then we invite you to join our ‘Fraud Protection for Seniors’ workshop. This guest lecture will take place at the Fritz Community Centre, (20477 Lakeshore Road, Baie-D'Urfé) and will be offered free of charge by James Hutchinson of Info-Tech Montreal!
Join us afterwards for refreshments and discussion with fellow participants. Contact us at biblio@baie-durfe.qc.ca to register!
This project is funded by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.
Baie-D'Urfé Library Book Club
The Book Club meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 2:30pm. Contact us at biblio@baie-durfe.qc.ca to register!
December 12th, book club members will be discussing The librarianist by Patrick deWitt!
Knitting Neighbours
If you enjoy knitting and would like to share techniques & ideas with fellow knitters, then join our group, Knitting Neighbours! The group will meet every third Wednesday of the month from 7pm to 9pm.
The next meeting is on Wednesday, December 18th at 7:00. Please register by email at biblio@baie-durfe.qc.ca.
The Readers’ Night (in French)
The Readers meet on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. These meetings are a great opportunity to exchange ideas and find sources of inspiration for your future readings.
French classes
In partnership with the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, we will be offering free French classes! Register in-person or by email from September 9 to 13. Courses will take place at the Fritz Community Centre.
Classes will be offered Monday mornings from September 23 to December 2: a) Beginners class from 9:00 to 10:30 b) Intermediate class from 10:30 to 12:00
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.
The Baie-D’Urfé Library has received a 5/5 rating from the ABPQ's BiblioQUALITÉ Program. We wish to thank the town of Baie-D’Urfé, our patrons and our volunteers for their contributions and investment in our library.
Exhibitions
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.
Our Fine-Free Policy
Our library has eliminated late fees for all of our borrowable materials.
- 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 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 2023.
The library is funded by
the town of Baie-D'Urfé
and the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications Québec.
Their support is gratefully acknowledged.