Borrowing policies

1. Parents or legal guardians are responsible for their children and assume full responsibility in the choice and care of material borrowed from the library by their children.
2. You should not lend your card or any library materials you borrow, as you are responsible for all items on your card.
3. Lost or stolen cards, changes of address and/or telephone numbers should be reported promptly to the circulation department.
4. Membership information will be updated on a yearly basis. Proof of residence must be shown.

Borrowing privileges

Borrowing privileges are unlimited with the following restrictions :

• 2 books, on same subject, from the entire collection, regardless of language
• 4 Magazines with the same title
• 4 Talking books (CDs, cassettes)
• 6 CDs (with adult card only)
• 4 Audio visual items (videos/DVDs) (with adult card only)
• 2 CD-ROMs (adult card only)

Library privileges will be suspended when a member's outstanding debt reaches $10.

Loan period

Most materials : 3 weeks
DVDs and Videos : 1 week
Books with many requests : 2 weeks


New Fees
As of January 2008, Seniors are required to pay fines for any late materials.

Late fines

$0.20 adults / day / item
$0.10 children / day / item
$0.50 vidéocassettes, CD, DVD, CD-ROM / day / item

Renewals

In person, with or without the items, or by telephone 514 428-4470. Always have your membership card on hand when renewing.

Renewals are not accepted by answering machine.

It is now possible to renew directly online at www.beaconsfieldbiblio.ca . To access your account, you will need your library card number (14 digits) as well as your PIN (4 digits).

Replacement card

A $3 replacement fee will be charged for a lost or stolen card. A replacement card makes the previous card unusable.
Before a replacement card will be issued, identification must be shown and all outstanding fines paid.

Book return

A book return, open at all times, is conveniently located to the left of the employees' entrance on the parking lot side.