Library Services
Membership
General Information
Leduc Public Library is a member of Yellowhead Regional Library. Leduc Public Library is also a member of The Regional Automation Consortium (TRAC) and of The Alberta Library (TAL). Our participation in The Alberta Library gives our patrons access to 15 million items in over 230 Alberta libraries.
Residents of the City of Leduc and the County of Leduc may acquire a library card provided that proper identification is shown.
Your library card is The Alberta Library (TAL) card. This means that as a member of Leduc Public Library, you may borrow and return books at any Alberta Library.
To obtain a library membership we ask that you be 18 years of age and older, however, we do offer "Teen Membership" cards for those who are under 18 years of age and can not have their parent come in to sign a card. A letter will be sent to parents / legal guardians alerting them to their responsibility for items borrowed.
If you lose your library card please contact the library immediately to avoid the unauthorized use of your library card.
If you move or change your phone number please notify us as soon as possible in order to keep you file up to date.
To sign out items from our library, you must have your card present.
Membership Fees
As of September 1, 2005 the library will eliminate membership fees for residents of the City of Leduc and the rural residents of the County of Leduc. Fines for overdue materials will continue to apply. All overdue charges must be cleared at time of membership renewal.
REGULAR :
(county and city of Leduc residents)
Family: Free
Single: Free
Institutional/Groups: Free
EXTERNAL:
Family: $15
Single: $10
Reciprocal Agreement
( e.g. Edmonton Public Library)
Family: $10
Single: $ 7
Loan Periods and Allowances
Books, magazines, videos and audio books all have a three-week loan period.
Special collections such as holiday books have a one-week loan period.
Unless your item has been requested by another patron, you may renew it two times. Renewals can be done in a number of ways:
- Phone (780) 986-2637
- Bring the item for renewal to the circulation desk
- Renew the item yourself at one of our public catalogue stations which feature TRACpac.
- Renew from home or work online at TRACpac.
Forget what you have signed out? Visit TRACpac and review your items checked out checked out by inputting your library card barcode and your PIN number (last four digits of your phone number).
Members may have up to 50 items from TRAC libraries at a time.
Inter-library Loans and Holds
If an item in our database is signed out to another patron, you may place a hold on that item. If you would like to have an item brought in that is in another library in our database, you may place a hold and it will be sent to our library for you. To make such a request, you may:
- Ask staff to place the hold or inter-library loan request over the telephone at (780) 986-2637
- Place it yourself on our public catalogue station (if you don't know how, our staff are happy to assist)
- Place it from home, over the Internet by visiting our online catalogue at www.tracpac.ab.ca
Can't find an item in our database? The Alberta Library Online lets you search the catalogues of most public, post-secondary, and special libraries in Alberta. Once the item is located, we can order for you.
Finally, if the desired item is not in either of the above-mentioned databases, our Inter-Library Loans Clerk has access to billions of books and articles from all over the continent. Our staff will be happy to fill out a materials request form for you and have the item brought to Leduc.
Please note that if you order items through the Inter-Library Loans Clerk, they must be returned to Leduc.
Returning Items
You may return items during regular hours at the 'Book Return' sign at the circulation desk.
Books can be returned to the book drop located at the northeast corner of the library anytime.
Please do not return videos, cassettes, or CDs in the after-hours book drop. These items can be damaged by the weight of the books falling on them. Patrons will be charged for items damaged in this manner.
Fines
A due date slip is provided at the time of borrowing. Please take notice of this date so that you may renew or return items in time to avoid fines.
Fines are $.25 a day on print items (book and magazines) and $1 a day on audio and visual items (CDs, DVDs, video recordings and books on tape). Fines accumulate to a maximum of $10 per item.
Overdue notices are sent 14 days after the material becomes overdue. One more notice will be sent if the material is not returned.
After the final notice is sent, the member will be asked to pay for the lost item. The charge for lost books is the price of the book.
If you find an item you have paid for within 6 months of paying for it, we will refund the cost of the book to you, less accrued overdue fines.
