Membership and Borrowing Policies
Library Membership Fee Red Deer Resident
| Membership (primary card) | $10.00 | 99 item limit |
| Each additional household membership. | $3.00 | 99 item limit |
| Free | 99 item limit | |
| Free | 99 items limited to children's collection | |
| $10.00 | 99 item limit |
Library Membership Fee Non-Resident
| Membership (primary card) | $40.00 | 99 item limit |
| Each additional household membership. | $5.00 | 99 item limit |
| Free | 99 item limit | |
| Free | 99 items limited to children's collection | |
| $10.00 | 99 item limit |
Loan Periods
| Books and Audio Cassettes | 3 weeks |
| Magazines | 3 weeks |
| Video Cassettes, DVDs | 1 week |
| Compact Discs | 3 weeks |
For more information please call Member Services at 403-346-7470.
Fines
| Adult and Young Adult Materials | $.25 per day per item |
| Maximum Fine | $6.25 per item |
| Children's Materials | no fines |
Email Notification
If you give us an email address, you will receive email notifications when your requests are ready for pickup, and overdue notices when material is a certain number of days overdue. Otherwise you will be contacted by phone or mail.
All borrowers who receive RDPL email library notices will also get email reminders two days before items are due, so that they can return or renew their items before fines apply. Please note that failure to receive reminders from RDPL will not excuse borrowers from late charges.
The Alberta Library Card
By being a member in good standing at a participating library, you can receive The Alberta Library (TAL) Card for free. With the TAL Card, you are able to walk in to and directly borrow books from any of the 240 TAL Card participating libraries in the province (including Red Deer College). Simply stop at the Member Services desk at either the Downtown or Dawe branches of the library to apply for your free TAL Card today. For more information on the TAL Card, visit TAL Card - Information for Borrowers and the TAL Card - Participating Libraries.
Privileges at Red Deer College
Red Deer Public Library and Red Deer College Library have entered into a special agreement which extends special RDC Library privileges to RDPL customers. Patrons who have a TAL card issued by the Red Deer Public Library have the following privileges at Red Deer College Library:
- Borrow up to 10 items at a time
- 2 week loans
- Maximum 1 renewal
- Full computer and Internet access (1 hour limit/day)
For more information visit the RDC Library website.