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Beaumont Library memberships are free and available to all residents of the City of Beaumont and Leduc County. 

Membership Types

Adult (ages 18+):  Bring one piece of official picture ID and a proof of address.

Juvenile (ages 0-17):  The parent/guardian must complete the online registration form, including the parent/guardian's name.  The parent/guardian must accompany the juvenile to pick up a new membership card.  When the parent/guardian completes the online registration form they agree to the following conditions:

Parental/Legal Guardian Consent:  "In filling out this application, I approve the issuance of a library card to my child and acknowledge my responsibility for its use in accordance with Library policies and procedures.  I understand that the Library purchases a wide variety of materials in all formats and some will contain mature themes and language or other characteristics which may not be appropriate for my child.  I acknowledge that it is my sole right and responsibility to decide what is appropriate for my child and that the Library and its staff will not act in loco parentis (i.e., in the place of the parent).  I accept full responsibility for the supervision of my child's activity in the Library's physical space as well as within the TRAC online environment,  I acknowledge that the Library provides public access to the Internet and I accept full responsibility for my child's computer usage and Internet activity within the Library."

Institutional (e.g. daycare providers):  The institution director must provide one piece of valid picture ID, proof of Beaumont company address, and the names of any employees who will be using the card. 

You must be 18 years and older, and a resident of the City of Beaumont or Leduc County to register online.  A parent/guardian must fill out the form for a juvenile membership.  See below for membership information.  

When picking up your permanent card at the library, please bring one piece of valid picture ID and proof of address.  A parent/guardian must be present to pick up a juvenile card.

Please fill in and submit this form.

Renewals Only

Important Information

You must present the Bibliothèque de Beaumont Library Card for service at the Circulation Desk, for library account services, program registration, and public computer access.  Please have your barcode number ready when requesting services over the phone.

Due to system requirements, when picking up holds, the card presented at the desk must be for the account that placed the hold.

If you lose your card, call the library immediately at 780-929-2665 or visit during business hours.

Alberta wide borrowing is here! ME Libraries lets you join other public libraries across Alberta and borrow their materials using ONE library card. Make the most of your library card and access more items for free!

In the 1990s libraries across Alberta faced a number of challenges and opportunities, including the information explosion, the development of new technologies, the emergence of the Internet and a changing government philosophy.

A grassroots response to these challenges led to the creation of The Alberta Library (TAL) in 1997. Internationally recognized for cooperation and collaboration, TAL is a province-wide consortium that now serves 48 member libraries in over 300 locations across the province, including:

• public libraries
• regional library systems
• university libraries
• college, and technical institute libraries
• special libraries

Member libraries work together to take advantage of changing technologies, find creative solutions and seize new opportunities. As a result, Albertans at even the smallest library have access to more than 30 million resources.

Introduction

The Yellowhead Regional Library is a consortium of 43 public and 43 school libraries. This statement addresses your online privacy and access to information through the Yellowhead Regional Library's headquarters Integrated Library System (ILS) and website.

The Yellowhead Regional Library Board and staff are subject to the Libraries Act and Regulation R.S.A. 2000 Chap. L-11 and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), and uphold the Canadian Federation of Library Associations’ (CFLA) Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Libraries.

The Yellowhead Regional Library Board’s bylaws and policies are publicly available, including its Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) bylaw and Information Technology policy.

Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information

The System only collects the amount of personal information needed to conduct library services and programs. Personally identifiable information contained in the patron record includes:

• Name
• Address
• Phone number(s)
• Email address

Patron records with charges below the defined threshold are purged after they have been expired for two years.

The System does not collect personal information for commercial marketing or distribution to private organizations. The System will only disclose personal information:

a. to law enforcement in response to a court order, such as a warrant, subpoena, or other legal compulsion.

b. in partnership with other Alberta libraries and library systems for the purposes of sharing materials under conditions defined in existing resource sharing agreements and programs (e.g. interlibrary loan agreements, TAL Card, ME Libraries), collecting fees or fines, and retrieving borrowed materials.

c. for the purpose of contacting next of kin or emergency response personnel in the case of an
emergency.

Tracking and Security

Cookies – When you visit a website it may deposit a piece of data, called a web cookie, with the temporary web browser files on your computer. If you wish, you can change the settings on your web browser to deny cookies, or to warn you when a site is about to deposit cookies on your hard drive.

Encryption – The System’s website links patrons to their My Account on TRACpac and Relais for borrowing purposes. These consortia use encryption during the login process/transmission of a patron’s library card, username, and PIN.

eResources – The System subscribes to various databases found under the eResources tab of the System’s and our libraries’ websites. The administrative software of the databases may identify individual patron barcodes with specific titles read, however the System only uses the information anonymously to aggregate usage by patron’s registered library. The System does not analyze individual patron usage. Users may read the databases’ privacy policies on their home pages.

External Links – The System’s website links to other websites and eResources that may collect personal information. Users should review the privacy policies of these sites before providing them with personal data.

Reading History – Patrons can save their reading histories on TRACpac. These lists are private unless the patron chooses to share them, and the System will not share these lists, except when in response to a law enforcement court order, such as a warrant, subpoena, or other legal compulsion.

SimplyReports – The System utilizes SimplyReports software to pull data from the ILS in order to create custom reports and to assist with identifying recent borrowers of a lost or damaged library item. This information can only be drawn for the last five borrowers of an item and is only used for the stated purpose of retrieving missing pieces, missing items, and to invoice for damage or loss.

Usage Statistics – The System uses Google Analytics to discover usage of the System’s and our libraries’ websites. Google Analytics uses cookies. Users may read Google Analytics’ policies.

Parental Responsibility for Minors

Yellowhead Regional Library does not act in loco parentis. Parents and legal guardians take responsibility for what their children access on and through the System’s website. No age restrictions or filters apply to the System’s databases, eResources, or links to external sites, and the System’s Internet access is not filtered.

Programs and Events

Online Forms and Electronic Communication with System Staff – The System may provide online forms for facilitating services or resource acquisition suggestions. These forms will require some user personal information. The System will gather only the personal information necessary to facilitate the registration or request, and the personal information will not be used for any other purpose. Personal information provided to System staff through any other electronic communications, such as email, text, etc. will be used only to facilitate the request submitted.

Social Media

The System may provide access to social media. Users posting comments to the System’s social media should be aware of the public nature of such posts and of their responsibility to exercise caution when sharing personally identifiable information over social media.

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Can't find what you're looking for on the shelf? Try interlibrary loan! With your Bibliothèque de Beaumont Library card you have access to millions of items from all over Alberta and beyond.

TRACpac

First try searching in TRAC (our consortium). You can search right on our website or go directly to TRACpac. If you find what you're looking for, simply click Request to begin the process of placing a hold.

Interlibrary Loan

Relais is the new way to place Interlibrary Loans (ILL) in Alberta, brought to you by the Alberta Public Library Services Branch (PLSB). To access Relais, just go to Alberta Relais and select Yellowhead Regional Library as your location.

Me Libraries

Your Bibliothèque de Beaumont Library card also allows you to borrow items in person from any public library in Alberta. This is made possible by Me Libraries. For more information and to sign up, visit Me Libraries.

National Network for Equitable Library Service

The National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) is a repository of content owned and sustained by Canadian public libraries, working with international partners, libraries, readers, and publishers (particularly Canadian ones) to make copies of books in accessible formats available to readers in Canada who have print disabilities.  For more information, visit NNELS.

Centre for Equitable Library Access

CELA is a national not-for-profit organization run by public libraries for public libraries.  Our collections and services are available to patrons with print disabilities who are members of a public library funded to receive our services, either by their province/territory or through a local library subscription.  Eligible patrons of CELA member libraries have access to more than 300,000 items in accessible formats including audio, braille, and electronic text.  More than 600 public library systems across Canada are currently members of CELA.  For more information, visit CELA.

Still not sure how to get your item(s)? Contact us!

Yellowhead Regional Library provides services to 303,695 Albertans in 54 municipalities and 10,822 students in three school divisions. Our priority is to provide quality library services to our 43 municipal and 43 school libraries. We continuously strive to be responsive to the needs of our members. 

Our headquarters is located in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada.

Creating shared value

Yellowhead Regional Library’s (YRL) commitment to its member libraries is an active, ongoing approach that seeks to enrich the collections, resources and services offered to Albertans in the Yellowhead Region.

Simply put, YRL is always growing, learning and sourcing new resources to help make each member library the best it can be.

Find out more

The Regional Automation Consortium

TRAC (The Regional Automation Consortium) is a partnership of Marigold Library System, Northern Lights Library System, Peace Library System, Yellowhead Regional Library, and their member libraries. Using TRACpac you can search a combined catalogue of over 170 libraries with holdings of nearly three million books, DVDs and other material.

TRAC also participates in Alberta-wide borrowing through ME Libraries. Patrons registered through ME Libraries may borrow materials from any TRAC library, subject to local policies and lending periods.

The libraries within TRAC wish to acknowledge Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 territory, as well as the Métis Nation of Alberta. The TRAC libraries are located on territory that provided a travelling route and home to many Indigenous peoples.

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