Services, policies, opening hours

Opening hours

Regular hours

  • Monday to Thursday: 10:00 – 21:00
  • Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
  • Saturday: 10:00 – 17:00
  • Sunday: Noon – 17:00

Please note that due to landscape work the book chute is presently inaccessible.

Home delivery service

If it is difficult for you to come to the library, you could be eligible for our home delivery service. For more information, please contact Cynthia Rombionti at 514-734-2967 or e-mail her.

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Internet access

The Reginald J. P. Dawson Library offers its members free Internet access on eight work stations and wireless Internet to anyone with their own equipment. The wireless signal provided is 802.11 a/b/g and the SSID is WIFI-TMR.

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Memberships

Membership is free for residents of Town of Mount Royal and the City of Montreal’s Glenmount district.

Annual membership fee for non-residents:

  • $80 per adult (age 13 to 64)
  • $60 per adult (age 65 and over)
  • $65 per child (age 12 and under)

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Loans

Adult’s Library

  • Loan periods
    • Books and comic books: 21 days
    • New releases (books): 7 days
    • Compact discs: 7 days
    • Videocassettes and DVDs: 7 days
    • CD-ROMs: 21 days
    • Language courses: 21 days
    • Talking books: 21 days
    • Periodicals: 7 days
  • Maximum number of loans
    • 12 Books (up to 4 new releases)
    • 6 Compact discs (per adult card)
    • 6 Videocassettes or DVDs (per adult card)
    • 3 CD-ROMs
    • 1 Language course (per adult card)
    • 6 Talking books
    • 6 Periodicals

You can renew loans by telephone on or before the due date, provided the item is not on hold.

Access the library’s online catalogue: 2010 version (ZonesL) or previous version.

Children’s Library

  • Loan period
    • New releases: 21 days
    • Books and comic books: 21 days
    • Periodicals: 21 days
    • Audio cassettes and compact discs: 21 days
    • CD-ROMs: 21 days
  • Maximum number of loans
    • 12 Books
    • 8 Periodicals
    • 6 Audio cassettes and compact discs
    • 3 CD-ROMs

e-Bibliotheca

eBooks available 24/7.

PRETNUMERIQUE.CA

In French: http://proxy.catalog.ville.mont-royal.qc.ca:82/sso/pretnumerique.

  • Loan periods
    • eBooks in ePub and/or PDF: 3 weeks
  • Maximum number of loans
    • 2 documents

Overdrive

In English: e-bibliotheca.lib.overdrive.com.

  • Loan periods
    • eBooks in ePub and/or PDF: 1 week or 3 weeks
    • Audiobooks in WMA and/or MP3: 1 week or 3 weeks
  • Maximum number of loans
    • 6 documents

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Reservations and renewals

To reserve or renew a document, drop by the library or call us at 514-734-2967 (adult section) or 514-734-2973 (children’s section) with your library card number ready.

Renewals can be made if items are not overdue, reserved by another member, or have not already been renewed 5 times.

Important: Please do not email employees directly to renew your documents. Do not leave a message on the answering machine either.

Do it online using the Member Services

With your library card number (login) and password you can consult your user file, renew your documents and reserve online using our online catalogue: 2010 version (ZonesL) or previous version.

If you do not have a password, come to the library with your card or call the library with your card number. An employee will ask for your date of birth to verify your identity.

Please be advised that between 00:30 and 2:00, access to the online catalogue and member services is not available due to daily back-ups and updates to the system.

  • Renewals
    Click on Member Services on the online catalogue (2010 version (ZonesL) / previous version) to view your profile summary and renew any given document.
  • Reservations (Holds)
    Make a search, find an item that you would like to reserve and click the Holds button on the online catalogue: 2010 version (ZonesL) or previous version. Please note that only documents currently borrowed may be reserved through online member services. Once you have been advised that your reservation is available, you have two days to pick it up at the library.

Notification

Instead of getting a phone call for overdue or reserved items, write to us to provide us with your email address and receive notifications electronically.

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eBooks: Downloads, reservations and your eBook account

Service available 24/7. Using your library card number (login) and password, choose between French documents (PRETNUMERIQUE.CA) and English ones (OverDrive) on our e-Bibliotheca page. 

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Suggestions and Inter Library Loans (ILL)

If the book you are looking for is not in our collection we invite you to make a suggestion for purchase, or request an inter library loan. If your suggestion falls under the library’s accession criteria the item will be bought for you and the benefit of other members.

Any member can ask for an inter library loan for a book or an article that the library does not possess, however, certain items such as CDs, DVDs, or recently published books are not available via ILL.

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Fines

Library fines of $10 and more may be paid by card at the point of sale (Interac) terminal. Under $10 they have to be paid cash.

Adults’ Library

  • Books (except 7-day books): $0.10/day
  • New releases (7-day books): $0.25/day
  • Compact discs: $0.25/day
  • Videocassettes and DVDs: $0.50/day
  • CD-ROMs: $0.50/day
  • Language courses: $0.50/day
  • Talking books: $0.25/day
  • Adult periodicals: $0.25/day

Children’s Library

  • Children’s books, audio cassettes and compact discs: $0.05/day
  • Periodicals: $0.05/day
  • CD-ROMs: $0.05/day

e-Bibliotheca

Automatic return! No late fees.

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Book donations

The library accepts donations of books in good condition with relatively up to date information. Depending on the needs of the library, donations are either integrated into the collection or added to the book sale table. 

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If your eyes are playing tricks on you…

If your eyesight makes it hard for you to read, you’ll appreciate having access to large-text books, talking books and a magnifier that makes it possible to read otherwise illegible fine print on forms and instructions. Learn more!

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