Memberships
Red Deer College Library offers a variety of memberships.
Current membership is required to exercise borrowing privileges.
RDC Students
- Your iCard is your library card
- All students automatically receive a Library membership
- Two week loan period with a maximum 2 renewals
(if no other requests) - (.50/day/item fines)
- Videos/DVDs may be borrowed - 3 day loan with maximum of 1 renewal (.50/day/item fines)
- 2 hour loan for reserve items, no renewal
($1.00/hour/item fines)
- No loans for periodicals, reference books
- Free NEOS requests with maximum 2 renewals
($1.00/day/item fines for NEOS materials)
- Free Interlibrary Loans
- Remote access to online article databases
- Need TAL card issued at RDC to borrow from outside NEOS/RDPL (does not mean automatic privilege to other library's computers and databases)
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RDC Faculty & Staff
- Your iCard is your library card
- All faculty and staff automatically receive a Library membership
- 4-month loan period on RDC material with up to 2 renewals (restrictions apply)
- No fines on RDC materials
- Videos/DVDs may be borrowed
- Free NEOS requests with maximum 2 renewals
($1.00/day/item fines for NEOS materials)
- Free Interlibrary Loans
- Remote access to online article databases
- Need TAL card issued at RDC to borrow from outside NEOS/RDPL (does not mean automatic privilege to other library's computers and databases)
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RDC Alumni
- Membership is $10/year
- Borrow up to 10 books/audio/toys (RDC collection only) - (.50/day/items fines, 2 week loans with maximum 1 renewal)
- No loans for periodicals, reference books
- Full computer and Internet access in the Library
- No remote access to licensed electronic resources
- No video/DVDs borrowing
- No Interlibrary Loan privileges
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NEOS Cardholders
- Patrons who are primary borrowers at other NEOS Libraries (students, staff)
- A valid card from NEOS home library
- Two week loans with one renewal (restrictions may apply) ($1.00/day/item fines)
- No loans for periodicals, reference books
- No computer or database access
- No video/DVDs borrowing
- Can borrow books/audio/toys
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RDPL Cardholders
- Patrons who have a Red Deer Public Library card
- Borrow up to 10 books/audio/toys - (.50/day/item fines)
- 2 week loan with maximum 1 renewal
- No loans for periodicals, reference books
- Full computer and Internet access in the Library
- No remote access to licensed electronic resources
- No video/DVDs borrowing
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TAL Cardholders (other than RDPL)
- Patrons who have a TAL (The Alberta Library) Card issued by their home library
- Borrow up to 10 books
- 2 week loans with maximum 1 renewal
(some restrictions apply) - (.50/day/item fines)
- No computer or database access
- No loans for periodicals, reference books
- No video/DVDs borrowing
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Community Members
- Membership is $40/year
- Free memberships for members of the following groups:
- RDC Extension Services Students
- RDC Series Program Students
- RDC Contract Staff
- RDC Board of Governors
- Central Alberta area High School students
- Visiting Faculty
- Central Alberta area School Teachers (All Grades)
- Bethany Collegside residents
- Borrow up to 10 items
- 2 week loan with maximum 1 renewal - (.50/day/item fines)
- Full computer and Internet access in the Library
- No remote access to licensed electronic resources
- No videos/DVDs borrowing (exception: Teachers may borrow videos/DVDs which are part of the CTS Curriculum)
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Long-Term Computer Accounts
- Membership is $20/year
- Full computer and Internet access in the Library
- No remote access to licensed electronic resources
- No borrowing privileges
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Short-Term Computer Accounts
- If you require computer access for a short period (i.e. 24 hours), please ask at the Circulation Desk.
- If you are a Series student, please ask at the Circulation Desk about getting a guest account for the duration of your course.
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