Borrowing Guide

Renewing is easy:

• Online– Log in at EPL.ca and renew your materials in “My account” under “My EPL.”
• By phone– Grab a pen, paper, your borrowed materials, and call 496.7047 and follow the instructions.
• At a branch– Use one of the public catalogue terminals or speak to a staff member.

Most items can be borrowed for up to three weeks, except Hits-to-Go items (which are one-week borrowing). For example, books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, videogames and interlibrary loans. Please return the items on time so we can share them with others.

If a library item is past 15 days overdue, a notice will be mailed or emailed to you. If a library item has not been returned after 30 days, you will be billed for the replacement cost.

If your fines reach a total of $10.00 or more or if you have 40 items or more overdue, you will not be able to borrow any more items, place holds or access eBooks, eAudiobooks or any other digital content.

We want to build a balanced collection to serve all of Edmonton. If you’re interested in a title that’s not in the EPL catalogue, let us know and we’ll consider your request.

Just make sure it was originally published or produced in the last 10 years. Suggestions are evaluated according to our Collection Development Policy.

You can request up to five items per month through our online catalogue. Track the progress of your suggestion within the Suggest a Purchase pages (after logging in). Before making your suggestion, check our catalogue to make sure we don't already carry it.

You can also make 3 eBook and eAudiobook suggestions every 30 days through our eBook service OverDrive. When making suggestions in OverDrive, ask to be added to the holds list in order to track the item's progress.

Suggest a new item (library card and PIN required)