There are currently two micro-libraries in the Chinook Arch region. These micro-libraries are an automated lending library, also known as a book locker. 

Piikani Micro-Library

Located at 1605 Hwy 786 in Brocket. In the same building as the Canada Post office.

Waterton Micro-Library

Located at 209 Fountain Avenue in Waterton (south vestibule)

Can you use the Micro-Libraries? 

Anyone with a Chinook Arch library card can use the micro-libraries!

If you live in Waterton or Piikani for even part of the year, you qualify for Chinook Arch library membership.

• Sign up for a new card online here – eCard registration
• To renew an existing membership, go here – eRenew

Need Help? 

If you have trouble using the book locker, please contact Chinook Arch.

• 1-888-458-1500 toll free
• booklocker@chinookarch.ca

Staff is available to help Monday to Friday, 8:30-4:30, except on holidays. 

About the Micro-Libraries

• The content of the micro-libraries is refreshed on Mondays (except holiday Mondays)
• There is a small collection kept in the micro-library for you to browse and borrow
• Browse our collection online 
• If you place holds on titles in our online catalogue, select Waterton or Piikani as your pick-up location
• Interlibrary loans (items requested from outside the Chinook Arch region) can’t be delivered to the micro-library.  Those will have to be picked up at a Chinook Arch library location

Book Club Kits include everything you need to run a book club: 12 copies of a book (including one large print when available) and reading guides with author information, discussion questions, and read-alike suggestions. You’ll also find tips on starting and running a successful book club in each kit.

Anyone with a Chinook Arch member library card can check out Book Club Kits, by placing a hold in the catalogue or asking library staff for help. Book Club Kits can be checked out for 6 weeks, and renewed once. 

Patrons with print disabilities can access books for book clubs through CELA - the Centre for Equitable Library Access.

Titles for Book Club Kits are selected by a committee of librarians from Chinook Arch Regional Library System and Lethbridge Public Library. To learn more about our selection guidelines or to suggest a title for consideration, please contact us at arch@chinookarch.ca.

Search Available Book Club Kits

Oki. Tanshi. Hello.

Chinook Arch is located on lands of the Blackfoot people. Chinook Arch pays respect to the Blackfoot people past, present and future while recognizing and respecting their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship to the land. This land is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

Members of the Kainai and Piikani First Nations are eligible for full Chinook Arch library service. To get a library card, please visit our Get an e-Card page.    

eResources

Prairie Indigenous Ebook Collection

Voices of the Land

Image credit:
Grant Spotted Bull, Medicine Wheel Series, 2014, oil on canvas

Print Disabilities

If you have impairments of sight or hearing, the inability to hold or manipulate a book, or a disability relating to reading comprehension, you can ask your local library staff about being registered as a patron with print disabilities. Chinook Arch offers library patrons with print disabilities access to information in formats including:

• Large print books
• Audiobooks
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) CDs
• ebooks with resizable text
• Descriptive video
• Braille

Additional materials can be accessed from the National Network of Equitable Library Service (NNELS) and the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA).

NNELS

The National Network of Equitable Library Service maintains an online collection of downloadable audiobooks and other accessible formats. Once you are registered with your library as a patron with print disabilities, you can download free content from the NNELS catalogue.

Getting Started with NNELS

CELA

The Centre for Equitable Library Access maintains a collection of books, magazines, newspapers, videos, audiobooks, and ebooks in accessible formats. To register as a CELA patron, ask for help at your home library or register here. Once you are registered, you can download titles to your computer or mobile device, download books to a DAISY player, or receive audio CDs, Braille books, or described movies through the mail.

Getting Started with CELA

New to Canada? Your library can help! With a library card you can:

• Checkout books, movies, passes to local events, even sports equipment!
• Access our eLibrary
• Learn a new language with the Pronunciator app.

If you don’t have a library card, you can still:

• Read books and use resources inside the library
• Use library computers and wireless internet
• Attend programs offered at your library