Chemistry - Is beryllium an alkaline earth metal?

There is some disagreement in usage among authors, but IUPAC standard nomenclature approves calling beryllium an alkaline earth metal, as explained on page 51 of IUPAC's last Red Book.

In fact, all the elements belonging to group 2, $\ce{Be,Mg,Ca,Sr,Ba,Ra}$, are called alkaline earth metals with IUPAC's approval.

Other common traditional names approved by IUPAC are alkali metals for the elements of group 1 except hydrogen, i.e. $\ce{Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs,Fr}$; halogens for $\ce{F,Cl,Br,I,At}$ in group 17,whose only member excluded from such a designation is $\ce{Uus}$ (now $\ce{Ts}$), and noble gases for all the elements of group 18 except $\ce{Uuo}$ (now $\ce{Og}$), i.e. $\ce{He,Ne,Ar,Kr,Xe,Rn}$.