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Overdue and other library charges

Library charges (from April 2009) 

Loan charges
Concessions

Young people up to and including 15 year olds 
No loan charges 
No overdue charges on books and audio items
Free reservations

60 plus year olds
No loan charges
No overdue charges on books and audio items
One free reservation per visit

Lifestyle Plus card holders 
Half price loan charges 
Half price reservations

Books Free loans and renewals
Compact Discs Single item or Boxed Set £1 per loan and renewal
Spoken Word formats Free loans and renewals
DVDs

£1.50 per loan and renewal

DVD Boxed Sets

£3.50 per loan and renewal
Learning Packs / Language Courses £2.50 per three week loan and renewal

Overdue charges

25p per day per item for books, CDs and spoken word formats

75p per day for DVDs & Boxed Sets

25p per day per Learning Pack / Language Course 

Charge for posting overdue notices 40p per notice. (Email notices are free)
Renewals All items may be renewed up to four times and may be made online, by telephone or by visiting any of our libraries.
Reservations £1.00 per item. (British Library requests will incur a surcharge of £4.50)
Other charges 
Lost membership cards £1
Photocopying

Black and white: 15p A4 self service / 30p A3 self service
Colour: £1.00 A4 self service / £1.50 A3 self service

Fax charges Fax facilities are available at the following locations:
Hammersmith Library
fax no: 020 8753 3815
Fulham Library
fax no: 020 7736 3741
Shepherds Bush Library
fax no: 020 8740 1712.
Within United Kingdom: £1.00 per page
To Europe: £1.50 per page
To North America: £2.00 per page
To Australia: £2.00 per page
Elsewhere: £4.00 per page
Incoming material: £1.00 per page
Internet charges

Library members: first half hour per day free, each subsequent half-hour 50p. 
Hammersmith & Fulham school children: Free

Floppy disk: 75p each / USB memory stick: £6.99

Hall hire

Community/target groups 

During library hours £10 per hour 
Outside library hours   £40 per hour 

Other groups 

During library hours     £22 per hour 
Outside library hours    £82 per hour

Exhibition space
 

Preparation day: £50 
Exhibition weekdays: £102 per day 
Saturdays / Sundays: £130 per day

Page last updated: 05/02/2010