Library charges and fines
From 4th November 2010 all customers will incur charges for overdue items and reservations.
Customers who have a visual impairment will be exempt from charges on spoken word audio books and customers of the Home Library Service are exempt from all charges.
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| Concessions |
Customers who are registered blind or have a certified visual impairment
Home Library Service
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| Books | Free loans and renewals | |
| Compact Discs | Single item or Boxed Set £1 per loan and renewal | |
| Spoken Word formats | £1.00 per loan and renewal | |
| DVDs |
£1.50 per loan and renewal |
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DVD Boxed Sets |
£3.50 per loan and renewal | |
| Learning Packs / Language Courses | £2.50 per three week loan and renewal | |
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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 |
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| Charge for posting overdue notices | 40p per notice. (Email notices are free) | |
| Renewals | All items may be renewed up to four times (unless reserved). Renewals may be made online, by telephone or by visiting any of our libraries. | |
| Reservations |
£1.00 per item for holdings in H&F libraries or via Inter-Library Loans. (British Library requests will incur a surcharge of £5.00) £2.00 per item for reservations from a SELMS partner library. |
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Lost membership cards |
£1.00 | |
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Eco bags |
£1.00 | |
| Photocopying |
Black & white: Self-service A4 10p / A3 20p - Staff-assisted A4 20p / A3 40p
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| Fax charges |
Fax facilities are available at the following locations:
Within United Kingdom: £1.00 per page
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| Internet charges |
Library members: first half-hour per day - free, each subsequent half-hour - 50p
Memory stick: £7.00 |
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| Hall hire |
Community groups (Voluntary groups in H&F only, registered charities & residents' associations only) During library hours: £15 per hour
Other groups During library hours: £30 per hour
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Exhibition space
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Preparation day: £60
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Page last updated: 17/11/2011
