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Borrow Materials

Present your library card at the check out desk to borrow items.

Loan periods

Item type Loan period
New adult fiction, magazines,
comic books		 7 days
Young People's videocassettes 3 days

Only two week loan materials may be renewed for an additional two weeks in person, by telephone, or online. Overdue materials and materials on reserve lists may not be renewed. Materials borrowed from other libraries may be renewable at the discretion of the loaning library.

Borrowing Limits

The maximum number of item per category which may be borrowed on a library card at any one time is as follows:

Adult Cards Young People's Cards
10 compact discs
10 music cassettes
3 videocassettes
10 multimedia kits
5 magazines
5 pamphlets
3 books on a specific subject or by a single author
 10 compact discs
10 music cassettes
3 videocassettes
10 multimedia kits
5 comic books
5 magazines
5 pamphlets
5 pictures
3 books on a specific subject or by a single author
1 encyclopedia volume
1 book on a subject if on a class assignment

Fees and Late Charges

We assess the following fees and late charges:

Maximum Fines
Materials checked out on an Adult Card $4.20/item
Materials checked out on a Young Person's Card $4.20/item
Video Cassettes & DVDs $20.00/item
Videocassette Fees
Non-Instructional Videos (less than 6 months in collection) $1.00
Rewind Fee $0.50
Regular Late Charges
Young People's Videocassettes & DVDs $1.00/day
All Other Materials $0.10/day

Overdue fines and fees for materials borrowed from other libraries are set by the loaning libraries.