Senior Pages

Using Your Library Card

Loan Periods

7 days (1 week) - instructional and entertainment videos & DVDs.

21 days (3 weeks) - all books, books on tape & CD, magazines, pamphlets, artwork, software, music on CD, and multimedia kits.

56 days (8 weeks) - all institutional and homebound customers' materials.

Overnight - selected reference materials at the discretion of the librarian in charge, to be returned within the first hour open next day.

Renewals & Overdues

Any circulating item - except Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - may be renewed once if no other customer is waiting for it. Materials may be renewed at the library, over the phone or through the public catalog.

If an item is overdue

• Your card may be blocked from checking out more materials.

• Late fees are charged immediately on late overnight and ILL items.

• Late fees are charged on the 21st day after 2-week and 4-week items are due.

• You may be blocked from accessing the online databases.

Service charges/Late fees

$2 per item for materials 21 days overdue
$2 for each ILL item overdue
$3 for a lost item plus replacement costs

Updated 4/08/05