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Library Fees

Per Board of Supervisors' Resolution - July 1, 2008

Books - Special Requests:
Items outside of the Black Gold System $2.00
(Does not include any special charges from the lending library)
Failure to cancel or pick up special requests 50¢
Lost Books and Materials: An average price to be charged as follows:

Adult books - No refunds on lost materials returned after 6 months of date of receipt. A non-refundable $5.00 processing fee will be added to the cost of each lost item.

Fiction $26.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Nonfiction $35.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Trade Paperbacks $22.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Mass Market Paperbacks $7.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Special Collections and Reference $65.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Interlibrary Loans Replacement cost of the loaning library

  Juvenile Books - No refunds on lost materials returned after 6 months of date of receipt. A non-refundable $5.00 processing fee will be added to the cost of each lost item.

Fiction $22.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Nonfiction $22.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Trade Paperbacks $13.00
Mass Market Paperbacks $7.00

  Other Items - No refunds on lost materials returned after 6 months of date of receipt.

Periodicals $5.00

  Audiovisual Materials
No refunds on lost materials returned after 6 months of date on receipt.
Exception: No refunds or replacement fee waivers on lost individual part(s) of audiovisual sets after 4 weeks from date of return of the incomplete set.
A non-refundable $5.00 processing fee is included in the cost of each item.


Audiocassette and book $35.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Videocassette and book $50.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Book and CD Set $40.00 or list price, whichever is greater
Audiocassettes $15.00/tape or list price, whichever is greater
Videocassettes (or damaged beyond repair) $25.00/cassette or list price, whichever is greater
Compact Disc (or damaged beyond repair) $20.00/disc or list price, whichever is greater
Computer Multimedia CD-ROM discs Replacement cost
DVD (lost or damaged) $35.00/disc
Games $30.00


Miscellaneous:

Materials - Damaged:

Damaged Pages $1.00 per page up to $10.00, then replacement cost (same as lost)
Mutilated dust jackets and torn pockets 50¢
Missing or damaged barcodes $2.00 each
Lost/Damaged AV case or sleeve or cover $2.00 per case or sleeve or cover
Damaged AV items $5.00 mending fee + materials fee as applicable
Lost/Damaged paperback vinyl covers $1.50 each

 

  Overdue Materials:

Adult Materials 25¢ per day per item (max of $5.00)
Children's Materials 10¢ per day per item (max of $5.00)
Reference and Special Loan Collections $1.00 per day per item (max of $5.00)
Videocassettes 25¢ per day per item to a max of $5.00
DVDs $1.00 per day per item to a max of $5.00
Rewinding Videocassettes $1.00 per cassette
Multimedia CD-ROM materials $1.00 per day per item to a max of $10.00

  Library Cards and Privileges:

Lost Library Card $1.00 for each replacement

  Library Services:

Extensive Reference Searches Actual Cost + 10%
Microfilm/Microfiche - Special Request $2.00 per reel or packet

  Printing:

Black & White Printing from PC 10¢ per page
Color Printing from PC 50¢ per page
Microfilm/Microfiche printing 25¢ per page

  Miscellaneous:

Collection Agency Fee $10.00 per person referred to the Library collection agency
Technology Access for Meeting Room $40.00
Video Conferencing Dial Out Actual cost

 

 
 
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