Loan Periods, Fines, Penalties, and Recovery Charges
JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY
PUBLIC SERVICES POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICE POLICIES AND CHARGE SCHEDULE
POLICY NO.: PUB91-2
ADOPTED: February 21, 1991
REVISED: September 24, 2001
REVISED: June 21, 2005
REVISED: September 2005
The Jefferson County Library Board of Trustees shall authorize a fee and charge schedule to be reviewed annually by the Library staff.
FEE AND CHARGE SCHEDULE, Effective October 1, 2005
I. Checkout Period
a. Books and other materials - 21 days
b. Circulating periodicals - 7 days
c. Videos - 21 days
d. Special Titles collections (i.e. Bestsellers) - 7 days
e. Special Titles collections (i.e. long Bestsellers) - 14 days
II. Penalties (Overdue)
a. Books and other materials - $0.10 per day
b. Videos - $0.25 per day
c. Special Titles collections - $0.25 per day
d. Interlibrary Loan materials - $1.00 per day
III. Maximum Penalties (Overdue)
a. Hardback books - $15.00
b. Trade paperback books - $15.00
c. Paperback books - $5.00
d. Videos - $15.00
e. Vertical File/Magazine items - $5.00
IV. Cost Recovery Charges
a. Photocopies - $0.20 per page when copies made by the patron; $0.30 per page when made by staff
b. Microfilm copies - $0.20 per page when copies made by the patron; $0.30 per page when made by staff
c. Extraordinary Interlibrary Loan charges - return postage expenses above 2 pounds, plus any additional costs assessed by the lending institute
d. Collection fees -
current expense to
collect an account ($10.00)
e. Printing from Computers - $0.20 per page
f. Multimedia storage devices - $1.00 per floppy disk; $1.00 per write-able CD, $2.00 per rewrite-able CD
g. Insufficient funds check charge - $20.00
h. Fax service--To Send: $2 for the first page and $1 per page for each
additional page for all local numbers, long distance and 800 numbers within the
continental U.S. and $5 for the first page and $2 for each additional page for
all International numbers outside the continental U.S. To Recieve:
$1 per page for each page regardless of where the FAX originates (local, long
distance/800 or International).
i. Scanning documents – on copier to email: $0.20 per page
j. Genealogy Requests – a $10 non-refundable fee which covers the cost of up to
5 name searches in any indexed genealogy materials held by the Northwest
Branch (cost of copies and mailing included).
V. Lost Materials
a. Replacement cost as listed in item record on Sirsi plus a $5.00 processing
fee.
b. If replacement cost cannot be ascertained from Sirsi Workflows, price as
listed in online sources such as Amazon plus a $5.00 processing fee.
c. Interlibrary loan materials: cost assessed by the lending library.
VI. Damaged Materials
a. The director shall make available an assessment table for staff use.
VII. Replacement Library Card
a. Card and processing cost - $1.00.
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