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Fines and Hire Charges
New charges to be applied from Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
If you think you may be entitled to concessions, click
here
Request Charges
| Standard Rate | £1.15 per item |
| Children's Rate | FREE |
| Concessions and 16-18 year olds | 60p per item |
| Items borrowed from outside the County, additional charge |
£1.70 per item |
| Vocal Scores - Per set of 5-30 Per Set of 31 + |
£6.30 £12.60 |
Book and Spoken Word Fines
| Adults | 25p £7.50 |
per item per day max per item (5 weeks) |
| Children | 0.06p £1.80 |
per item per day max per item |
| Concessions | 12p £3.60 |
per item per day max per item (5 weeks) |
If you return a Video or DVD late you will be charged for another weeks loan, the loan charges are listed below.
Charges for Audio-Visual Items
| CDs | Cassettes | DVDs* | Videos | Spoken Word CDs | Spoken Word Cassettes | |
| Standard Rate | £1.10 | 60p | £2.80 | £2.40 | £1.40 | £1.40 |
| Children | N/A | N/A | £1.40 | £1.20 | FREE | FREE |
| Concessions | 55p | 30p | £1.40 | £1.20 | 70p | 70p |
| Registered blind/partially sighted/hearing impaired people | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE |
Print Outs, Photocopy and Fax Charges
Print Outs Charges per copy |
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| Black and White A4 | 10p | |
| Colour A4 | 40p | |
Photocopy Charges per copy |
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| Black and White A 4 | 10p | |
| Black and White A3 | 20p | |
| Colour A4 | £1.00 | |
| Colour A3 | £1.50 | |
Fax Charges |
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| Sending | First Sheet | Subsequent Sheets |
| UK | £1.50 | 75p |
| Europe and North America | £2.85 | £1.40 |
| Rest of World | £4.40 | £2.20 |
| Receiving | ||
| Receiving faxes | 85p per sheet | |
| Receiving faxes from premium Rate Lines | 85p per sheet + £3.30 | |
Charges for replacing lost or damaged items
The charges shown below are the amount payable if there is no charge listed on the library catalogue.
There is no charge for damage to items borrowed by or for a child 0 - 5 years.
Books |
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| Adults | Children | ||
| Hardback Fiction | £18.40 | Fiction (Hardback or paperback) | £4.85 |
| Paperback Fiction | £7.70 | Non-Fiction (Hardback or Paperback) | £7.35 |
| Non-Fiction (Hardback or Paperback) | £19.95 | Magazine | Face Value +50p |
Audio-Visual Items |
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| Adults | Children | ||
| CDs | £19.10 | Children's Spoken Word CD | £11.55 |
| Cassettes | £9.90 | Children's Spoken Word Cassette | £5.05 |
| Spoken Word CDs | £19.10 (Per CD) | Children's DVDs | £12.50 |
| Spoken Word Cassettes (Double or single) Each additional cassette |
£9.90 £5.05 |
Children's Videos | £9.45 |
| DVDs | £21.55 | ||
| Videos | £12.50 | ||
British Library Lost Book Charge |
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| Actual cost to replace the book plus £3.00 admin
fee (There is an 80% refund if the book is returned to the British Library within 6 weeks) |
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Lost Library Ticket
| Per each lost ticket (Adults only) | £1.00 |
If you think you may be entitled to concessions, click here
Page last updated: 22nd December 2011