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Bedfordshire Libraries' Fines and Charges

Request Charges Book and Spoken Word Fines
Charges for Audio-Visual Items Charges for lost or damaged items
Lost Library Ticket Concessions
Other Charges  

Request Charges

Standard Rate £ 1.00 per item
Children's Rate FREE
Concessions 50p per item
Items borrowed from outside the County, additional charge   £ 1.50 per item
Vocal Scores - Per set of 5-30 £ 5.40
Vocal Scores - Per Set of 31 + £ 10.80

Book and Spoken Word Fines

Adults 21p per item per day £ 6.30 max per item (5 weeks)
Children 5p per item per day £ £1.50 max per item
Concessions 11p per item per day £ 3.30 max per item (5 weeks)

If you return an audio-visual item late you will be charged for another week's loan, the loan charges are listed below.

Charges for Audio-Visual Items

  CDs Cassettes DVDs* Videos Spoken Word CDs Spoken Word Cassettes
Standard Rate £ 1.08 60p £ 2.54 £ 2.30 £ 1.13 £ 1.13
Children N/A N/A £ 1.30 £ 1.20 FREE FREE
Concessions 55p 30p £ 1.30 £ 1.20 60p 60p
Registered blind/partially sighted/hearing impaired people FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE

Charges for replacing lost or damaged items

Books
Adults Hardback Fiction £ 16.20
  Paperback Fiction £ 6.75
  Non-Fiction (Hardback or Paperback) £ 17.60
  Magazine Face Value +50p
Children No charge for items borrowed by or for a child 0 - 5 years old
  Fiction (Hardback or paperback) £ 4.25
  Non-Fiction (Hardback or Paperback) £ 6.50
Audio-Visual
Adults Cassettes £ 8.50
  CDs £ 16.85
  Spoken Word CDs £ 16.85 (Per CD)
  Spoken Word Cassettes - Double or single £ 8.70
  Spoken Word Cassettes - Each additional cassette £ 4.45
  Videos £ 10.90
  DVDs £ 19.00
Children Children's Spoken Word CD £ 10.20 per CD
  Children's Spoken Word Cassette £ 4.45 per cassette
  Children's Videos £ 8.35
  Children's DVDs £ 11.00

Lost Library Ticket

Per each lost ticket (Adults only) £ 1.00

Other Charges

Photocopies Black and White 10p for A4, 15p for A3
  Colour £ 1.00 for A4, £ 1.50 for A3
Computer Prints Black and White 10p
  Colour 35p
Microfiche Black and White 25p
Postage If items are posted, postage is charged at the current Royal Mail rate.

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Page last updated: 25th November 2008