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loan periods

Please note - items checked out at South Branch have different loan periods:

  • * DVDs, regardless of type, may be checked out for one week.

  • * All other South Branch materials may be checked out for four weeks.

  • * Items checked out at South Branch may not be renewed.

Main Branch loan periods are as follows:

ItemLimitationsLoan PeriodRenewal PeriodNumber of RenewalsDaily Extended Use Charge
Art bag 5 8 weeks none none $.20
Art, framed 5 8 weeks none none 1.00
Audiobooks, new, adult none 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 .20
Audiobooks, adult and juvenile none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
Audiocassettes none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
Books, Grab & Go 5 1 week none none .20
Book & CD/cassette kits none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
Book club none 6 weeks none none .20
Books, new, adult none 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 .20
Books, new, juvenile none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
Books none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
CD-ROMs none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
CDs 20 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
CDs, new, adult 20 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 .20
DVDs, Blu-ray 10 1 week none none 1.00
DVDs, fiction, adult 20 1 week 1 week 2 1.00
DVDs, Grab & Go 3 3 days none none 1.00
DVDs, juvenile 20 1 week 1 week 2 1.00
DVDs, nonfiction, adult 20 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 1.00
Ebook reader 1 2 weeks none none 1.00
Laptops 1 3 hours 3 hours 1 $2.00/hr. divisible by
Media Lab Equipment  none 1 week none none 1.00
Optelec, portable  none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 1.00
Periodicals none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 .20
Playaways  none 4 weeks 4 weeks 2 1.00
Theme kits  none 4 weeks none none .20
Video games  2 1 week none none 1.00

Not loaned to other libraries through interlibrary loan.
Not loaned to reciprocal borrowers.

The maximum extended use charge for library items is $10.00.