What are the Loan Periods and Late Fees?
Materials Policy: Loan Period and Conditions of Loan
* Note: All renewable resources are conditional on no existing reservations. Two renewals only, unless otherwise indicated.
Late fees will begin to be calculated for all materials which are returned either in the library itself or via the book drop AFTER Library closing hours.
View the following information in chart format here: Loan Periods and Late Fees (pdf)
| Library Resource: | Books |
| Loan Period | New, up to 2 months – 2 weeks Old, more than 6 months – 1 month |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable |
| Fines per Day | $.15 |
| Maximum Fine | $2.25 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of item plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | Magazines |
| Loan Period | 2 weeks |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable |
| Fines per Day | $.15 |
| Maximum Fine | $2.25 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of item plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | CDs, Cassettes |
| Loan Period | 2 weeks |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable, 5 per card |
| Fines per Day | $.25 |
| Maximum Fine | $5.00 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of item plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | Audio Books |
| Loan Period | New, up to 6 months – 2 weeks Old, more than 6 months – 1 month |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable, 5 per card |
| Fines per Day | $.50 |
| Maximum Fine | $10.00 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of damaged CD or entire set plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | DVDs, VHS – Fiction or feature films |
| Loan Period | New, up to 12 months – 7 days |
| Conditions of Loan | No rental fee. Renewable, 5 per card |
| Fines per Day | $2.00 |
| Maximum Fine | $10.00 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of damaged DVD or VHS or entire set plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | DVDs, VHS – Non-fiction |
| Loan Period | New, up to 12 months – 2 weeks |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable, 5 per card. No rental fee. |
| Fines per Day | $2.00 |
| Maximum Fine | $10.00 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of damaged DVD or VHS or entire set plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | AV Equipment |
| Loan Period | Overnight |
| Conditions of Loan | — |
| Fines per Day | $3.00 per day |
| Maximum Fine | No maximum |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Current replacement cost |
| Library Resource: | Laptop computer |
| Loan Period | 2 hours |
| Conditions of Loan | In Library use only – Extensible |
| Fines per Day | NA |
| Maximum Fine | No maximum |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Current replacement cost |
| Library Resource: | Interlibrary loans |
| Loan Period | Per lending library |
| Conditions of Loan | Per lending library |
| Fines per Day | Per lending library |
| Maximum Fine | Per lending library |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Per lending library |
Maximum of 30 items may be checked out on a library card.
All Dunham borrowers with unpaid fines or fees of $10.00 or more at any Mid-York library are denied library privileges until fines are paid.
| Other fees: | |
| Photocopying | $.10 per page |
| Printing | $.10 per page, black & white $.25 per page, color |
| Faxing | $1.00 per page, sending and receiving |
| Replacement library card | $1.00 |
| Digital Scanning | $.50 per page |
