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Library Charges

Overdue charges per item

  • Adults
    Books, audio books, music scores, information videos/DVDs and language packs, recorded music
    15p per day to a maximum of £6 per item
  • Children and teenagers up to 17 year olds
    Books and Childrens audio books
    No charge
  • Videos, DVDs, CD-Roms for loan and PlayStation/electronic games
    Up to two full extra weekly loan charges

Hire Charges

  • Music CD or boxed set 60p
  • Music cassette or boxed set 60p
  • Videos/DVDs £1 - £3.50
  • CD Rom £1 - £3.50
  • PlayStation/Electronic Games £1 - £3.50  
  • All Language packs 60p (Free to over 60s)
  • Adult audio book cassettes/CDs 60p (Free to over 60s)
  • All Books FREE
  • Childrens audio books  FREE

Exemptions apply to adults and children unable to use print based material, Access Card holders, housebound users and Good Neighbours.

Reservation fees

  • Hampshire stock - books, videos, DVDs, music etc - 50p per item, free for under 18s
  • National inter-library loans - £1.50 per item
  • Urgent Inter Library Loan: £2:50
  • Subject Search £3 - there may be additional charges for printouts
  • International inter-library loans - £8 per item
  • Sets of printed music - £12 per set
  • Reading Group sets - FREE
  • Skills for Life material - FREE
  • Large Print books - FREE
  • Audio books- FREE for visually impaired people

Printing

  • A4 from Microform - 30p per sheet
  • A3 from Microform - 60p per sheet
  • A4 from People’s Network PCs - 20p per sheet

Photocopies

  • A4 - 10p per sheet
  • A3 - 20p per sheet  
  • Colour A4 - £1  per sheet  
  • Colour A3 - £1:50 per sheet  

Room Hire

  • A few libraries have facilities for hiring rooms, halls and/or library space for meetings and exhibitions. Please ask for details.
 
Get more out of libraries

Sale items

  • Many libraries sell stationery, cards, reading glasses, book tokens and other items, as well as withdrawn books and videos
  • Blank CDs to copy work from People’s Network up to £2 each
  • Books are also sold on the online booksale

Lost and damaged items

  • Any stock items lost, or damaged beyond repair, will be charged at the full cost of replacement. Please contact the library the item was issued from.
  • No charge for damaged items borrowed on under 5s tickets
  • Replacement Library Cards
    Adults: £1.50, Under 18s: 50p
  • Replacement tokens for mobile libraries
    Adults: £2, Under 18s: £1