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.
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- Many libraries sell stationery, cards, reading glasses, book tokens and other items, as well as withdrawn books and videos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
