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Library Charges

From 1st April 2008
Linguaphone Courses              
Sound Recordings           
Concessions are available for senior citizens, housebound users, unemployed persons, people on benefits or with disabilities, anyone who can't hold or read a book, full time students and children.
Charges for community use of libraries. Your library may offer rooms for hire for community and commercial use as well as the facilities at Rothley Crossroads. Hire of ICT and other equipment is also available

Overdue Books

Charge

Books on loan to Adults  
Loan Period: 3 weeks  
Overdue books 20p per day open
Maximum charge per book £6.00
Books on loan to Children
(11 years of age and under)
 
Loan Period: 21 days Free
Books on loan to Young People
(from 12 to 17)
 
Loan Period: 3 weeks  
Overdue books 5p per day open
Maximum charge per book 1.50p

Talking Books

Charge

Loan Period: 3 weeks  
Set of one or two cassettes/CDs 80p
Set of three or more cassettes/CDs £1.60
Overdue items - Cassettes/CDs 20p per day open
Maximum charge - Cassettes/CDs £6.00

Linguaphone Courses

Charge

Loan Period: 9 weeks £10.00
Overdue charges £1.00 per week

Sound Recordings

Charge

Loan Period: 1 week  
Single CD £1.00
Set of CDs £2.00
Overdue items - All CDs 20p per day
Maximum Charges - All CDs £6.00

DVD/Videos

Charge

DVDs  
Loan Period: 1 week £2.00 or £3.00
Overdue items 60p or 75p per day open
Maximum Charge £18.00 or £22.50
Children's and Special Interest
DVD/Videos
 
Loan Period: 1 week £1.50
Overdue items 50p per day open
Maximum charge £15.00

DVD Games

Charge

Loan Period: 1 week £2.00 or £3.00
Overdue items 60p or 75p per day open
Maximum charge £18.00 or £22.50

Requests

Charge

Books and Sound Recordings £1.10
Concessionary rate 55p
Book reservations made by Children
16 years of age and under
Free
Inter-library loans £2.50
Subject requests Free

Copying and Printing

Charge

Photocopies - Coin operated    
A4 Black and White 10p
A3 Black and White 20p
Photocopies - Staff assisted  
A4 Black and White 40p
A3 Black and White 40p
Printouts  
Reader-printer copies per sheet 25p
CDROM/Internet copies per sheet 25p
Laminating .
Laminating £1.50

Lost and damaged books
and sound recordings

Charge

Adult fiction hardback book £21.00
Adult fiction paperback book £8.00
Adult non-fiction hardback book £21.00
Adult non-fiction paperback book £12.00
Children's picture book £11.00
Children's fiction hardback book £11.00
Children's fiction paperback book £6.00
Children's non-fiction hardback book £11.00
Children's non-fiction paperback book £6.50
Compact disc - (charge per CD x number of CD's in set) £14.00
Video cassette - (charge per video x number of videos in set) £14.00
Books on Tape - (charge per tape x number of tapes in set) £7.50
DVDs £17.00
Material of low purchase cost £5.00
Particularly expensive items Full replacement charge

Replacement Charges

Charge

Replacement tickets Adults - £1.00
Children - 50p
Replacement PIN 50p

Fax

Charge

Fax prices are inclusive of VAT.  To send to...  
UK First page - £1.50
Each subsequent page - 50p
Europe First page - £1.50
Each subsequent page - 50p
Outside Europe        First page - £3.10
ach subsequent page - 50p
To receive... First page - 55p
Each subsequent page - 25p

Internet

Charge

We don't charge for access to the internet,
but there is a charge for printing.   
See printing.

further information

Contact: County Hall Library
Telephone: 0116 305 6988
E-Mail: libraries@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
14 July 2008
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