Fines, Fees & Borrowing Schedule

The Fines, Fees & Borrowing Schedule may be changed without notice at the discretion of the Library Director.

New YLD DVDs Policy
Beginning in September DCL will offer many more copies of Your Lucky Day (YLD) DVDs of popular films for the first three months of release. Holds will not be fulfilled during these first three months as all copies will be put in the YLD collection. However you will still be able to place holds on your favorites to get in the queue for later release.

Borrowing Privileges

  • Most books, audiobooks, music CDs, and DVD sets with 3 disks or more can be checked out for 3 weeks.
  • Magazines, videos and DVDs are checked out for 7 days.
  • 9/1/09: Patrons are limited to 3 YLD (recent releases) DVDs per library account.
  • 8/1/09: Patrons are limited to 3 video games per library account

Borrowing Limits
The maximum number of items that can be checked out at any one time per library account is 99.

Holds Limit
Patrons are allowed a maximum of 99 holds on a card at any one time.

Renewal Limit
Due to our increase in renewals, library materials have been out of circulation for too long. As of April 5, 2004, all library items may be renewed up to 8 times only.

Overdues & Fines

Beginning June 1, 2009, Douglas County Libraries will increase its fines for overdue books and materials.

  1. Patrons will be assessed a 10 cent daily fine for each day books and other materials from Douglas County Libraries are overdue. For these items, the library also offers a grace period - items returned within three days of the due date will not be subject to a fine.
  2. There is a $2.00 daily fine for reference materials and educational sets.
  3. Overdue Interlibrary Loan items cost $1.00 per day with no grace period.
  4. If a patron accumulates a total of $20 or more in fines and fees, the patron may not check out any library materials until the fine is paid down. If the total exceeds $50, the account may be referred to a collection agency.

Photocopying
10 cents per page and 15 cents double-sided. Up to 10 free copies of reference materials may be made.

Computer Printouts
Black and white: 10 cents per page; color $1 per page.

Library Material Replacement
The replacement fee for library materials shall be the full retail value of the materials, as recorded in the library database or in Books in Print.